Mo Safdar is Origination & Commercial Associate Director at Climate Impact Partners, where he works with organizations to develop and implement high-impact climate strategies. He helps businesses navigate the evolving carbon market, with a focus on leveraging carbon finance to accelerate climate action and deliver measurable results.
Mo Safdar, Origination & Commercial Associate Director at Climate Impact Partners, will join a panel at Carbon Markets 2026: What's Moving Markets Now? to discuss what it takes to finance carbon projects in today's evolving market ahead of the Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS).
Come join the conversation, explore solutions, and discover collaboration opportunities.
Panel Discussion: Carbon Markets 2026: What's Moving Markets Now?
Moderated by: Erisa Senerdem, Global Lead, Carbon, Argus Media
Panelists:
- Charlotte Streck, Co-Founder, Climate Focus;
- Shawn Woo, Senior Commercial Lead, APAC, 3Degrees;
- Jackson Godfrey Mungoni, Vice-Chairperson, Zimbabwe Carbon Association;
- Mo Safdar, Climate Impact Partners
Location: Online, register here.
Africa is entering a decisive phase for carbon markets, yet significant gaps remain between project pipelines and the capital needed to bring them to life. Drawing on his experience originating and developing carbon projects across markets, Mo Safdar will share a practitioner's view of what it actually takes to get projects financed today. This event is part of a series in the lead-up to the Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS), an event focused on catalyzing Africa's carbon market ecosystem. We look forward to seeing you there. Reach out to schedule time with us around the Summit: Get in touch.
The session will explore:
- The current investment landscape for carbon projects.
- What investors are looking for before committing capital.
- Which project types are attracting the greatest interest.
- The challenges developers face in bringing projects to market.
- How project developers can position themselves to secure investment and meet evolving buyer expectation.
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