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Our Take: Biomass Storage – An Innovative Solution for Carbon Dioxide Removal
Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) has been receiving significant attention recently from governments, corporations, investors, and project developers as a strategy for combating climate change. Rightly so because estimates indicate that achieving most Paris-aligned net-zero pathways by 2050 will likely require an annual carbon dioxide (CO2) removal capacity of six to ten gigatonnes, which is more carbon than the entire United States emits in one year.
Sliced: Swapping Debt for Nature
Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Back in February, we wrote about debt-for-nature swaps, a concept developed by Thomas Lovejoy in the late 80s. His idea was to allow environmental groups to buy burdensome foreign debt at discounted rates, then convert it into local currency to purchase biologically sensitive…
Sliced: Financing Community-Led Early Warning Systems
Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Written By: Jay Tipton A couple of weeks ago, I was hiking up Mount Abantos, the peak that towers over my town, San Lorenzo de El Escorial. On most days, you can see Madrid from the ridge, but that morning the view was…
Our Take: The Case of Carbon Credits in the Matter of Net-Zero Objectives
Written by Jay Tipton “Net-zero” is one of the most crucial terms in modern times, and it might ultimately go down as the most pivotal in human history. In the context of a company, net-zero refers to reducing the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) emitted via business activities to as close to zero as possible. Any…
Sliced: Egypt Launches Africa’s First Voluntary Carbon Market
Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Last week, Egypt became the first African nation to establish a domestic Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM). This achievement cannot be understated, especially given the growing interest in carbon markets across the continent. Integrated within the Egyptian Stock Exchange (EGX), the new market facilitates…
Virtus: 2026 Predictions for Carbon Markets, Climate Finance, and Impact
Welcome to the December edition of our Virtus newsletter! As 2025 draws toward a close, climate finance is entering a sharper, more consequential phase. Political progress may be uneven coming out of COP30 in Belém, but the markets themselves are clearly in motion – reshaped by integrity reforms, new compliance pathways, fast-evolving impact strategies, and…
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