Rick is a Managing Partner at Arden Climate, a policy consultancy and registered law firm that helps leaders build the policy and legal systems that power high-integrity climate ambition. A globally recognized climate leader, he has spent more than two decades advising governments, multinational companies, financial institutions, funds and project sponsors on the economic transition to a low carbon economy, including as a thought leader on carbon and environmental market transactions.   Rick has been ranked by Chambers USA and Chambers Global as a leading climate change lawyer for more than a decade. He currently serves as Board Chair of The Climate Registry, is the former Chair of the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), is CEO of the Carbon Markets Foundation, and sits on the Board of Advisors to the USC Schwarzenegger Institute. He was awarded the Chevalier of the National Order of Merit by the President of the Republic of France for his significant contributions to the preparation of the Paris Climate Summit and the implementation of the Paris Agreement. Prior to founding Arden Climate, Rick was a Managing Director at Pollination, where he led the firm’s global environmental markets advisory practice.