🎙️ Untangling Climate Finance: Campbell Moore on Turning Carbon Projects into Investable Businesses

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“If we build nature-based carbon markets with good rules and norms for equitable finance – making sure that everybody benefits from the money that flows through – then this is an opportunity for billions of dollars to flow to the communities and countries that have comparative advantage when it comes to nature. We’re talking about the potential to democratize access to climate finance at a global scale.” 

– Campbell Moore

This month on Untangling Climate Finance, we’re going back to where it all begins – the ground.

In every episode of Untangling Climate Finance, we talk about the systems, the capital, and the policy frameworks shaping the climate transition. But behind all of it, someone has to actually build the projects that make it real.

This month, Jay sits down with Campbell Moore, Managing Director of Carbon Markets at The Nature Conservancy, to explore what it actually takes to turn a nature-based carbon project into an investable business, and why getting that right could unlock billions for communities, forests, and the climate.

Cam and Jay discuss:

✅ How TNC’s NCS Accelerator and Carbon Business Incubator is turning early-stage carbon projects into investor-ready businesses 

✅ The critical difference between a carbon project and a carbon business, and why it matters more than ever in today’s market 

✅ How a phased financing approach – from philanthropy to bridge loans to commercial investment – helps projects survive the valley of death 

✅ Why most of the world’s largest companies are off track for net zero, and how carbon markets can help close that gap 

✅ Why “interoperability” between voluntary and compliance markets is a key opportunity for 2026, and what Singapore is doing about it

The capital is out there. The nature is out there. This episode is about building the bridge between the two.

For more information on TNC’s carbon markets work, visit nature.org.

For more information, to connect, or to share feedback on the podcast, reach out to us at: communications@gordianknotstrategies.com

Enjoy the ep!

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