June 10-12, 2025 | BMO Centre, Calgary, Canada

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Kevin Birn

Kevin Birn

Global Head, Center of Emissions Excellence and Chief Analyst Canadian Oil Markets

S&P Global Commodity Insights
bio

Kevin Birn is based in Calgary and is responsible for the Centre of Emission Excellence within S&P Global Commodity Insights. The Centre is responsible for accelerating Commodity Insights emissions quantification capabilities by helping to identify and inform strategic priorities, ensuring consistency in emission estimation across business lines, and providing technical support and guidance to development of new models, methods and tools in the estimation of GHG emissions across energy value chains.  Kevin has over a decade of experience engaging and advising governments, companies and industry on emissions accounting as well as decarbonization strategies.  He is an established thought leader on the Canadian oil market and serves as the Chief Analyst for the Canadian Oil Market.  Kevin is a member of the Board of Directors at Emissions Reduction Alberta, an energy policy advisor for Avatar Innovations, and a fellow at the Canadian Global Affair Institute.  He holds an undergraduate degree in business and a graduate degree in economics from the University of Alberta.