Dr. Tracey Osborne is the Founder and Director of the Carbon Justice Standard Lab and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Merced, with over two decades of experience working on climate change mitigation in tropical forests, carbon markets, climate finance, and climate justice. Her research and practice focus on the social, ecological, and political economic dimensions of forest-based climate solutions, with particular attention to Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Through the Carbon Justice Standard Lab, she is developing a framework for high-integrity, community-led carbon projects that centers community leadership, governance, and equitable benefit-sharing.