Kailey Kimsa

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Kailey Kimsa is a Researcher at the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, where she focuses on climate finance and systems-level decarbonization across energy, transport, and materials. She previously served as Sustainability Specialist, Global at Colliers, supporting decarbonization, renewable energy, ESG reporting, and sustainability strategy across international real estate markets. Kailey holds an M.S. in Climate Finance from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce, Managing for Sustainability, from McGill University.

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May 11 2026

Redefining corporate climate action for systems transformation

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Carbon · Corporate Sustainability

Corporate net-zero frameworks must move beyond company-level carbon accounting and toward coordinated systems transformation that delivers real-world decarbonization

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