module 1: The carbon market & carbon project life cycle
The next essential expertise for sustainability leaders: Carbon Project Development.
Date: 17 March 2027
Location: Brussels
Understand carbon markets and assess project opportunities
Handling carbon emissions is on the rise and, as a sustainability professional, you need to know these basics of carbon project development.
Understanding carbon markets
This training day introduces regulated and voluntary carbon markets, the instruments traded within them, and the international and European frameworks shaping project opportunities. You will learn how these distinctions affect the routes available to a project.
Carbon credits in climate strategy
Companies often commit to net zero without knowing how credits fit in. We’ll show you how different types of credits (avoidance or removal, nature-based or tech-based, temporary or permanent) can strengthen or undermine a strategy. You’ll learn how to judge what’s credible, so you can make informed decisions.
From idea to certified impact
Behind every credit is a project that had to prove its impact. We walk you through that lifecycle, from project design to monitoring and credit issuance, with methodologies and standards such as Verra and Gold Standard. Understanding this process helps you see what makes a project investable, and where common pitfalls lie.
By the end of this course, you’ll have the language, logic, and context to confidently engage with carbon markets.
Who is this training for?
For professionals who want to understand carbon markets and assess opportunities for their organisation or clients, including sustainability consultants and advisers, companies developing products or processes that could generate carbon credits, and finance or investment professionals evaluating projects or credit purchases.
Prior knowledge
No prior carbon-market knowledge or project idea is required.
What you will discuss, practise and apply
what you will learn:
- What carbon credits are and how they’re created.
- The difference between voluntary and regulated markets.
- The international frameworks shaping today’s carbon landscape.
- The step-by-step lifecycle of a carbon project and its certification.
- Assess project credibility through additionality, baselines, quantification, storage duration and safeguards.
Guided exercises and group discussions help you apply the concepts. We use a pre-training questionnaire to adapt the practical work to participants’ backgrounds and questions.
You also receive digital training materials that we keep up to date after the sessions.
Making carbon tangible for business decisions
“An intensive training that guides you step by step through every aspect of carbon markets, from policy to legislation.”
Tom Anthonis | Previous training participant
From training to real projects
“Although I had extensive professional experience in South-East Asia, carbon project development was new terrain for me. C-nery’s training gave me a strong foundation and helped me understand the first steps.”
Ruben Baeckelandt | Previous training participant
Seeing the full carbon project lifecycle
“Before the training, I knew the basic principles of carbon markets, but the many mechanisms, actors and processes made it difficult to see the full picture. Thanks to C-nery, I now have a much clearer understanding of the carbon project lifecycle.”
Sarah Berden | Previous training participant
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Financial Mechanics of Carbon Markets and Carbon Projects
€ 695 (excl VAT) until Feb 1
Duration: 1 day
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Trainers
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Johanna Huylenbroeck
Nele Van Beveren
C-nery is a climate driven tech company that helpscarbon projects get off the ground, faster.
We reduce complexity, save time, and empower sustainability, carbon and financial professionals to create real, certifiable impact. Our platform matches your project with the right methodology in days, not months—so you can move faster, with confidence.
