Sliced: 🎙️ How Insurance is Unlocking Climate Finance with Chris Slater
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“Perfection is the enemy of progress.”
— Chris Slater
In our newest episode of Untangling Climate Finance, Jay sat down with Chris Slater, CEO and Founder of Oka, The Carbon Insurance Company, to dig into how carbon credit insurance is unlocking capital, reshaping risk, and accelerating project finance across global carbon markets.
Chris shares how Oka is building the insurance infrastructure carbon markets need – especially for developers, banks, and impact funds trying to scale high-integrity projects in complex environments.
Chris breaks down:
✅ How their carbon insurance products like Pre-Payment Protect and Non-Payment Protect are enabling deal structuring with banks and institutional lenders
✅ Why Oka’s position as a Lloyd’s syndicate gives it the flexibility and scale to insure large, multi-country carbon portfolios
✅ How insurance can act like a performance bond—mitigating developer risk and unlocking critical project finance in underserved geographies
As climate finance moves from theory to action, insurance is emerging as a quiet force multiplier. Chris shows us how rethinking risk isn’t just smart finance – it’s essential to scaling climate impact. This episode is packed with clarity, realism, and the kind of market-shaping insights the carbon space needs now.
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