Dr. Richard Tipper is Co-founder and Executive Chairman of Ecometrica, focused on developing the Earth Observation and spatial data platform side of the business. He has worked as a scientific and policy adviser on climate change issues for a wide range of governmental, business, and international organisations, including the UK and Mexican Governments, BP and BAT, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Richard founded the Edinburgh Centre for Carbon Management (ECCM), and built a team of experts on land use and greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting. While at ECCM Richard was appointed to the UK Roster of Experts on Climate Change and was Lead Author on two Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports. In 2007 his work on the IPCC was recognised as a contribution to the Nobel Peace Prize. Richard has also advised on numerous standards and methodologies for accounting for greenhouse gas emissions, including the GHG Protocol, European standards for biofuels and PAS 2060.