World Resources Institute (WRI) — Partnership brief

Personalisation — person + organisation + alignment

Named recipient

Katie Lebling
Associate Director, Carbon Dioxide Removal
World Resources Institute (WRI)

Recent work

Lead of WRI's CDR programme. Co-author of 'The State of Carbon Dioxide Removal' (1st edition, Jan 2023) with Nemet, Smith, Geden, Fuss. Authored '4 Ways to Improve Federal Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchasing' (Aug 2023).

Signals the recipient responds to

Federal CDR procurement is her stated focus
State of CDR co-author network overlaps Trellison's Tier 4 roster
MRV and equitable deployment agenda

Organisational context

Positions

WRI's carbon-removal programme was built by Jennifer Wilcox before she moved to DOE FECM. WRI's Greenhouse Gas Protocol is the global corporate accounting standard.

Active initiatives

CDR purchasing policy; GHG Protocol maintenance; federal advocacy.

Pressures

Federal procurement cycle; SBTi interaction with GHG Protocol updates.

Specific alignment

Why this recipient benefits: Lebling's '4 Ways to Improve Federal CDR Purchasing' argument maps directly onto proof-pack disclosure as a procurement precondition. A joint GHG Protocol technical note on per-tonne evidentiary substantiation would bridge her work with the global corporate accounting standard.

Why now: FY27 federal procurement cycle; GHG Protocol Scope 1/3 updates.

The ask: Joint GHG Protocol technical note. Federal procurement advocacy coordination.

Think tank: World Resources Institute (WRI)
Target program: Climate Program / Carbon Removal
Key contacts: Carbon Removal Lead; Jennifer Wilcox's successor at the WRI carbon-removal programme

Why this think tank

WRI built Jennifer Wilcox's carbon-removal programme before she moved to DOE FECM. Deep continuity on CDR policy analysis. WRI's Greenhouse Gas Protocol is the global standard for corporate accounting.

The ask

Alignment of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol with per-tonne evidentiary disclosure properties. Proof-pack schema as a GHG Protocol Scope 1/3 substantiation instrument.

Deliverable

A GHG Protocol technical note: 'Per-tonne evidentiary disclosure as a substantiation path for removal claims'.

Context materials Trellison can provide

Proof-pack schema specification (one-page and full technical versions)
Reinhard & Planavsky 2026 npj Climate Action paper summary
Roster of researchers available for joint work
Alpha proof-pack instances for inspection
Corporate-buyer and registry-operator contacts expressing interest in integration testing