Carbon Market Conversations: A Podcast by ICAP

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune sits down with Robert Jeszke (Deputy Director for Emissions Management at the Institute of Environmental Protection – National Research Institute (IOŚ-PIB), and Head of Poland’s National Centre for Emissions Management (KOBiZE)) for a grounded look at how EU carbon pricing lands in Poland. Building on the EU ETS refo...

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune is joined by ICAP Carbon Market Experts Iryna Holovko and Victor Alejandro Ortiz Rivera for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of emissions trading systems worldwide in 2026. Drawing on findings from ICAP's latest Status Report, the conversation charts the continued growth and resilience of carbon markets globall...

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune takes listeners on a deep-dive into the carbon pricing and climate policy landscape in India with expert guest, Saurabh Diddi, Director at the Bureau of Energy Efficiency within the Ministry of Power. This conversation focuses on the development and implementation of India’s Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (CCTS), speci...

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune takes listeners on a deep-dive into carbon pricing developments in Brazil with expert guest, José Pedro Neves, General Coordinator for Sustainable Finance at the Secretariat for Economic Policy of Brazil’s Ministry of Finance. This conversation focuses on the ongoing development of Brazil’s ETS, how the system will b...

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune takes listeners on a deep-dive into the Washington State Cap-and-Invest Program with expert guests Joel Creswell, Climate Pollution Reduction Program Manager at the Washington State Department of Ecology, and Isaac Kastama, Director, Government Relations for Clean & Prosperous. This conversation focuses on what h...

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune is joined by ICAP Carbon Market Experts, Iryna Holovko and Victor Alejandro Ortiz Rivera for an engaging discussion on the latest developments in compliance carbon markets worldwide. Building on insights from ICAP’s latest Status Report, the conversation explores how ETSs have evolved over the past year, delving into...

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations , we dive into the crucial role of carbon pricing revenues in advancing climate action, economic resilience, and social equity. Host Trevor Laroche-Theune is joined by Diana Cárdenas Monar, Research Fellow at the Institute for Climate Economics, to reflect on why carbon pricing revenue use is so important and explore how governments worldwide a...

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations, we explore the critical intersection of climate action and energy development in low- and middle-income countries. Host Trevor Laroche-Theune sits down with Christophe de Gouvello and Harikumar Gadde, Senior Specialists at the World Bank, to discuss the findings of a landmark report jointly published by the World Bank, ICAP, and the Internatio...

In this episode of ICAP’s Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune takes us on a deep dive into the UK ETS with Hannah Lewis, Head of UK ETS Policy and International Engagement with the UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Sam Reed, Head of UK ETS Scope Expansion with the UK Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Today’s conversation focuses on the UK...

In this episode of ICAP's Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune takes listeners on a deep-dive into the China National Emissions Trading System with Zheng Zhang, Director for Climate Finance at the Environmental Defense Fund Beijing Office. Today’s conversation focuses on what makes China’s ETS unique, how it has overcome challenges from its early stages, the expected impacts of...

In this episode of ICAP's Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune discusses the EU carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) with Prof. Dr. Daniel Klingenfeld of the German Emissions Trading Authority. Today’s conversation covers CBAM’s expected international implications, the current status of implementation processes since the introduction of the instrument’s transitional phase i...

In this debut episode of ICAP's Carbon Market Conversations, host Trevor Laroche-Theune discusses with Stefano De Clara, ICAP Head of Secretariat, about the development of compliance carbon markets around the world. After taking stock of how far we have come since the first emissions trading system (ETS) was operationalized in the EU in 2005, our brief world tour takes us through the most signific...