{"id":10133,"date":"2026-10-01T18:39:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:39:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/?p=10133"},"modified":"2026-10-02T18:08:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T01:08:57","slug":"smartermarkets-presents-ieta-nacs-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smartermarkets.media\/smartermarkets-presents-ieta-nacs-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"SmarterMarkets\u2122 Presents: Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10133\" class=\"elementor elementor-10133\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62ffae6c interview-container e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"62ffae6c\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780a9f59 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"780a9f59\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdbd6cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bdbd6cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>SmarterMarkets\u2122 returned to the IETA North America Climate Summit to catch up with market practitioners on the challenges and opportunities in the development of the carbon markets.<\/p><p>This year\u2019s conference focused on the \u201cNew Carbon Order: Innovation, Investment, and Interoperability.\u201d In partnership with IETA, we caught up with a cross section of participants about what they and their organizations have been working on, where they see progress, and what we need to be doing next. Some common themes included the ongoing integration of compliance and voluntary markets, the role of AI and digital technology in carbon markets, and the need for standardization and harmonization across the growing network of country and regional emissions schemes.<br \/>Below are the full exclusive interviews from the conference.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.smartermarkets.media\/special-episode-scenes-from-ieta-nacs-2026\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a> to listen to our Special Episode of SmarterMarkets\u2122 featuring a compilation of these interviews.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4343b876 elementor-toc--minimized-on-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-table-of-contents\" data-id=\"4343b876\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;headings_by_tags&quot;:[&quot;h3&quot;],&quot;exclude_headings_by_selector&quot;:[],&quot;no_headings_message&quot;:&quot;No headings were 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