https://www.advanceclimate.ca/contact daily 0.75 2026-03-05 https://www.advanceclimate.ca/about daily 0.75 2026-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/681ba63199af7a3a0cd51289/1772654509955-O65TY9MRUH9E75JV87Z1/Ed+headshot+AI+1.jpeg About Us - Make it stand out Ed Whittingham Principal & Founder Ed Whittingham is a Canadian climate and energy leader with more than 25 years of experience across public policy, clean technology, corporate strategy, and the non-profit sector. He is the former Executive Director of the Pembina Institute and has worked with governments, companies, universities, and civil society organizations in Canada and internationally on complex climate and energy issues. Ed is also a widely published commentator and speaker, and hosts Energy vs Climate, a leading Canadian podcast on the energy transition. Today, his work focuses on helping build and scale climate solutions, particularly carbon dioxide removal, and he serves as Founding Director of the Advance Carbon Removal Coalition ed@advanceclimate.ca linkedin.com/in/ed-whittingham https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/681ba63199af7a3a0cd51289/1772654518206-Y3D1TSD1JIJBCAGI36KT/Dave+headshot_ACS.jpeg About Us - Make it stand out Dave Hochhalter Senior Associate Dave Hochhalter is a multidisciplinary climate and sustainability professional with a background in Biosystems Engineering and 15 years of experience spanning finance, engineering, and strategic consulting. He brings hands-on technical and commercial project development experience across nature-based carbon removal pathways, with a practical focus on what makes projects financeable, scalable, and verifiable. At ACS, Dave works across the carbon removal value chain, bridging project development, buyer needs, and policy design. He serves as Coordinator of the Advance Carbon Removal Coalition, where he led the coalition’s design and launch to help catalyze a credible domestic carbon removal market. dave@advanceclimate.ca linkedin.com/in/davidhochhalter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/681ba63199af7a3a0cd51289/1772654526163-GMFMIJHXHBTH5YK3875E/Carlos+Headshot+backup.jpeg About Us - Make it stand out Carlos Pena Senior Associate Carlos Pena is a climate policy operator with a proven record of advancing frontier climate solutions at the intersection of government decision-making, market development, and advocacy. He previously served as Senior Policy Advisor to the President of the Treasury Board of Canada, where he championed the integration of carbon dioxide removal into the Greening Government Strategy and helped launch Canada’s national carbon removal procurement program. Since joining ACS, he has supported coalition efforts to scale carbon removal, authored foundational policy materials for the sector, and played a central role in building practical alignment across government, NGOs, funders, and industry to move complex files forward. carlos@advanceclimate.ca linkedin.com/in/carlospenavallecillo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/681ba63199af7a3a0cd51289/ba623e55-bc11-49a1-b75a-150d46617dc4/SocialAnnoucement-Advance%5B18516%5D.jpg About Us - Advance Carbon removal coaltion ACS played a central role in the design and launch of the Advance Carbon Removal Coalition, a demand-side platform focused on mobilizing $100 million by 2030 for Canadian carbon removal projects. The coalition brings together companies, investors, financial institutions, and public partners to strengthen market signals, align stakeholders, and support the growth of a credible domestic carbon removal market. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/681ba63199af7a3a0cd51289/ecf279f2-3ba2-458c-b072-594ca7df8a6a/EvC-cover-art-sun-and-rain-FIN+%281%29.png About Us - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.advanceclimate.ca/advance-climate-solutions daily 1.0 2026-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/681ba63199af7a3a0cd51289/e90f21e8-5c43-4be5-9c1c-cfdbc69eb7b3/Advance-Logo-Dark.png Advance Climate Solutions - Policy. Capital. Deployment. Integrated advisory for high-integrity climate solutions.