Carolyn Ching oversees research on the climate impacts of agriculture and commodity-driven deforestation, and how food companies can reduce the material risks associated with those impacts. She also supports research and benchmarking for Nature Action 100, a global investor-led initiative to drive corporate action and ambition on nature loss.
Carolyn authors reports, including Ceres’ recent analyses of progress by companies in the Food Emissions 50 initiative and of the financial case for corporate action on agricultural pollution (Unlocking Opportunity: Addressing Livestock Methane to Build Resilient Food System). She has also authored several reports on the natural climate solutions and the voluntary carbon market (The Role of Natural Climate Solutions in Corporate Climate Commitments and Evaluating the Use of Carbon Credits) and Ceres and Nature Action 100’s Exploring Nature Impacts and Dependences: A Field Guide to Eight Key Sectors. She publishes op-eds related to her research and is a featured speaker at global climate and nature events.
Before joining Ceres, Carolyn worked at Verra, where she played a central role in developing and growing the Verified Carbon Standard.
Carolyn is based in Seattle. When not at work, she can be found biking, hiking, or skiing.