Interconnected: Accountability in Carbon Markets and Climate Finance

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A Pulitzer Center webinar series

Join us for an engaging webinar series where we highlight investigations into carbon market and climate finance. From the Amazon to the Congo Basin to Indonesia’s forests—we will analyze how these schemes operate while examining their impact on forests and communities.

Featuring Pulitzer Center stories, our discussions will bring together journalists, leaders from environmental and social movements, policymakers, and affected communities. This platform is designed to foster critical conversations on some of the most pressing and emerging issues of our time.

Carbon Market in the Amazon: Who Benefits, Who Loses
September 4, 2025 | 6:00pm 

The Amazon Basin, spread across several South American countries, is facing challenges related to the carbon market with regard to its legitimacy, deforestation, and community involvement. This webinar looks at its impact on local economies, Indigenous people, and the forest itself. The discussion will highlight carbon markets operation, the regulation, and implementation. Further, panelists will discuss whether carbon markets are useful from an ecological lens and who benefits from these schemes.

Speakers:

• Fabio Bispo: InfoAmazonia
• Andres Bermúdez Liévano: Rainforest Investigations Fellow, Centro Latinoamericano de Investigación Periodística
• Vinicius Sassine: Pulitzer Center grantee, Folha de São Paulo
• Moderation: Giuliana Toledo, Folha de São Paulo

Don’t miss out! Join our engaging webinar series on carbon markets and climate finance. Hear from journalists, experts, and local voices as we explore accountability, innovative solutions, and contribute to the conversation.

Register here!