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2nd Annual India International Climate Finance Forum
2025-09-17 - 2025-09-19 | London, United Kingdom
ZERO13 is proud to be an event partner of the 2nd Annual India International Climate Finance Forum, organised by CETFI and LSEG. This second edition will be the largest gathering of its kind, uniquely focused on mobilising institutional and private capital for India’s climate and energy transition agenda. Over 300 global investors, 30+ Indian industry leaders, and senior government officials will participate in a curated three-day programme of dialogues, showcases, and investor roundtables.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra has been invited to speak at various sessions that aim to unlock billions in climate finance that are currently held back due to unmanaged risk and lack of scalable hedging mechanisms.
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WIOMSA Scientific Symposium
2025-09-28 - 2025-10-03 | Pride Inn Paradise Resort, Mombasa, Kenya
The WIOMSA Scientific Symposium stands as the largest open scientific conference in the Western Indian Ocean (WIO) region, focusing on vital marine and coastal issues. This triennial event will provide a unique platform for dialogue, knowledge exchange, and collaboration among researchers, policymakers, and stakeholders.
This year’s theme is “One Ocean, One Future: Connecting People, Policy, and Science for a Thriving Western Indian Ocean”, and we has been chosen to present our research abstract, “Integrating Blue Carbon Science, Digital MRV, and Tokenization for a Regional Carbon Market: A Pilot Governance Framework for the Southwest Indian Ocean”.
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Zero Carbon & Beyond: UNEP Insights and Mahidol–ZERO13 MOU
2025-10-16 09:00 - 12:00 (Europe/London) | Innovation Incubation and Development Support Center, Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand
Join us for a landmark event uniting global, academic, and industry leaders to accelerate the transition to net zero. The session will feature a keynote address on “ZERO Carbon: UNEP Insight” by Dr. Mushtaq Memon, Regional Coordinator, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Asia-Pacific, followed by insights from Mahidol University, ZERO13, and Unique Transformation Co. Ltd on advancing sustainable innovation and carbon solutions.
The event will culminate in the signing of an MOU between Mahidol University, ZERO13, and Unique Transform Co. Ltd., marking a new chapter of collaboration aimed at advancing education, research, and the development of a robust ecosystem for carbon credits and sustainability. This partnership will serve as a significant milestone to promote innovation and global cooperation in carbon credit initiatives and support Thailand’s climate policy and sustainable development goals.

Carbon Markets Africa Summit
2025-10-21 - 2025-10-23
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Carbon Markets Africa Summit (CMAS) is the leading platform dedicated to catalysing high-integrity carbon markets across Africa. By connecting supply and demand, the summit brings together project developers, policymakers, investors, and standards bodies to build a credible, investable carbon pipeline grounded in African readiness.
With a focus on unlocking investment and ensuring equitable participation, the event will explore how Africa can leverage its vast natural resources for sustainable development while navigating geopolitical shifts and emerging carbon policies. The event theme in 2025 is “Scaling carbon markets for Africa’s sustainable growth amid a shifting global landscape”.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra will moderate the opening keynote session titled ‘Road to COP30: Aligning Africa’s Carbon Strategy with Global Agendas?’ on the second day of the event.

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ADDI–Burkina Faso Pathway to Citizenship and Business Summit
2025-10-26 - 2025-11-08 | Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Hosted by the African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI), this historic summit brings together African leaders, investors, innovators, and policymakers to explore opportunities in energy, industry, health, agriculture, and infrastructure — uniting under the theme: ““Bringing Africa to the World and the World to Africa.”
We are proud to share that Iberia Gold with SECDEX Group are participating as Platinum Sponsors at the 2025 ADDI–Burkina Faso Pathway to Citizenship and Business Summit. Represented by Dr. Wilton McDonald II ESQ., the presentation showcases how digital market infrastructure and real-world asset (RWA) tokenisation can drive sustainable economic empowerment and Pan-African development, aligning with ZERO13’s mission to bridge climate finance and digital transformation across emerging markets.
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Sustainable Innovation Forum
2025-11-06 - 2025-11-07 | Renaissance São Paulo Hotel
The 16th annual Sustainable Innovation Forum will be a key action focused platform alongside COP30 to mobilise the private sector leadership, innovation and finance in support of the Presidency’s pledge to turn promises into practice. Taking place from 06-07 November 2025 in São Paulo, as a flagship event of the Climate Action Innovation Zone, the Forum will bring together 1,000 senior stakeholders from business, finance, government, cities and civil society to explore effective pathways and solutions that can turbocharge the transition.
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COP30 Brazil
2025-11-10 - 2025-11-21 | Belém, Brazil
The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the largest global United Nations event for discussions and negotiations on climate change. The meeting is held annually, with the presidency rotating among the five UN-recognized regions. In 2025, Brasil will have the honor of hosting the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30), which will take place in Belém, Pará. The chosen city will provide the world with a unique platform to discuss climate solutions, firmly rooted in the heart of the Amazon.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra, and Lincoln Teo, Managing Director of ZERO13 Trading, will attend COP30 on 10-18 November, representing GMEX Group, ZERO13 and SECDEX. They will be available in both the Blue Zone and Green Zone for meetings and to connect with visionaries who are committed to driving positive change, from climate action plans to groundbreaking innovations.
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The Global South Bridge: Connecting Justice and Climate Action
2025-11-13 12:30 - 13:30 | Azerbaijan Pavilion, COP30 Brazil
The Agency on State Support to Non-Governmental Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan in partnership with the Global South NGO Platform are organising a side event at COP30. Our Managing Director, Lincoln Teo, has been invited as a speaker.

Beyond Crisis Response: Cross-Sectoral Approaches for Disaster Risk Reduction, Food Security, and Resilient Recovery
2025-11-14 | GORD Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Brazil
Hosted by the Commission on Science and Technology for Sustainable Development in the South (COMSATS), Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), the Food Security and Agriculture Centre of Excellence (FACE), and Welthungerhilfe (WHH), this multi-stakeholder dialogue aims to advance innovative multi-sectoral solutions that transcend traditional crisis response mechanisms. The session will bring together senior policymakers, international organizations, and private sector leaders to identify actionable pathways for risk-informed investment, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable recovery systems.
Lincoln Teo, Managing Director of ZERO13 Trading, has been invited to participate at this event as a Distinguished Resource Person, enabling him to contribute to a forward-looking perspective to the discussion.

Africa's Green Gold: Carbon Markets, Climate Capital and Sustainability Assets
2025-11-14 09:30 - 11:00 | Africa Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP30, Brazil
Under the purview of the Department of Climate Change and Energy, Government of Seychelles, ZERO13, SECDEX Group Limited, and Island Carbon Consult, are organising a side event at the Africa Pavilion.
Objectives of the event:

Explore how tokenisation of green RWAs can accelerate sustainable investment in Africa’s nature-based and low-carbon assets.
Demonstrate how blockchain and digital MRV systems enhance credibility, liquidity, and investor confidence in sustainability-linked assets.
Discuss the enabling infrastructure and regulatory frameworks required to integrate African carbon and sustainability assets into global markets.
Identify how African financial institutions, project developers, and innovators can collaborate to scale climate finance through on-chain transparency and interoperability.

International Commodity Summit 2025
2025-11-17 - 2025-11-20 | Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa
The International Commodity Summit 2025 is a high-level global conference dedicated to the commodity industry, focusing on trade, supply chains, infrastructure, market trends, and investment opportunities. The summit connects decision-makers across the mining, fossil energy, agricultural, construction, and logistics sectors.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra has been invited to speak on the Capital markets in Commodities panel, which will answer the following questions:

Which commodities are becoming critical to humanity’s survival, and can they run out?
Is asteroid mining and space travel a reality that will affect the commodity sectors in the near future at all?
Which commodities will be highest in demand in the next 5 years? As an investor, exploration company, and manufacturer, how can we invest sustainably in those commodities?
At which point will humanoid robots replace humans in critical hand-labor jobs, and how can we prevent mass-unemployment as a result?
What role will banking play in the changing world trade systems?
How will supply chains change in the next 5 years?

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Advancing Gender-responsive Climate Action: Nigeria’s Framework for a National Data Hub on Gender and Climate Information
2025-11-17 11:00 - 12:00 | Nigeria Pavilion, COP30, Brazil
This event is part of the Commonwealth Collaborative Network on Gender-Responsive Climate Action (CCN-GRCA) and will showcase Nigeria’s leadership in developing a centralised, policy-linked platform for gender-disaggregated climate data. The panel session, “From Vision to Action: Harnessing Data for Gender-Responsive Climate Action”, will explore how inclusive data systems can drive equitable climate policy, finance access, and reporting.
Our Managing Director, Lincoln Teo, has been invited to share his insights that will contribute to shaping practical approaches for integrating gender-disaggregated data into national climate responses.

MEDays Forum
2025-11-26 - 2025-11-29 | Palais des Arts et de la Culture, Avenue Mohammed VI, Corniche Malabata, Tangier, Morocco
In a context marked by an intensification of geopolitical rivalries, the resurgence of protectionist tendencies and the weakening of traditional multilateral cooperation mechanisms, the theme of this 17th edition of the MEDays Forum – ‘Fractures and Polarization: Reinventing the Global Equation’ – reflects the urgent need for in-depth and forward-looking reflection on the modalities of renewed global governance. In this polarized world, MEDays 2025 is emerging as a forum for dialogue and influence, where new lines of force will be debated. The challenge is no longer simply to navigate through crises, but to reinvent a more balanced and inclusive global equation.
To this end, the MEDays Forum will once again this year bring together more than 300 high-level speakers, including Heads of State and Government, political decision-makers, Nobel Prize winners, heads of major companies and leading international figures, around more than 7,000 participants from over a hundred countries.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander has been invited to participate in two panels at the event:

MEDays Investments Summit – Panel 5: Fintech & Digital Transformation: Building Africa’s Future Economy Through Technology
The MEDays Session 8: The Crisis of Multilateralism: Has Climate Diplomacy Finally Died?

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4th Regular Meeting of the Green & Sustainable Finance Network in Arab Countries
2025-12-15 - 2025-12-16 | Le Royal Méridien, Abu Dhabi
Organised by the Arab Monetary Fund and the Council of Arab Central Banks and Monetary Authorities Governors, the main objective of this meeting is to explore various aspects of green and sustainable finance, covering key topics such as related regulations, financial instruments, carbon credits, and both regional and international coordination. Anticipated attendees include experts from regulatory authorities across Arab countries—representatives from central banks, ministries of finance, and capital market authorities—totalling around 40 to 50 participants.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra has been invited to join the event and deliver a presentation during the session titled “Scaling & Activating Carbon Markets in the Arab Region”, followed by an interactive question-and-answer session.

Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week
2026-01-11 - 2026-01-15 | ADNEC Centre Abu Dhabi, Al Khaleej Al Arabi St - Al Rawdah, Abu Dhabi, W59 01, United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week sets the tone for global ambition, collaboration, and impact, reinforcing the UAE’s role as a bridge between nations and a source of inspiration for the world.
From January 11–15 2026, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week will mobilize leaders from government, business, and society to chart the next era of sustainable development. With the theme “The Nexus of Next: All Systems Go”, ADSW will connect ambition with action across innovation, finance, and people, showcasing how the world can move forward with confidence.

Gulfood World Economy Summit
2026-01-26 - 2026-01-29 | Dubai Exhibition Centre
Launching at Gulfood 2026, the inaugural Gulfood World Economy Summit will be the global command centre for food security, trade diplomacy, and economic resilience. Over four decisive days, it will convene ministers, policymakers, CEOs, global institutions, and industry visionaries to confront the forces reshaping how nations source, secure, and stabilise their food futures. With food systems now central to the UNFSS+4 and COP30 agendas, the Summit will tackle the urgent need for transparent, climate-smart, cyber-resilient value chains that can withstand volatility and deliver long-term security.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra has been invited to speak on a panel: “Climate Sustainability and the Green Food Economy: Building Resilient Food Ecosystems and Networks”. The race to decarbonize food systems is on. Circular food systems, green supply chains, decarbonization strategies, and climate-smart agriculture leads to sustainable food practices. This panel explores how climate-smart practices and regenerative agriculture can transform global food production while respecting planetary boundaries.
Key topics:
▸ Strategies for scaling low-carbon supply chains, aligning with COP30 goals, and creating resilient systems that balance profitability with sustainability
▸ Scaling regenerative food systems for a low-carbon future
▸ Agricultural Biotech: the next frontier in sustainable farming
▸ Understanding how organizations embed sustainability into operations and production while balancing cost efficiency and outcome: Accelerating Sustainable food practices to shape the future of our food industry
▸ Sustainable supply chains: Developing innovative and collaborative solutions to ensure food supply continuity and minimize climate impact
▸ Policy‑to‑practice: Decarbonising supply chains and accelerating the green transition
▸ Initiatives that promote a circular economy in reducing food waste and loss and improve sustainability through partnerships and technologies
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Webinar: Carbon and Green RWAs on the Chain: What Blockchain Innovation Means for Africa’s Nature-Based Assets and Net Zero
2026-01-28 12:00 - 14:00
ZERO13 is proudly sponsoring a webinar hosted by Vuka Group, Africa’s Green Economy Summit and Carbon Markets Africa Summit.
Africa’s nature-based assets are at the heart of the global climate solution, from carbon credits and conservation projects to water, food, and energy security. But how do we unlock real finance, integrity, and impact at scale?
The answer is on the chain.
Join us for a free, dynamic webinar where we’ll explore how digital finance and blockchain are reshaping climate finance, unlocking new investment pathways into Africa’s carbon and green real-world assets (RWAs), and driving transparency for developers, investors, companies, and governments alike.
Moderator: Hirander Misra, Co-Founder and Chairman, GMEX Group & ZERO13
Panellists:
▸ Julian Gonzalo Jimenez, Senior Climate Change Specialist – Carbon
Finance Solutions Unit, World Bank
▸ Suresh Yadav, Senior Director of the Trade, Ocean and Natural Resources,
Commonwealth Secretariat
▸ Ieva Steponaviciute, Director, Strategy & Outreach, Climate Action Data Trust
(CAD Trust)
▸ James Mwangi, Founder and CEO, Africa Climate Ventures (ACV)

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Commonwealth Trade & Investment Summit 2026
2026-04-20 - 2026-04-21 | The Mansion House, London, EC4N 8BH, United Kingdom
The fifth edition of the Commonwealth Trade and Investment Summit will be held on 20th and 21st April, 2026, at the City of London’s historic Mansion House. CWEIC will convene Heads of Government, Ministers, and senior business leaders from across the Commonwealth for two days of discussion and networking at the highest level.
The 56 countries of the Commonwealth offer a unique platform for collaboration – connected by common institutions, shared legal traditions, and a rapidly expanding consumer base. With a population of 2.7 billion and some of the world’s most dynamic emerging markets, the Commonwealth’s scale and diversity create significant opportunities for innovation, investment, and economic partnership.
Under the theme “Commonwealth Solutions to Global Challenges,” CTIS 2026 will convene leaders from government, business, finance, and technology for two days of strategic discussions. The programme will examine issues such as the future of AI, sustainable energy transitions, infrastructure investment, health technologies, creative industries, and the evolving global financial landscape. The Summit will also host closed-door roundtables designed to encourage robust dialogue and practical problem-solving.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra will have the honour of delivering a keynote speech, as well as have a fireside chat with Samantha Cohen CVO OBE, CEO of Commonwealth Enterprise and Investment Council.
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Global Growth Conference 2026
2026-05-20 - 2026-05-21 | Rabat, Morocco
The Global Growth Conference (GGC) 2026, organised by the Amadeus Institute, will be held in Rabat, Morocco under the theme: “Structuring Growth: Turning Uncertainty into Opportunity”.
In a global environment marked by geopolitical fragmentation, trade tensions and the reconfiguration of value chains, the issue of growth has become particularly critical for Africa and the Global South. Beyond access to financing, the challenge today lies in structuring sustainable, productive and resilient growth trajectories.
The Global Growth Conference 2026 builds directly on the outcomes of GGC 2025, which led to the adoption of the Rabat Roadmap on Financing Growth and Energy Transition. This roadmap now serves as a reference framework to support practical discussions and the structuring of concrete growth pathways, particularly for Africa.
Inspired by the Vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, the GGC 2026 will focus on key priorities, including:

Financing and structuring growth in Africa;
Value chains, productive investment and industrial development;
Energy, resources and transition as drivers of resilience;
Morocco’s role as a trusted hub for stability, investment and partnerships connecting Africa with global markets.

The GGC 2026 will bring together over 100 high-level speakers and more than 1,000 participants from over 50 countries, including senior policymakers, international financial institutions, investors and private-sector leaders.
Hirander Misra, our Chairman & CEO, has been invited to participate in “The Discussion 5: AI, Data Centers & Cloud Infrastructure: The Backbone of Digital Sovereignty”, Thursday 21st May at 2:00 PM.
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Milan Longevity Summit
2026-05-20 - 2026-05-23 | Allianz MiCo, Piazzale Carlo Magno, Milan, Italy
Milan, with its rich cultural heritage, innovation hubs, and civic spirit, becomes a living testbed for how we rethink health across generations, disciplines, and systems.
The Milan Longevity Summit is not just a gathering; it’s where urgency meets imagination, where cross-sector alliances are forged, and where the future of One Health begins to take shape.
Hirander Misra, our Chairman & CEO, has been invited to speak on Day 3 of the event: “Regenerative Agriculture at Scale: Business Models and Market Reality”. Regenerative agriculture is gaining significant attention — but moving from pilot projects to systemic market adoption requires viable business models, aligned incentives, and supportive policy. This session examines where regenerative agriculture stands today — what is working commercially, what barriers persist, and how scale can be achieved.chieved.
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Growth Gateway UK-Vietnam High Level Conference 2026
2026-08-12 09:00 - 12:00 | Mövenpick Hotel Hanoi Centre, 83A Ly Thuong Kiet Street, Cua Nam Ward, Ha Noi, Viet Nam
The Growth Gateway programme supports Vietnam’s IFC agenda. The UK-Vietnam High Level Conference 2026 provides opportunities for UK fintech firms to engage with a broader range of Vietnamese stakeholders.

FoF: Will the carbon pricing markets pass the Nietzsche Test?
2026-09-10 13:00 - 21:30 | Reed Smith Offices, 1 Blossom Yard, London, E1 6RS, United Kingdom
Friedrich Nietzsche said, “What doesn’t kill me, makes me stronger” — and carbon pricing markets have spent the last few years putting that to the test. Greenwashing, double-counting, EAC mismatches and a large overhang of discredited credits have battered confidence and collapsed prices across voluntary, compliance, and EAC markets, with standardisation still elusive after twenty years of effort and political headwinds in both the US and Europe adding further pressure.
But signs of recovery are multiplying high-quality projects are commanding premium prices, Article 6.0 offsets are gaining traction, CORSIA is pioneering sectoral standardisation, and familiar techniques like securitisation are starting to attract institutional capital that complexity and fragmentation had previously kept on the sidelines. Organised by Future of Finance, Carbon Credits 2026 will bring together the market’s key voices to explore how trust is being rebuilt and what’s still needed to finally deliver large, liquid markets in carbon offsets, reductions, and removals.
The 3 key topics are:
From Carbon Credits to Carbon Costs: How externalities are being priced into trade and supply chains
From Footprints to Financials: Scope 3, financed emissions and the CFO’s carbon problem
What can be done to deliver large and liquid markets in carbon credits?
Hirander Misra, our Chairman & CEO, will be a speaker on Panel 3: What Can Be Done to Deliver Large and Liquid Markets in Carbon Credits?

GCC Financial Markets & Treasury Conference
2026-11-19 - 2026-11-20 | Dubai, UAE
The 6th GCC Financial Markets & Treasury Conference is a premier regional platform bringing together professionals from the financial markets and treasury industry. Hosted by the UAE Financial Markets Association (UAE FMA), the conference will feature key discussions, market insights, and high-level networking opportunities connecting banks, financial institutions, and market participants from across the GCC and beyond.
Hirander Misra, our Chairman & CEO, has been invited to speak on a panel: “The Future of Digital Financial Markets and Tokenised Economies”. The panel will explore the emergence of tokenised real-world assets and how technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence are enabling new investment models. From energy infrastructure and mineral assets to carbon markets and AI data centres, the discussion will examine how integrated digital investment platforms can unlock new sources of capital, create bankable yield-generating assets, and support long-term economic development and sovereign value creation.
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MEDays 2026
2026-11-25 - 2026-11-28 | Palais des Arts et de la Culture, Avenue Mohammed VI, Corniche Malabata, Tangier, Morocco
The 2026 edition of MEDays takes place against an international backdrop marked by profound change. The certainties that once shaped international relations are gradually fading away; alliances are being redefined; rivalries are becoming more overt; and economic, technological, energy and security balances are growing increasingly unstable. The world is no longer merely experiencing successive divisions: it is now permanently fragmented.
In light of this reality, MEDays 2026 aims to launch a substantive debate on the choices facing states, institutions, businesses and societies. The theme ‘A Fragmented World: A Time for Choices’ encapsulates this ambition: to move beyond mere commentary on crises and instead examine the decisions, trade-offs and responsibilities that will determine the balance of power in the future. Since 2008, the MEDays Forum has established itself as a unique platform for strategic dialogue, bringing together political, economic and intellectual decision-makers to discuss major global transformations. As a ‘Forum of the South’, MEDays provides a space where Africa, the Arab world and the ‘Global South’ can set out their priorities, defend their interests, propose their solutions and engage in dialogue on an equal footing with their international partners.
Our Chairman & CEO Hirander Misra has been invited to join 2 sessions:

Panel 7 on Wednesday 25 November at 4:15pm: Fintech & Digital Transformation: Sovereignty or Digital Colonization?
Session 12 on Friday 27 November at 5:05pm: Blockchain & Digital Currencies: Monetary Sovereignty or Financial Fragmentation?

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