Carolyn Ching
Director, Food and Forests, Research
Ceres
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 has authored several reports, including two Ceres 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 has published op-eds related to her research and has been 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.