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Special Episode | Scenes from the IETA North America Climate Summit 2023

We present a special mid-week episode of SmarterMarkets™, bringing you exclusive interviews from the IETA North America Climate Summit. 

At this September’s Climate Week in New York City, we partnered with IETA to interview a wide-range of carbon market participants. During this pivotal year in carbon markets, we wanted to discuss their perspectives on where we are and what we need to do next to harness the power of markets to make net-zero possible.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sat down with these guests to talk about how carbon markets support their strategy for climate action; how this year’s challenges to operationalize the Article 6 markets, as well as this year’s challenges to the reputation and growth of the voluntary carbon markets, are affecting their strategies; and what they see as the most important ideas being discussed at the Climate Summit this year.

We’ve compiled a selection of those interviews into this special episode of SmarterMarkets™. The full interviews for each guest are available on the SmarterMarkets™ Presents media portal.

Our guests in order of appearance in this episode are:

Ingo Puhl, Co-Founder & Managing Director, Southeast Asia at South Pole

Lisa DeMarco, Senior Partner & CEO at Resilient and Chair of the Board of Directors at IETA

Svenja Telle, Director of Origination at Base Carbon

Ana Carolina Avzaradel Szklo, Technical Director, Markets and Standards at VCMI

Melissa Lindsay, Founder & CEO at Emsurge & Emstream

Juan Durán, Executive Director at EcoRegistry

Dinesh Babu, Executive Director at Climate Action Data Trust

Nick Osborne, GM, Global Environmental Products at Shell Energy

Lars Kvale, VP of Market Solutions at Chia Network

Lars Kroijer, Founder & Managing Director at Allied Offsets

Max DuBuisson, VP of Sustainability Policy & Engagement at Indigo Ag

Goulnara Aguiar, CEO & Founder of Ormex Standard

Dominique Strasdin, Head of Business Development at Vertree

Rick Saines, Managing Director at Pollination

Matt Beckwith, Sr. Advisor at Varda Ag

Leslie Durschinger, Founder, CEO, & CIO at Terra Global Capital

Mark Downes, Communications Director at IETA

David Antonioli, Independent Advisor & Former CEO at Verra

Commodities in Asia Episode 1 | Amreeta Eng, Executive Director, Enterprise Singapore

This week, we kick off our new series, Commodities in Asia. In this series, we’ll be exploring the current state and the future ambitions of the commodities markets in Asia. Across energy, metals, agriculture, and carbon, we’ll be talking with the leading voices of the Asian commodity markets to help us better understand how we can work together to build the next generation of truly global smarter markets.

We kick off our series with Amreeta Eng, Executive Director at Enterprise Singapore. Enterprise Singapore is a government agency under the Ministry of Trade & Industry that champions enterprise development by partnering with companies and industry to build capabilities, innovate and internationalize, and by supporting the growth of Singapore as a hub for global trading and start-ups.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Amreeta to discuss how Singapore has become a center for commodities trading and the broader commodities industry.

The September Sessions Episode 5 | Evy Hambro, Managing Director and Global Head of Thematic and Sector Based Investing, Fundamental Equity at BlackRock

For the final episode of our September Sessions, we welcome Evy Hambro into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Evy is Managing Director and Global Head of Thematic and Sector Based Investing, Fundamental Equity at BlackRock.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Evy to discuss how to put investment capital to work by investing in companies that are providing the materials we need to support the energy transition at scale, and how to find those companies that are best positioned to profit from the changing energy landscape as we move from brown to green.

The September Sessions Episode 4 | Daniel Yergin, Vice Chairman of S&P Global and Author of “The New Map”

This week, we welcome Pulitzer Prize winning author Daniel Yergin back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Daniel is Vice Chairman of S&P Global and author of The New Map: Energy, Climate, and the Clash of Nations, as well as the Pulitzer Prize winning book The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Daniel to discuss the insights and perspectives captured in two of his recent reports: Inflation Reduction Act: Impact On North America Metals and Minerals Market and Shaping a Living Roadmap for Energy Transition.

The September Sessions Episode 3 | Erik Townsend, Host of Macro Voices and the Documentary Series, Energy Transition Crisis

Our September Sessions roll on this week with Erik Townsend, Host of Macro Voices. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Erik to discuss his new eight-part documentary series Energy Transition Crisis.

The September Sessions Episode 2 | Dirk Forrister, President & CEO, International Emissions Trading Association (IETA)

This week on The September Sessions, we welcome Dirk Forrister into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Dirk is the President and CEO of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA). SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Dirk to discuss how IETA and its members are viewing the world’s evolving carbon markets and net zero landscape on the eve of their North America Climate Summit this week in New York City.

The September Sessions Episode 1 | Robert Friedland, Founder and Executive Chairman, Ivanhoe Mines

This week, we kick off our new series, The September Sessions, where we’ll focus on the work required to make the energy transition a reality. Our first guest is Robert Friedland, Founder and Executive Co-Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely welcomes Robert back into the studio to discuss the realities of what it takes to produce the minerals and metals we need to change our energy systems.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 7 | Frances Haugen, Advocate for Accountability and Transparency in Social Media & Author of “The Power of One”

On the final installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Frances Haugen into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Frances is an advocate for accountability and transparency in social media and the author of the memoir, The Power of One: How I Found the Strength to Tell the Truth and Why I Blew the Whistle on Facebook.

SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Frances to discuss the algorithms designed to capture our attention, their flaws, and how we can incentivize change and build better social networks.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 6 | Ted Merz, Founder, Principals Media & Former Global Head of News Product, Bloomberg

Our Summer Playlist continues this week with Ted Merz, Founder of Principals Media and the Former Global Head of News Product at Bloomberg. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Ted to discuss the changing nature of information in our lives and our relationship with it.

Summer Playlist 2023 Episode 5 | Helima Croft, Managing Director & Global Head of Commodity Strategy, RBC Capital Markets

On this week’s installment of our Summer Playlist, we welcome Helima Croft back into the SmarterMarkets™ studio. Helima is Managing Director and Global Head of Commodity Strategy at RBC Capital Markets. SmarterMarkets™ host David Greely sits down with Helima to discuss the geopolitics and current state of play in the global commodities markets.