Ross Bernet

Ross Bernet is Carbon Removal Buyer on Microsoft’s Carbon Removal Team, where he focuses on negotiating deals to purchase high-quality removal credits from reforestation and Improved Forest Management projects. Before joining Microsoft, Ross worked across the non-profit and private sector in roles at the intersection of nature and technology. He received his Master’s degree in Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies where he focused on the use of remote sensing and geospatial technology. Today he is most interested in how we can shape the voluntary carbon market to channel funding towards high-quality Nature-Based Projects and enable technology to improve MRV.