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Will this carbon market boom be different?

Catalyst · 24 Mar 2022 · 53m

What this episode covers

Shell Khan and Nat Bullard, Chief Content Officer at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, discuss the current state and future of carbon markets, contrasting the mature, high-volume compliance markets with the nascent, trust-deficient voluntary sector. They analyze the massive scale required for carbon removal by 2050, the persistent oversupply and quality issues in avoidance credits, and the potential role of Web3, blockchain, and regenerative finance (ReFi) in creating transparent, verifiable credit tracking. The conversation explores whether technological stacks can solve double-counting and verification problems, or if these technologies are merely solving problems for their own sake, while projecting that durable removals could command prices over $100/ton compared to $5-$25 for nature-based solutions.

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early-stage companies

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Companies
Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Stripe, Shopify, Microsoft, Energy Hub, Bloom Energy
Also
EU ETS, Western Climate Initiative, Reggie, Web3, Blockchain, ReFi

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