Greetings NCEC members, 

Our end of year feature is Ocean Visions. Please see the attachment or click HERE for an NCEC interview with Ruth Driscoll-Lovejoy, Program Director, Ocean Visions. Ocean Visions is a non-profit organization that works to stabilize the climate and restore ocean health by catalyzing innovation and accelerating research for ocean-based climate solutions. 

NCEC Updates:

• NCEC Member Elemental Impact: First-of-a-Kind Innovation in Climate Technologies, Elemental Impact Webinar Recording with Tiffany Huynh, Senior Director of External Affairs HERE

• SAVE THE DATE: NCEC Annual Meeting will be held at Istinye University right before COP 31 (likely to be November, 2026), Istanbul.  

• The 2025 New Carbon Economy Consortium Annual Meeting videos are available to share out on YouTube HERE. Thank you, again, to all our members who were able to join us and present. 

• December co-chair meeting notes attached. 

• Welcome to new members: CIFOR ICRAF: Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and World Agroforestry (ICRAF) and the Global Carbon Management Academy. 

UPCOMING WEBINAR

• Carbon Direct upcoming webinar: Key climate lessons from 2025: A roadmap for 2026 action, Tuesday, December 16  HERE

External Network Updates: 

• CDRterra releases Phase 1 results: the Synthesis Factsheet and the accompanying summary are officially published. All materials — including the full set of downloadable outputs are on the central landing page HERE

• Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Methane Matters: Three steps for parliamentary action HERE

• Climate TRACE recently launched its Emissions Reduction Roadmap tool which provides potential decarbonization opportunities for every emissions source tracked HERE 

• NCEC Member Topo Finance, Paul Moinester, presents at The Sustainability Consortium (TSC) on Cash, Carbon and Your Climate Superpower. 

• US Allen Family Philanthropies has issued a call to non-profit organizations across the U.S. that are working in the Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) space to break implementation barriers using science and technology. A total of $10M will be available to fund 6-7 projects. Deadline: January 15, 2026. HERE  

• Future of Utilities: Energy Transition Summit, Amsterdam 18-19 March 2026 HERE

• LSE Press- The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action HERE

• The Gates Foundation has pledged $1.4 billion over the next four years to help farmers in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia build resilitence against climate change HERE

• The Centre for Multilateral Negotiations has published the 2025 Business4Climate Report which reveals how business coalitions are becoming critical drivers of ambitious climate governance, even amid geopolitical fragmentation and rising ESG backlash HERE

We look forward to continuing the critical work to develop a new carbon economy.  

Please reach out if you’d like to add any updates for next month or if you’d like to be featured as the NCEC monthly profile!