Annika Richter is a carbon finance and sustainable energy expert with extensive experience in project development and climate policy. Formerly Regional Manager for East Africa at Atmosfair, she has worked on corporate climate action and host country carbon market frameworks. Based part-time in Dar es Salaam, she co-founded the Tanzania Climate Network and currently leads the carbon market workstream of the FCDO-funded UK–Tanzania Green Growth Facility. Annika has also consulted for international organizations including GIZ, USAID, and MECS.

Natalya Yakusheva Jarlebring holds a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and has worked extensively on forest–climate policy and sustainable resource management. Formerly a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, she focused on the forest–climate nexus in EU climate commitments. Natalya has also served as a consultant for organizations such as UNEP, UNDP, and GIZ, developing sustainability policies and natural resource strategies across multiple regions.

Robert Höglund is a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) and climate policy expert. He manages the Climate Transformation Fund, co-founded the CDR market platform CDR.fyi, and collaborates with the NGO Carbon Gap. Robert is a member of the EU Expert Group on Carbon Removals, contributes to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) Working Group on Beyond Value Chain Mitigation (BVCM), and serves on the board of Mistra Sustainable Consumption. He has previously led Oxfam Sweden’s policy and communications team and founded the Climate Goal Initiative in Sweden.