Climate Collective

Chief Executive Officer

Ethereum Climate Platform

Mitigating CO2 at scale | Leading coalition of investors and technology providers | Building tools and financial structures using Web3 technologies and a unique blend of capital.

Advisor

Lead, Project17 and Global Strategic Partnerships, Meta

Facebook

Lead, Project17 and Global Strategic Partnership

Global Impact: Data and AI 

Energy Access Information Program Manager

World Bank Group

Working in the intersection of connectivity and energy access, including connectivity investments and business model innovation (last-mile), assisting governments to take advantage of the Digital Economy (single digital market in East Africa, and unstructured data for economic impact assessment of DE), and building a portfolio of smart infrastructure projects looking at ICT as enabler of low carbon economies. Specifically working on open and advanced data analytics concepts in the energy sector, like developing open source software for non-technical-loss reduction, building resources to increase use of data analytics for off-grid energy access; running a challenge competition to improve urban energy management in Africa/LAC cities and co-managing the Digital Development Partnership (DDP).

Senior Energy and ICT/digital Specialist

- Global: Data analytics for energy system optimization and Energy Service Comp delivery of EE; Co-organizing CitiSense, focusing on ICT solutions for urban energy management during the Smart City Expo in Barcelona (www.smartcityexpo.com);
- Brazil: Market mechanism for emissions reduction: cap-and-trade/carbon tax for PMR. Energy sector south-south exchange program between Brazil and Africa/India; Brazil Green Cities Initiative;  
- India: Energy efficiency technology challenge, using competitions to source innovation in industry energy efficiency, incl HVAC, pumps; 
- Caribbean: Design, development and deployment of Citizen Engagement nudges in the Caribbean electricity sector, specifically focusing on improving energy access.

Special assignments:
- Co-founder of beta.Bank, an in-house consultancy serving as a talent matching market place developing skills and increasing organizational efficiency

Climate Change Specialist, Latin America & Caribbean region

Y-LAB - World Bank Innovation Space

Y-LAB is a World Bank-wide creative space aimed to encourage intrapreneurship and lean project design (create/participate/discuss).

- Responsible for design and launch of a virtual incubation platform linked to EVOKE+, a social entrepreneurship game and online incubation platform for young early stage entrepreneurs in Brazil
- Co-Organizer of 'Start-up Weekend World Bank', a modified start-up weekend methodology to encourage risk taking, design thinking and an alternative approach to project development in an international development institution 
- Developed and secured funding for four projects focusing on bottom-of-the-pyramid market development, innovative financing mechanism to scale up decentralized energy systems and social entrepreneurship
- Represented WB at Youth Summit for Rio+20

Co-founder

The World Bank - Global Environment Facility

As the financing mechanism of the UNFCCC, the GEF is the largest public financing facility of climate change projects.

Selection of work tasks:
- Supported the management of the renewable energy and technology transfer portfolio ($1.3billion)
- Instrumental in preparation and execution of GEF programming during COP17 in Durban, in particular responsible for the successful “CleanTech Open South Africa”, a $1 million competition for SA entrepreneurs (in partnership with US-based Clean Tech Open).
- Authored a GEF strategy on household energy/black carbon 
- Involved in strategy development for future climate finance architecture (GEF, Green Climate Fund)

Climate Change Mitigation Officer

German Technical Cooperation - GTZ

- Designed and implemented a three year regional bioenergy program with objectives deliverables and multi-donor funded budget - focusing on energy access in Mozambique, South Africa, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia and Swaziland. Supported SADC Governments with day-to-day interactions with investors, donors, journalists and civil society organizations, developed strong internal and external partners network. Chaired SADC roundtable for sustainable biofuels.
- Instrumental in designing a regional bioenergy and biofuel policy in SADC region
- Pilot tested selected sustainability criteria schemes for biofuels in field with large scale investors and small holder farmers, working with private companies coordinating with their CSR program managers.
- Participated in piloting a commercial local production of urban cookstoves in Maputo
- Supported the establishment of a sustainable biomass/cookstove market supporting small entrepreneurs to grow their business targeting BOP
- Strategic advisor to development of first African sustainability criteria for biofuels in Mozambique (drafting and stakeholder negotiations). Proposed policy framework is today adopted as legislation.
The ProBEC program dealt with sustainable bioenergy production and improved energy efficient cookstoves. ProBEC was a regional GIZ project covering 8 countries in the SADC region. www.probec.org

Regional technical advisor to the SADC Secretariat on bioenergy

The Centre

European Affairs consultancy. My main areas of work: energy efficiency, bioenergy, climate change.

Intern

Climate Tech Strategy and Leadership (ex Meta, World Bank Group, Global Environment Facility, GIZ)

** Strategic senior leader with expansive partnership, technology and climate experience** 

As the CEO of Climate Collective, I lead an innovation network that leverages data and digital technologies to unlock climate and nature action at scale. With over 17 years of experience in the intersection of climate change, technology, and international development, I have a proven track record of building and managing strategic partnerships, designing and implementing climate tech solutions, and mobilizing financial resources for high-impact initiatives. 

I have extensive knowledge and expertise in climate finance, energy transformation, mitigation/adaptation/resilience program management, decarbonization and digital tech, such as blockchain, AI, geospatial, and decentralized/web3 applications. I am passionate about using these tools and platforms to create new models and mechanisms for climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as empowering communities and stakeholders to participate in and benefit from the transition to a low-carbon and resilient future. Previously, I held senior leadership positions at Meta, World Bank Group, Global Environment Facility, and GIZ, where I drove frontier tech adoption, climate finance, data and development innovation, and gender data across the globe.

🌲Meta and World Resources Institute partner to map the worlds trees at a 1-meter resolution, allowing the detection of single trees at a global scale 💫


💙 So many things I love about this announcement 



1. Forests = climate + nature! 

🌲 Forests are home to most of Earth’s terrestrial biodiversity and play a critical role in the uptake of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ecosystem services provided by forests can help us mitigate the climate and biodiversity crises. 



2. Reliable and timely forest data remains scarce and access is not universal. 

🌳 Critical gaps remain in the scientific understanding of structure and extent of global forests. Because a majority of existing data on global forests is derived from low to medium resolution satellite imagery (10 or 30 meters), there is a gap in the understanding of dynamic and dispersed forest systems such as agroforestry, drylands forests, and alpine forests, which together constitute more than a third of the world’s forests. 



3. Computational capabilities + real use cases + sharing open source! 

A global map of tree canopy height at a 1-meter resolution allows for the detection of single trees at a global scale. In an effort to advance open source forest monitoring, all canopy height data and artificial intelligence models are free and publicly available.

Let’s be realistic, not everyone has the people or compute to pull this off. For years Meta has partnered with social impact orgs to build datasets and modeling capabilities to support their work (Direct Relief and humanitarian response is perhaps the most well known example). This work takes it to the next level. 

💻 AI skills and computational power are central to Meta’s pledge to help advance the UN #SDGs that I helped craft while at Meta. This is spot on #SDG13 #SDG14 #SDG17



4. Holistic climate commitment = value chain decarbonization + offsets for residual emissions

🌱 Meta has a goal of achieving net zero emissions across its value chain in 2030 which will largely be achieved by reducing corporate emissions. Meta will address any residual emissions through carbon removal, including both natural and tech approaches. Forest-based carbon removal and the technology to better monitor, report, and verify the carbon sequestration is an essential component of Meta’s carbon removal strategy.

Yes and. Not either or. 

Also, as data and foundational model are openly available they can support efforts around transparent verification of carbon projects, monitoring of restoration sites, training data for courser resolution mapping, etc. Rings on the water..



💚 Flagging for Climate Collective  members and friends. 

John Brandt Tobias Tiecke Andreas Gros Marcy Lynn Samhir Vasdev Edward Palmieri Sarah Sasaki Tsien Tracy Johns Frederick Leuschner Frederic Fournier Kristy Deiner Tom Walker Abe Tarapani Diego Saez Gil Alexia Kelly Josh Knauer Tom Quigley Juan David Duran Hernandez Chandra Shekhar Sinha Leticia Guimaraes Vilas Dhar

Anna Lerner Nesbitt

** Strategic senior leader with expansive partnership, technology and climate experience** 

I'm currently the CEO of Climate Collective, an innovation network ––with investors, non-profit organizations, entrepreneurs and scientists––leveraging data and digital technologies to unlock climate and nature action at scale. 

I spent 4 years leading Meta's (fm Facebook) strategy around the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals; Meta's investment in Gender Data; and its Global Strategic Partners program - Meta's white-glove social impact partner program, supporting high-impact nonprofits to leverage tech and data for real-world impact. 

Before Meta, I spent 7 years driving frontier tech adoption, climate finance, data and development innovation at the World Bank Group, including the Climate Mitigation portfolio of the Global Environmental Facility, the financing facility of UNFCCC, and decarbonization investments across the globe.

I lived several years in Mozambique, working for GIZ as a regional advisor on sustainable biomass policies and energy efficient cookstove programs across key markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.

I'm a global nomad, born and raised in Sweden and have spent 17 years working in the intersection of international development and technology/private sector, having lived and worked on 4 continents (Europe, Africa, South America, North America). An economist by training, I thrive in the intersection of new ideas, global challenges and digital technologies. Love to cook, travel and fish.

Melissa Zanocco OBE

Mark Hudson

🤝  How can we protect genuine human-to-human communication in the digital age? 

Trust is absolutely central in order to mobilize funding and commitment to respond to the climate crisis at the scale needed. 

💻  At the same time, we're moving towards an increasingly digital-centric existence, with diverse platforms enabling communication, transactions, and collaboration - - question of trust within these digital spaces becomes paramount.

👯  For digital interaction to remain valuable, humans need to know what's real, who's real and who is trusted. 

A friend introduced me to Ari Andersen and Kibu. Ari is building an ecosystem for consensus based authorization together with Eftychis Gregos Mourginakis and Eric Novotny.

Last week I joined his podcast to talk about the importance of trust and accountability to move the needle on climate. 

Specifically how misinformation, trust deficits, and the need for multi-stakeholder coordination are some of the core challenges activists and policymakers face in making significant headway on climate action today.


🌐  I joined the The World Bank Group's digital team in 2015 to focus on digital, data and sustainable development.  I'm firmly in the camp of digital transformation as a means to sustainable development, gender equality and access to opportunities. 

That said, we all have a role to play to make this space safe, trusted and honest. Very grateful for groups like Kibu who are building tools to help us move in the right direction.

Carlo Maria Rossotto, CFA, CAIA Casey Torgusson Jane Treadwell Edward Anderson Jack Policar Michael Mezzatesta Christine Zhenwei Qiang Nikunj Jinsi Michel Rogy Troy Etulain Kristin Lord Nick Martin Andrew Means, M.P.P. Joshua Haynes Samhir Vasdev John Zoltner Wayan Vota Craig Zelizer Krista Jones Baptista Aditya Agrawal #ict4d #digitaldevelopment #digitaltransformation #digitaltech #trust #cybersecurity #aiforgood #responsibleai #ai 


Last week I celebrated 5 incredible climate leaders at the TIME #earthawards 

Nemonte Nenquimo, Gabriela Hearst, Jane Fonda, Robert Bullard, and Senator John F Kerry

Accepting her award, Nemonte stated: 
“She’s crying. She’s shouting. She’s screaming. She’s saying that she is the tides rising, the rivers rising, the droughts. This is her language. This is her alarm to us". 

I so enjoyed the chance to meet up with friends, former colleges and make new connections - ping Claudia Ortiz Tom Steyer Jay Lipman Mathias Wikström Christiana Figueres Trista Patterson, PhD Cassie Flynn Sophia Li Dan Hammer Chad Frischmann Chante Harris Nathalie FLORES Ciclón Olivares x 📸 

Thanks to the incredible TIME team for constantly upping their game on climate communication and mobilizing action, and to the immaculate Shyla Raghav who continues to lead people and movements in the right direction 🌱 

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