CTrees is heading to New York for Climate Week NYC, an annual gathering of leaders in policy, business, and civil society committed to climate action. Meet our team at our two sponsored events and find us at partner events throughout the week.


Road to Belém: Raising Ambition for Jurisdictional Forest Finance

September 24, 2024 | 10 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

This CTrees panel discussion will bring together a panel of leaders in policy and science to discuss innovations in finance for Global South jurisdictions to protect and restore forest ecosystems. Panelists include:

  • Christina Magerkurth, Managing Director, Architecture for REDD+ Transactions (ART)

  • Carlos Nobre, Ph.D., Senior Researcher, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo; Co-Chair, Science Panel for the Amazon

  • Sassan Saatchi, Ph.D., Senior Research Scientist, NASA Jet Propulsion Lab/Caltech; co-founder and CEO, CTrees

  • Frances Seymour, Senior Advisor for Forests, Office of the U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, U.S. Department of State

  • Lee White, Ph.D., Special Envoy, Science Panel for the Congo Basin (moderator)

    • Advance registration is required, RSVP today. Contact Daniel Melling, head of marketing, dmelling@ctrees.org, with any questions about this event.


    Food, Festivities, and a Fireside Chat: A Photographic Journey Through Forestry Market Projects

    September 26, 2024 | 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

    Sponsored by Cool Effect, with partners CTrees and Conservation International, this conversation will bring together leading experts in forest conservation to take you on a photographic journey of their combined decades of experience visiting and working with carbon projects around the globe. Speakers include:

  • Sassan Saatchi, co-founder and CEO, CTrees

  • Dee Lawrence, Member, ICVCM; Co-founder and Director, Cool Effect, High Tide Foundation, and Proyecto Mirador

  • Bronson Griscom, VP, Natural Climate Solutions, Conservation International

  • Jodi Manning, CEO, Cool Effect

    • Registration is now closed. To join the wait list, please reach out to cooleffectrsvp@demonstratepr.com.


    Meet our team

    CTrees staff at Climate Week include:

  • Sassan Saatchi, co-founder & CEO | LinkedIn

  • Aijing Li, research & engagement specialist | LinkedIn

  • Daniel Melling, head of marketing | LinkedIn

  • Fiona Osborn, GIS & remote sensing analyst | LinkedIn

  • Raymond Song, carbon markets & policy lead | LinkedIn

    • Find us at the IETA North American Climate Summit, Nature Hub, Nest Climate Campus, and other events sponsored by our partners and peers. Please reach out via LinkedIn to request a meeting with any of our team.