Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2024
We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2024. SmarterMarkets™ returned to the Carbon Markets Studio at the IETA North America Climate Summit to take stock of where we are and what we need to do next to harness the power of markets to […]
Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)
This week on Markets in Transition, we welcome Dirk Forrister back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Dirk is President & CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). David Greely sits down with Dirk to discuss the transitions happening in the carbon markets – from analog to digital, voluntary to compliance, and OECD to global – […]
Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading, Trafigura
Our Summer Playlist continues this week with Hannah Hauman, Global Head of Carbon Trading at Trafigura. David Greely sits down with Hannah to discuss how seemingly separate EU regulations on corporate green claims and reporting are coming together to create a new definition of net zero and a new approach to driving corporate climate action. […]
Peter Zaman, Partner, HFW Singapore
We continue our Summer Playlist this week with Peter Zaman. Peter is a Partner at HFW in Singapore and has been practicing law in climate finance and environmental markets since 2004. David Greely sits down with Peter to talk about the state of play in carbon markets. They discuss what the SBTi statements this week, […]
Catherine Flax, President of Private Markets, X Machina Capital Strategies
We wrap up The Future of Energy this week with Catherine Flax, President of Private Markets at X Machina Capital Strategies. David Greely sits down with Catherine to discuss transforming today’s oil and gas assets and energy market infrastructure to meet the needs of a more sustainable energy future. Hosted By
Joe Raia, Chief Commercial Officer, Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse
We continue The Future of Energy this week with Joe Raia. Joe is Chief Commercial Officer at Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse, which commenced trading in its new physically-deliverable LNG and carbon futures contracts yesterday. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Joe to discuss what it takes to build smarter markets for the future of […]
Leslie Durschinger, Founder, CEO, & CIO, Terra Global Capital
We close out our Carbon Frontiers 2024 series this week with Leslie Durschinger, Founder, CEO, & CIO at Terra Global Capital. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Leslie to discuss her views on what the media is getting wrong in its criticism of nature-based carbon projects, as well as what project financiers and developers […]
Steve Zwick, Host and Producer, Bionic Planet
This week on Carbon Frontiers 2024, we welcome Steve Zwick into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Steve is Host and Producer of Bionic Planet, which focuses on navigating the new reality of life on a managed planet. David Greely sits down with Steve to put some of today’s controversies in the voluntary carbon markets into their historical […]
Alasdair Were, Head of Environmental Markets, Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse
On this week’s installment of Carbon Frontiers 2024, we welcome Alasdair Were, Head of Environmental Markets at Abaxx Exchange and Clearinghouse, back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. David Greely sits down with Alasdair to discuss the new futures contracts and technologies that the carbon markets need in order to develop faster, become more liquid, and scale. […]
Alexia Kelly, Managing Director of Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative, High Tide Foundation
This week on Carbon Frontiers 2024, we welcome Alexia Kelly into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Alexia is Managing Director of Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative at the High Tide Foundation. David Greely sits down with Alexia to discuss how we can bridge the divide on ideas for what is the right theory of change that too […]