Carbon Buyers at Climate Week NYC Demand Registry Transparency

New York – October 12, 2026 -- Transparency was the single dominant theme among carbon market participants at Climate Week NYC 2025, with buyers pressing for clearer verification quality and faster registry processes, according to data provider Clever.

Clever and Lympha host a buyer evening at Monarch Rooftop Bar

Clever and co-host Lympha ran an evening event at the Monarch Rooftop Bar during the week. Buyers used the session to compare notes on what is working in carbon markets and what needs fixing.

Clever said it attended to hear challenges from buyers, developers and registries, and plans to feed those insights back into its data platform.

Buyers target sluggish registry processes and verification quality

Clever reported three takeaways from the week:

• Buyers want more transparency from registry processes that have historically been slow.
• Market confidence depends on transparency of verification quality.
• Transparent outcomes remain essential to scaling impact by directing capital flow.

Clever positioned its data platform as the tool to deliver that transparency.