From compliance to competitive advantage: Navigating the new carbon credit reality

Kathryn has a MSc in Climate Change from the University of Copenhagen specialising in climate policy and sustainability. She has experience in science communications and impact reporting, placing her expertise in between climate change and communications. A self-proclaimed geopolitics nerd, Kathryn uses this knowledge to track and brief our community on news and updates in and around the carbon removal space.

Tim holds an MSc in Climate Change from the University of Copenhagen and a BSc in Earth Sciences. He has 3 years' experience in CDR and has previously worked in wind energy and environmental impact at two Danish startups.

Kasper advises on offtake agreements and energy regulation, with particular expertise in CCUS and CCS projects, the sale of CDR credits, biomethane and biogas, and environmental attributes. He has vast experience in public law and commercial regulation, especially within the energy, transport and infrastructure sectors. In addition to his transactional capabilities, Kasper has a strong regulatory background in energy law at Danish, EU, and international levels. He regularly advises on key legislative frameworks such as the CCS Directive, EU ETS, RED package, as well as mechanisms related to RECs, GoOs, and emerging certification regimes for hydrogen, e-fuels, and biomethane. He also provides legal guidance within the voluntary carbon market, including the Puro.earth and VCS Standard. Kasper has also advised on the intake and offtake arrangements for CCS projects (including the transportation and storage of CO2 and CDR credits).

Anne-Sophie is a leading advisor within energy markets with deep expertise in complex offtake and intake arrangements across renewable assets and the regulatory frameworks governing integrated energy systems and carbon value chains. She heads Accura’s commercial offtake and regulatory team, specialising in offtake and intake frameworks, including the structuring of revenue streams for large-scale energy and carbon-related projects. Anne-Sophie advises buyers, sellers and developers on origination, structuring and negotiation of offtake arrangements, ensuring risk‑balanced and bankable commercial frameworks aligned with certification and regulatory requirements. Her regulatory expertise covers, inter alia, the CCS Directive, RED package, EU ETS, GoO and REC regimes, and emerging certification schemes for hydrogen, e‑fuels, biomethane and carbon removals.

Jefferson specialises in Climate Finance, with a focus on environmental products to finance climate change adaptation, mitigation and solutions. He provides commercial, market and legal advisory across technologies for the generation of various f environmental attributes, as well as CCS, CCUS, nature-based solutions and biofuels. His expertise includes advising on the legal and commercial aspects of the environmental attributes of commodities and regulatory requirements, voluntary carbon projects, carbon offtake agreements, carbon project services agreements. Jefferson has also worked on futures products for voluntary carbon credits, UK ETS allowance trading documentation, ESG advisory work and greenhouse gas accounting. He has also advised on the intake and offtake arrangements for CCS projects (including the transportation and storage of CO2 and CDR credits).