Carbon Counts was established in 2008 by Paul Zakkour and Gregory Cook. The company draws upon their combined experience of 25 years in delivering energy and climate policy advice to private and public sector organisations worldwide. We also associate and partner with other technical experts according to the requirements of each project.

WHO WE ARE

Paul Zakkour

Paul specialises in international climate change policy with a focus on low carbon technology incentives, finance and regulation. He has worked with the World Bank, the IEA, the IEA GHG, the UNFCCC Secretariat, the European Commission and many national governments and private sector clients on climate change issues.

Gregory Cook

Gregory specialises in energy and climate change policy and economics. He has advised the World Bank, UN, Asian Development Bank, the IEA, WBCSD, European Commission, UK Government and a wide range of private sector organisations including several multinational companies on energy and climate change issues.

Paul has particular experience in the fields of:

Designing policies and measures for greenhouse gas emission abatement, and low carbon technology development & deployment
Innovation policy
Climate finance and funding mechanisms
Greenhouse gas inventories, protocol design & MRV
Regulation of low carbon technology deployment
Monitoring and Evaluation

Technical expertise includes:

Geothermal energy
Upstream oil & gas
Carbon capture, utilisation and storage
Bioenergy
Waste and wastewater treatment

He holds a doctorate (PhD.) in Environmental Technology from Imperial College, London, and a Master's degree from King's College, London. He was formerly a Principal Consultant with ERM.

Gregory has particular experience in the fields of:

Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) and Long Term Strategies (LTS) under the Paris Agreement and UNFCCC
Energy and climate change economics
Carbon leakage and competitiveness impacts
Carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Renewable energy strategy
Carbon management in the transport sector
Industrial GHG and sectoral approaches

Gregory was formerly a Senior Consultant at ERM's Energy & Climate Change practice. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Geology and a Master's Degree in Environmental Technology, both from Imperial College, London.

email: paul.zakkour@carbon-counts.com

mobile: +44 7834 161016

office: +44 20 3603 8146

+49 69 7930 2833

skype: paul.zakkour

email: greg.cook@carbon-counts.com

mobile: +44 7540 700301

office: +44 1379 640147

skype: greg.cook2000

Dominik Hopp

Dominik is a studying double major in Geography and Economics at Ludwig-Maximilian Universität Munich (LMU), and and works as a part-time intern/researcher at Carbon Counts.

Dominik has a particular interest in resource economics and the nexus of land use, energy and climate change mitigation.

email: domink.hopp@carbon-counts.com

ASSOCIATES

Carbon Counts works with a range of partners and Associates. They include:

Justin French-Brooks (Word-to-Dialogue)

Justin is a freelance consultant and has worked with Carbon Counts on several projects relating to international climate policy in the past. Justin’s professional background is in the sustainability arena with over 10 years' experience in both the private and public sectors, including the UK Government and its associated environmental delivery bodies. Justin holds degrees from Cambridge University and Imperial College, London.

If you are interested in associating with us on projects, please contact us by sending us an email at: enquiries@carbon-counts.com