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        Derik Broekhoff

        Senior Scientist

      • Expertise: cities, carbon markets
      • derik.broekhoff@sei.org
      • @DBroekhoff
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      Derik Broekhoff joined SEI US in Seattle in June 2015 to work on climate change mitigation research.

      Derik has worked on energy and climate policy for more than 18 years, with an emphasis on greenhouse gas accounting, emissions trading, and carbon offsets. His research interests include the effective design and implementation of environmental market mechanisms, along with assessing and enabling climate mitigation policies that go beyond “carbon pricing,” especially at the local government level.

      He is currently working on an evaluation of how local government actions can complement national policies and increase the ambition of greenhouse gas mitigation targets under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

      Prior to joining SEI, Derik was vice president for policy at the Climate Action Reserve in Los Angeles, where he oversaw development of the Reserve’s voluntary carbon offset program and its transition into California’s regulatory cap-and-trade program.

      Previously, he worked on the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Initiative at the World Resources Institute, where he also managed work on the design of emissions trading programs, registry systems, and standards for carbon offsets. He has advised numerous state, national, and multi-national policy initiatives on carbon accounting and program design, including voluntary and regulatory offset programs and programs to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD+).

      He has a master’s degree in public policy (MPP) from the University of California at Berkeley, and a bachelor’s degree in international relations from Stanford University.

      Publications by Derik Broekhoff

      • Assessing crediting scheme standards and practices for ensuring unit quality under the Paris agreement
      • Attribution: A practical guide to navigating the blending of climate finance and carbon markets
      • To decarbonize U.S. industry, look to federal and state-level partnerships
      • Seizing the urban opportunity: how national governments can recover from Covid-19, secure shared prosperity and tackle the climate crisis through cities
      • A guide to developing domestic carbon crediting mechanisms
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      Perspectives by Derik Broekhoff

      • At COP26, it's time for corporate climate action to move beyond offsets
      • For corporate net-zero targets, focus on the big picture
      • Voluntary carbon markets carry risks
      • Should carbon offsets only include removing CO2 from the atmosphere?
      • With no carbon market rules emerging from COP25, will aviation and voluntary offsets take the lead?
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      Featured stories with Derik Broekhoff

      • Transforming urban energy through national and city government collaboration
      • Net zero targets - opportunities and pitfalls
      • Five ideas to turn the Covid-19 recovery into a global green new deal
      • Cinco ideas para convertir la recuperación de COVID-19 en un nuevo acuerdo verde global
      • Our guide to COP25
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      Projects and tools with Derik Broekhoff

      • Konsumtionskompassen
      • Accelerera mot Agenda 2030: kommunal planering för minskade klimatfotavtryck
      • Accelerating Agenda 2030: municipal planning for reduced climate footprints
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