Cracking Down On Greenwashing With Satellite & Ground Sensor Networks

Cracking Down On Greenwashing With Satellite & Ground Sensor Networks
Webinar

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The UN announced a crackdown on carbon net zero greenwashing at COP 27 as global emissions are still heading in the wrong direction despite record multi-trillion-dollar trade in carbon credits and climate bonds. Tightened accounting and verification standards are to follow. Meanwhile, scientists have produced breakthroughs in measuring local emissions. Very high spatial resolution from the WorldView-3 satellite has detected and located point methane plumes. Ground sensor networks have confirmed locally that some cities and countries that imposed Covid-19 lockdown measures significantly reduced carbon dioxide levels while others didn’t. Learn more about the greenwashing-busting tech poised to hold companies and cities accountable and supercharge climate investing.

Speaker:

Tac Leung is CEO of Secured Carbon, a climate fintech building a data appliance for cities to scientifically monitor emissions, accountably raise capital from green bond investors, allocate capital efficiently, and verify the progress of net zero carbon emissions projects. It is forming a coalition with the US National Institute of Standards and Technology to develop standards linking climate science measurement and goals to financial performance. Tac is a materials scientist and engineer the has contributed to more than a dozen venture and corporate-backed fintech and insurtech startups and served as entrepreneur in residence for Shasta Ventures, State Farm’s venture incubator, and Standard Chartered Bank’s SC Ventures. Andressen Horowitz led the seed round on Anzen, his previous startup. Tac’s transportation scope 1 and 2 carbon emissions are zero, and his scope 3 will be net zero by 2023.

Professor Paul Palmer, Group Leader and Professor of Quantitative Earth Observation at The University of Edinburgh

Date
Tuesday, 10 January 2023

Time
16:00 - 16:45 GMT

Cost
Free