Within the framework of EU Green Week 2026, the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, the Energy Agency, the Climate Agency, and Mota-Engil ATIV joined forces to promote the event “Iberian Forest and Voluntary Carbon Markets,” which will take place on June 30 at the Instituto Superior de Agronomia in Lisbon.

This meeting will bring together leading experts and key stakeholders to discuss how Voluntary Carbon Markets (national, European, and private) are functioning within the Iberian forest, as a vehicle for investment in nature and climate action.

Objetives

  • To discuss and reinforce the strategic role of the Iberian forest in the context of climate action, as an essential environmental and economic asset. To explore how Voluntary Carbon Markets can contribute to enhancing forest value, by integrating scientific knowledge, sustainable forest management, public policies, and economic opportunities.

  • To raise awareness and clarify what credible and high-integrity Voluntary Carbon Markets are, promoting an informed understanding of their potential and risks. To examine the main challenges these markets face and discuss ways to overcome them. To understand how the interaction between European, national, and private markets is expected to evolve.

  • To explore Iberian forest-based carbon projects across different markets, understanding what distinguishes them and how they are expected to evolve in the future.

Context

Carbon markets, particularly voluntary markets, have been the subject of growing public attention, accompanied by a high circulation of information that often oversimplifies or distorts how they actually function. Concepts such as “carbon neutrality,” “offsetting,” or “carbon credits” are frequently used imprecisely. This lack of rigor has fostered misconceptions, at times promoting unrealistic expectations regarding the climate impact of these instruments, and at others generating distrust about their credibility.

The EU Green Week Partner Event label, awarded by the European Commission, recognized the relevance and timeliness of the topic, as well as its alignment with the European Union’s strategic priorities, namely the European Green Deal, carbon neutrality, and the credibility of Voluntary Carbon Markets.

More than formal recognition, this approval validates a vision: the need to educate and foster informed dialogue, promote Iberian cooperation, and advance concrete solutions that connect territory, forest, and market—ensuring real impact, transparency, and environmental value.

What is EU Green Week?

EU Green Week is the European Commission’s flagship annual event dedicated to EU environmental and climate policy.
This initiative brings together policymakers, businesses, universities, civil society, and experts to discuss concrete solutions for the sustainable transition, aligned with the objectives of the European Green Deal.
The initiative highlights:

  • Best practices and innovative projects across Europe;
  • Public policy instruments and sustainable financing mechanisms;
  • The role of markets, science, and innovation in climate action.

In addition to the main event in Brussels, EU Green Week includes a network of Partner Events across several countries, reinforcing the collaborative, European, and multi‑stakeholder dimension of the green transition.
The event “Iberian Forest and Carbon Markets” is a GE 2026 Partner Event, which can be accessed here.

Location and format

Instituto Superior de Agronomia

Presencial

Streaming

Who can participate?

Open to the public, subject to prior registration.

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Target audience:

  • Forest owners and managers
  • Scientific researchers
  • Institutions committed to climate action and nature regeneration
  • Investors
Co-organization
Institutional support
Sponsor
Speakers

Programme

14:00h to 14:30h
Participant reception

14:30h to 14:40h
Opening remarks of the event

14:40h to 14:55h
Opening session

António Guerreiro de Brito-Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA)
Ana Teresa Perez – Agência para o Clima(ApC)
José Pedro Freitas – Mota-Engil ATIV (ME ATIV)

14:55h to 15:15h
Key note speaker – DGCLIMA (CRCF)

15:15h to 15:35h

Paula Soares – Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA)

15:35h to 15:55h
Coffee Break

15:55h to 16:45h
“Voluntary Carbon Markets”

Moderator: Angela Lucas – Systemic Sphere

Candace Vinke – Verra
Tomas Stocker – Anew Climate
Paulo Ferreira Lourenço -Agência para o Clima (ApC)
Pedro Barata – Environmental Defense Fund
Orador – Oficina para o Câmbio Climático

(Questions and answers)

16:45h to 17:35h
“Forest Carbon Projects`”

Moderator: Ana Paula Rodrigues- ADENE

Augusto Junqueiro – Mota-Engil BCircle
Francisco Purroy – LandLife
Francisco Martinez – Cartera Pinus
Helena da Costa – Luso Finsa
Manuel Alvares de Calvão – Fidelidade
Andreia Ramos – ANA Aeroportos

(Questions and answers)

17:35h to 17:45h
“Carbon footprint of the event – The Iberian Forest and Voluntary Carbon Markets”

Catarina Dias – Systemic Sphere
Orador –Mota-Engil BCircle

17:45h to 18:00h
Closing remarks