C2ES, which has supported the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA) since its formation in 2022 and was announced earlier this year as the ETA’s Secretariat, is pleased to share that the ETA Secretariat is staffed and fully operational as of December 2024.
C2ES President Nat Keohane will serve as the ETA Secretariat Lead and is joined by: Kristen McConnell, ETA Secretariat Advisor; Christa Ogata, ETA Senior Manager; Chris Davis, ETA Private Sector Engagement Lead; Karan Capoor, ETA Country Engagement Lead; and Riccardo Serbolonghi, ETA Coordinator. Other staff may be added in coming months.
The ETA is an innovative platform leveraging carbon finance to support electricity sector transition strategies. Originally formed by the U.S. Department of State, the Bezos Earth Fund, and The Rockefeller Foundation, the founding partners designed the ETA to be governed and operate as an independent initiative with a designated secretariat.
The ETA Secretariat will help bring together governments and private sector stakeholders to employ high-integrity carbon crediting to accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to clean power in developing countries. The platform will enable host countries to generate high-quality carbon credits to finance their transition from fossil-generated to clean power, delivering faster, deeper greenhouse gas reductions and improving the lives of vulnerable people and energy communities.
In 2025, the Bezos Earth Fund and The Rockefeller Foundation will serve as the ETA’s philanthropic and funding partners. The ETA Secretariat will expand its engagement with private sector partners, in addition to the twenty major companies the ETA has convened to affirm their support for an accelerated and just clean energy transition. The initiative will prioritize engagement with ETA pilot and observer countries as well as additional countries to support innovative approaches for crediting emission reductions from the implementation of strategies and activities that are aligned with participating countries’ just energy transition and climate mitigation objectives; are third-party certified and administered according to a high-integrity standard; and represent real, additional, and verified emissions reductions.
More available at: https://www.etaccelerator.org/