Election of Dr. Barnes re-emphasizes organizational focus on activities in Mexico

SACRAMENTO, CA – The Climate Action Reserve, North America’s largest and fastest growing carbon offset registry, announced that Dr. Francisco Barnes Regueiro, President of the National Institute of Ecology (INE) for the Government of Mexico, has been elected to its Board of Directors. Dr. Barnes is successor to Dr. Adrián Fernández Bremauntz as INE President and assumes the seat previously held by Dr. Fernández on the Reserve Board. Dr. Barnes’ active involvement with the Reserve will help guide the organization’s ongoing activities in Mexico, including continued protocol development.

“Dr. Barnes’ participation on the Reserve Board of Directors is a true asset to the growth and development of the organization, and I am extremely honored to welcome him. We continue focusing on helping create market opportunities in Mexico. Dr. Barnes can provide insightful advice and a unique perspective to our ongoing activities in the country, as well as offering input on other cross-border initiatives,” said Linda Adams, Chair of the Climate Action Reserve Board of Directors and former Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.

Prior to his appointment as President of INE, Dr. Barnes was a partner at McKinsey & Company, where he specialized in developing strategies for low-carbon growth, adaptation to climate change, energy and other sustainable development issues, such as water pollution and solid waste. He served as part of the company’s global leadership in sustainability and energy practices and advised governments, NGOs and private and public sector companies throughout Latin America in the areas of energy, climate change, water, oil and other key issues. Dr. Barnes also served as a visiting professor at Boston University, has received numerous awards for his academic work and is a published author.

“The work the Climate Action Reserve has already done in Mexico is remarkable, and I am looking forward to becoming involved with such an innovative, open, and action-oriented organization. Its protocols provide means and incentive for reducing GHG emissions in a way that uses the power of the market to achieve our environmental goals. I am also excited to be involved in pioneering new ways that we can use the Reserve’s work to achieve greater environmental benefit through work between our two countries, both at a federal and particularly at a subnational level, including the upcoming California cap-and-trade program,” said Dr. Barnes.

Please visit the Climate Action Reserve website to learn more about the organization and its Board of Directors.