Companies, investors, and policy-makers in key greenhouse gas (GHG) opportunity areas need trusted, accessible, scientifically benchmarked information that reliably quantifies the outcomes from investments. Yet in today's disaggregated climate data landscape, investor-grade performance information remains difficult to find. This webinar recaps the March 2025 conference "Increasing Accessibility to Trusted Climate Performance Data" that was co-sponsored by Stanford Law School, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, and the Data Foundation.

The webinar will also offer exclusive insight into Stanford University’s recent report, “Increasing Accessibility to Trusted Climate Performance Data" and the accompanying Data Foundation summary of the conference. David J. Hayes, Professor of the Practice at Stanford University's Doerr School of Sustainability and Stanford Law School, will provide opening remarks and recap findings from the March 2025 conference that examined how modern data management tools can transform climate decision-making.

Our expert panel will explore the spectrum of climate data needs - from basic information showing whether efforts are moving in the right direction to the detailed, verifiable metrics required for investment and policy decisions. The discussion will highlight pathways for developing trusted data systems that can serve this range of purposes.

Speakers:

• Ryan Alexander, Senior Fellow, Data Foundation
• David J. Hayes, Professor of Practice, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability & Stanford Law School
• Catherine Atkin, Co-founder, Global Digital Single Market Data Alliance; Co-chair, Climate Data Policy Initiative and Fellow, CodeX – The Stanford Center for Legal Informatics
• Anu Khan, Founder and Executive Director, Carbon Removal Standards Initiative
• Christopher Konek, Lead Scientist, Global Methane Hub
• Sonia Wang, Senior Advisor, Data Foundation – Climate Data Collaborative (moderator)

The conference was sponsored by Stanford Law School, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability's Sustainability Accelerator, Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford Law School's Environmental and Natural Resources Law & Policy Program, CodeX Stanford Center for Legal Informatics, and the Data Foundation.