Navigating Net Zero with Alexia Kelly

Alexia Kelly has worked for more than 18 years at the intersection of policy and finance to address the climate crisis. Alexia is the Managing Director of the Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI) at High Tide Foundation. The CPMI accelerates ambitious climate action and capital mobilization through robust rules and guidance for voluntary corporate action and disclosures, and building the next generation of high-integrity carbon and environmental services markets. She currently serves on the Board of the Integrity Council for Voluntary Carbon Markets (IC VCM) and the Board of the Advanced and Indirect Mitigation Initiative, as well as on the Expert Advisory Group of the Voluntary Carbon Markets Integrity Initiative (VCMI). Prior to joining High Tide Foundation, she served as Director of Net Zero + Nature at Netflix, where she led the company’s inaugural greenhouse gas inventory, renewable energy strategy, Science Based Target and global carbon credit portfolio. Previously, she worked at the U.S. Department of State, where she served as lead negotiator to the UNFCCC on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement. She has also held senior roles at the World Resources Institute, The David and Lucille Packard Foundation, The Climate Trust, and in private equity.

Dr Britt Wray is an award-winning science communicator, Stanford researcher and bestselling author whose work is dedicated to building resilience to the mental health impacts of climate change and ecological disruption. She is the Director of CIRCLE at Stanford Psychiatry, a research and action initiative focused on the intersection of climate change and mental health in the Stanford School of Medicine, and is the founder of Unthinkable, a non-profit on a mission to support communities around the world that are struggling with climate distress and trauma. Britt is the author of two books, including Generation Dread: Finding Purpose in an Age of Climate Anxiety (which was a finalist for the Governor General’s Award), andRise of the Necrofauna: The Science, Ethics and Risks of De-Extinction (named a best book of the year by the New Yorker in 2017). She is a recipient of the 2025 American Climate Leadership Award (runner up), 2023 Canadian Eco-Hero Award, and Top Prize in Science Communication Excellence from the US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine and Schmidt Futures. Britt holds a PhD in Science Communication from the University of Copenhagen, a Climate Psychology Certificate from the California Institute of Integral Studies and completed her postdoctoral training in Human and Planetary Health at Stanford University and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. In her former career as a broadcaster, Britt hosted and produced several science podcasts, radio and TV programs with the BBC and CBC. Her work has been featured in the New Yorker, New York Times, Washington Post, Financial Times, The Guardian, and more. As an international public speaker, Britt has spoken at TED, the World Economic Forum, and other global stages.

Matt Jordan is a Director within the High Tide Foundation’s Carbon Policy and Markets Initiative (CPMI). Matt has been working in climate action for more than 15 years, and has a long track record of envisioning, developing and scaling innovative programs and financing tools that deliver lasting global impact. Matt built CLASP’s Clean Energy Access program from a single small project to an integrated portfolio of technical, research, and market stimulation programs with a coherent, issue-defining theory of change and a global team of more than 20. He co-founded Propel Clean Energy Partners, a consulting firm with clients such as the World Resources Institute, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Children’s Investment Fund Foundation, and the Asian Development Bank. Following their acquisition of Propel’s work and team, Matt served as a Director in RMI’s Global South portfolio and led their global clean energy workforce development initiative. He holds a BA in Philosophy from Colgate University, a Master’s in Public Policy Analysis from the University of California, and a Professional Certificate in Financing and Deploying Clean Energy from Yale University.