• CERAWEEK 2025 | March 10-14, 2025
  • CERAWEEK
  • March 10 - 14, 2025

Tom Colebatch

Macquarie

Managing Director

Tom is a Managing Director in Macquarie’s Commodities and Global Markets (CGM) group based in New York, with a focus on structured transactions including debt, equity and risk management across power, gas and environmental markets. Tom has helped drive the expansion of Macquarie’s presence in international carbon markets to include voluntary carbon markets alongside its existing businesses in global compliance markets, and plays a leading role in both carbon project investment and financing activities as well as working with Macquarie’s corporate and investor clients to provide risk management and market access solutions. He also covers energy storage financing and risk management opportunities throughout the US grid.

Sessions With Tom Colebatch

Wednesday, 20 March

  • 05:00pm - 05:30pm (CST) / 20/mar/2024 10:00 pm - 20/mar/2024 10:30 pm

    Beyond Silos: The rationale for merging compliance and VCM markets
    Climate & Sustainability

    We continue to see a tale of two carbon markets―compliance markets continue to expand while the voluntary markets are mired in transparency and integrity issues. Failure to progress on Paris Agreement Article 6, international carbon market negotiations, at COP28 has pushed the need to bolster market clarity back to stakeholder initiatives and governments. While voluntary markets remain uncertain, compliance carbon markets continue to expand, with large emitting and fast-growing countries laying groundwork for their implementation. What will be the resulting levels of ambition and how much will these markets interact? Will these markets increasingly incorporate project-based reduction efforts ―the hallmark of the VCM―into their designs? What are the synergies, challenges and opportunities ahead for integrating compliance market dynamics with voluntary market dynamics and fostering a more cohesive and effective approach to carbon mitigation?