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Rodrigo has over 15 years’ experience in production, management, consulting, audit and assurance related to energy efficiency, carbon management, renewable energy, waste management, asset management, process optimisation and sustainability. Rodrigo has successfully completed audit and advisory engagements across sustainability, energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions streams for private, public and government entities. Rodrigo has completed detailed GHG emissions reporting, energy and sustainability audits and assisted clients report under emissions and energy reporting frameworks such as the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (the NGER Act) and Safeguard Mechanism, Climate Active, and the NSW Energy Savings Scheme (ESS). Rodrigo assisted the Department of the Environment and Energy (DoEE) examining Australia’s landfill gas and alternative waste treatment practices in the context of the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF). Rodrigo is a lead auditor under the NSW ESS where he has successfully completed a suite of reasonable assurance audits across a range of methods including PIAM&V and is also a lead auditor for Puro.earth, a Finnish marketplace for carbon removal, including biochar and terrestrial storage of biomass methods. Rodrigo participated as an energy auditor for the NSW Office of Environment (OEH) Energy Saver Panel, where he undertook the identification, implementation and reporting on energy efficiency activities. Furthermore, he undertook a suite of battery storage and voltage optimisation assessments and assisted the OEH develop their voltage optimisation guide. He has also completed energy efficiency audits for liable entities under the now defunct Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 for a wide range of industries, including mining, wholesale distribution and transport. Additionally, Rodrigo has direct experience in the food processing (meat processing), chemical production, mining, agribusiness, automobile and the metal mechanic industry.

15 + Years of Combined Experience working in Project Management, Development, Engineering and Construction Management. Business & Engineering Industry Sales, Marketing and Technological Knowledge. Over 8 Years Direct Environmental Experience working as a Volunteer for Greenpeace and Various Other Environmental Groups.

Corby is Marketing Executive at Unbound Summits, on a mission to increase awareness of the importance of our global CDR gatherings to accelerate the industry to gigaton-scale removal. He's passionate about the power of science & technology to save the planet from climate disaster. Having started his career at the one of the UK's largest science parks, Corby is new to CDR, and is inspired by the innovation and ingenuity of the industry. He loves to meet new people and learn about new segments and projects within CDR, so please reach out if you have any news or want to chat! If you'd like to be featured in an Unbound Showcase on the Carbon or Adapt Unbound LinkedIn channels, please contact Corby at corby@unboundsummits.com for more info.

Dr. Wil Burns is a founding Co-Executive Director of Institute for Responsible Carbon Removal, which is based at the School of International Service at American University. He is also the Associate Director of the Environmental Policy & Culture Program at Northwestern University. He previously served as the Director of the Energy Policy & Climate program at Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC. He also serves as the Co-Chair of the International Environmental Law Committee of the American Branch of the International Law Association. He is the former President of the Association for Environmental Studies & Sciences, and former Co-Chair of the International Environmental Law interest group of the American Society of International Law and Chair of the International Wildlife Law Interest group of the Society. He has published over 80 articles and chapters in law, science, and policy journals and books, and has co-edited four books. He holds a Ph.D. in International Environmental Law from the University of Wales-Cardiff School of Law. Prior to becoming an academic, he served as Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs for the State of Wisconsin and worked in the non-governmental sector for twenty years, including as Executive Director of the Pacific Center for International Studies, a think-tank that focused on implementation of international wildlife treaty regimes, including the Convention on Biological Diversity and International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling. His current areas of research focus are: climate geoengineering; international climate change litigation; adaptation strategies to address climate change, with a focus on the potential role of microinsurance; and the effectiveness of the European Union’s Emissions Trading System. Selected publications in the field of climate geoengineering by Wil Burns: • Agroforestry: Enhancing the Prospects for Ameliorating Climate Change, 1 EARTH MATTERS 3-27 (2024) • Governance of Ocean-Based Carbon Dioxide Removal Research under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 75(1) UNIVERSITY OF MARINE LAW REVIEW 38-70 (2023) • The Aspen Institute’s Guidance for Ocean-based Carbon • Dioxide Removal Projects, 17(1) JOURNAL OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY vi-vii (2022) • Antacids for the Sea? Artificial Ocean Alkalinization and Climate Change, 3 ONE EARTH 154-56 (2020) (co-author: Charles Corbett) • Climate Engineering Under the Paris Agreement, 49 ENVIRONMENTAL LAW REPORTER 11113-11120 (2019) (co-author: Neil Craik) • Governing geoengineering research for the Great Barrier Reef, 19(7) CLIMATE POLICY 801-11 (2019) (lead author: Jan McDonald) • Geoengineering the Oceans: An Emerging Frontier in International Climate Change Governance, 15 AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF MARITIME & OCEAN AFFAIRS 67-80 (2017) [lead author: Jeff McGee) • Bioenergy and carbon capture with storage (BECCS): the prospects and challenges of an emerging climate policy response, 7(4) JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE 527-34 (2017) [co-author: Simon Nicholson] • A Response to Reynolds, et. al., Five Solar Geoengineering Tropes that have Outstayed their Welcome, FCEA Comments Paper (November 2016) • The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering: A Primer for Delegates to the UNFCCC, Centre for International Governance Innovation, Special Report (October 2016) [co-author: A. Neil Craik] • The Paris Agreement and Climate Geoengineering Governance: The Need for a Human Rights-Based Component, Centre for International Governance Innovation, CIGI Papers No. 111 (October 2016) • Human Rights Dimensions of Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage and Human Rights: A Framework for Climate Justice in the Realm of Climate Geoengineering, in CLIMATE JUSTICE: GLOBAL AND REGIONAL CHALLENGES IN GOVERNANCE 23-45 (Randall Abate, ed., 2016, Environmental Law Institute) • Governing Climate Engineering, in NEW EARTH POLITICS 342-46 (Simon Nicholson & Sikina Jinnah, eds. 2016, MIT Press) [co-author: Simon Nicholson] • Climate Geoengineering and the Role of Public Deliberation: A Comment on the US National Academy of Sciences’ Recommendations on Public Participation, 5 CLIMATE LAW 252-94 (2015) [co-author: Jane A. Flegal] • CLIMATE CHANGE GEOENGINEERING PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES, LEGAL ISSUES, AND GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS (William C.G. Burns & Andrew Strauss, eds., 2013, Cambridge University Press) • Introduction to Climate Geoengineering, 2 CARBON & CLIMATE LAW REVIEW 87-90 (2013) • Geoengineering the Climate: An Overview of Solar Radiation Management Options, 46 TULSA LAW REVIEW 283-304 (2012) • Climate Geoengineering: Solar Radiation Management and its Implications for Intergenerational Equity, 4 STANFORD JOURNAL OF LAW, SCIENCE & POLICY 38-55 (2011)

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