Ashley Lawson is Global Editor for Carbon Research & Forecasts at Thomson Reuters Point Carbon where she oversees the team’s analysis on market fundamentals and policy developments in the world’s compliance carbon markets. She is also a senior analyst for North American carbon markets, currently heading up the team’s economic and emissions forecasting efforts in that region. She has extensive expertise on the WCI and RGGI markets and also follows national climate policy developments in the US, Australia, and China. She frequently speaks at industry events and is a guest lecturer at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies.