

by IGSD and CLEE
Methane and other superpollutants are responsible for nearly half of today’s net global warming, yet they remain underleveraged in climate finance, carbon markets, and policy frameworks. This event, hosted by UC Berkeley Center for Law, Energy, & the Environment (CLEE), Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD), and the Subnational Methane Action Coalition during SF Climate Week 2026, aims to bring together policymakers, investors, technologists, and market builders to examine what it will take to accelerate superpollutant action and to forge the cross-sector connections needed to do it.
Agenda:Breakfast starts at 9:30AM, followed by 2 panels and a structured breakout session on sectoral methane solutions + networking.
Panel 1: Bridging Policy, Tech, and Finance for the Methane Moment
Speakers:
Sarah Rodriguez, Scientific Advisor, Juniper VCCliff Rechtschaffen, Board Member, California Air Resources Board (CARB)Philip Duffy, Chief Scientist, Spark Climate SolutionsElena Berman, former CTO, Insight M
Panel 2: Financing the Superpollutants We Can't Afford to Ignore
Barbara Haya, Director, Berkeley Carbon Trading ProjectZerin Osho, Director, India Program, IGSDRandy Spock, Carbon Credits and Removals Lead, Google
We're bringing together the people closest to the problem: frontline policymakers from California and beyond, and leaders from India, operating at the scale and speed the current warming demands. Together they shall share on-ground insights into what is working and what’s standing in our way within the super pollutant space.
The event is centered around answering two interlocking questions. First: How do we connect capital and innovation faster? And more urgently, how do we ignite the feedback loop between policy, technology, and capital to scale solutions at the speed the climate demands?
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The Other Half of Climate: Policy, Capital, and the Race to Scale Superpollutant Solutions is a free independent taking place on Wednesday, April 22, 2026 at 235 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA, San Francisco, United States. This independent is organised by IGSD and CLEE. Attendance is free — register to secure your spot. Currently 122 people have registered out of 122 spots. The event runs for approximately 2 hours.
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