Stuart Thorp
Program Manager | Climate Activist
Stuart Thorp is a Program Management Professional (PgMP) and Chartered Engineer with a track record of delivering complex programs across Telecoms, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceuticals, Clean-tech, Finance, and Automotive.
As a father of two with a background in R&D (telecoms - optoelectronics), he brings personal urgency and scientific rigour to the climate challenge - listening to data and experts, not to voices that put profit before people and planet.
His signature contribution is the Time Value of Carbon (TVC): applying Discounted Cash Flow discipline to carbon emissions, giving project professionals a rigorous, numeric framework for contributing to net zero by 2050.
Stuart is a member of PMI Belgium Chapter, an active contributor to PMI Global Standards, and founder of the TVC Working Circle — a growing practitioner community turning a powerful idea into practice.
Time Value of Carbon - Bringing Power to the People
A person smiling in front of a bush AI-generated content may be incorrect.Time Value of Carbon (TVC) applies Discounted Cash Flow logic to carbon emissions, enabling project professionals to assign numeric targets and assess contributions to net-zero goals. This session explores TVC’s alignment with science-based frameworks and includes a case study on domestic house batteries demonstrating strong carbon and financial returns. Key Learnings Finance categories provide a useful lens for CO₂ reduction. TVC helps assess alignment with net-zero targets. TVC aligns with IPCC science and SBTi frameworks. Household energy storage offers high carbon IRR and financial return.