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Dr Spencer Meyer

Chief Ratings Officer

Dr Spencer Meyer's interests

  • Renewable Energy

  • Water

  • Nature-Based Solutions

  • Blue Carbon

  • Forestry

  • Soil Carbon & Agriculture

  • Biomass-Based Carbon Removals

  • Ocean-Based Carbon Removals

  • Bayesian statistics

  • Biodiversity

  • Biomass sampling

  • Carbon mapping

  • Causal inference

  • Climate modelling

  • Co-benefits

  • Conservation science

  • Environmental economics

  • Field scientist

  • Forest carbon

  • Geostatistics

  • Geospatial sciences

  • GIS

  • Plant sciences

  • Process models

  • Remote sensing

  • Satellite imagery

  • Sustainable Development Goals

  • Climate finance

An expert in climate science, Dr Spencer Meyer has more than 20 years’ experience developing nature-based solutions with a focus on forests, climate and water. As a forester and landscape ecologist, he has worked with forest industry, conservation NGOs, private foundations and governments on forest management, carbon markets, conservation finance, and partnership development.

Before joining BeZero Carbon, Spencer was the head of science at NCX, a climate tech pioneer in the voluntary carbon market, where he led carbon markets, biodiversity and co-benefits research. He previously worked at the Highstead Foundation, Harvard Forest, Yale School of the Environment, The Nature Conservancy and the University of Maine.

Education

  • Yale University, Post-doc, Yale School of the Environment and Center for Business and the Environment

  • University of Maine, PhD in Forest Management and Sustainability Science

  • University of Maine, MS in Forest Management

  • Dartmouth College, AB in Environmental Studies

Research association

  • Spencer is a frequent speaker at industry and academic events, and has served on numerous forestry, climate, and conservation finance boards and advisory groups.

Learn more about Spencer's academic history and publications