The Future of Carbon Management | Expert Panel by illuminem & Carbony

With less than 5 years left to reduce CO2 emission by 43%, global efforts remain substantially off track for limiting temperature rise to the 1.5°C goal by 2030. To align with this target, greenhouse gas emissions would need to peak by 2025 and decline by approximately 43% by 2030, according to IPCC.
Join us for insights on the Future of Carbon Management, a webinar co-hosted by illuminem and Corbony. Here, leading experts in the industry discuss the challenges, opportunities for improvement in policymaking, and green tech solutions.
Our esteemed speakers:
1. Sebastian Manhart
Sebastian Manhart is a Senior Policy Advisor at Carbonfuture, the Founder of CDRjobs, the Chair of the Board at the Deutscher Verband für negative Emissionen (DVNE), and a Founding Director of the US Biochar Coalition (USBC). Across these roles, he advocates for progressive policy to scale durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) across Europe, the US, and beyond. Sebastian posts daily content on LinkedIn for his 32k+ followers and runs a monthly newsletter: The Gigaten.
2. Alexia Kelly
Alexia Kelly is the Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative at the High Tide Foundation. She serves on the Board of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets and the Advanced and Indirect Mitigation Initiative. Previously, she was the Director of Net Zero + Nature at Netflix, leading their carbon reduction strategy. Alexia also served as Director of Sustainability Solutions at ENGIE Impact, advising on net zero and decarbonization strategies for Fortune 500 companies and non-profit organizations.
3. Eve Tamme
Eve Tamme is a senior advisor on climate policy. Her expertise covers the Paris Agreement, the EU Emissions Trading System, carbon markets, climate governance, and carbon removal. Today, she leads Climate Principles, a climate policy advisory.
4. Thomas Rinder
Thomas Rinder is the Co-founder of Carbony, a carbon removal developer that utilizes enhanced rock weathering to remove carbon from the atmosphere. With a strong background in geochemistry, he, along with Carbony team, builds on this natural method that increases agricultural yields while decreasing the need for fertilizers.
5. (Moderator) Bryony Collins
Bryony Collins is a multilingual climate journalist at Carbon Pulse. She is a London-based writer and editor who focuses on clean energy, climate change, and technology, with publications on leading media platforms like BloombergNEF. With over 7 years of experience in news and research at Bloomberg, covering climate change, renewable energy and sustainable finance, Bryony is experienced in producing highly engaging content for business professionals and improving readership levels.