Welcome to the July edition of our Virtus newsletter! This month, we’re seeing bold moves across climate finance including pioneering biodiversity credit frameworks and major investments in nature-based infrastructure and restoration. In Our Take, Jay digs into the growing momentum around biodiversity credits – what sets them apart from carbon credits, how they’re being structured,…
Written by: Jay Tipton Introduction At Gordian Knot Strategies, we talk a lot about carbon market and credits. But every so often, our work brings us into conversations and collaborations around another climate finance mechanism – biodiversity credits. These credits aren’t just a carbon credit knockoff. They represent something fundamentally different, which is the measurable…
Welcome to the June edition of our Virtus newsletter! As we hit the halfway mark of 2025, carbon and climate finance markets are revealing clear signals — and subtle shifts — that will define the road to COP30 in Brazil. In Our Take, Jay unpacks the second quarter’s key trends across our IMPACT pillars — …
As we pass the halfway point of 2025, carbon markets are deep into a transition that confirms many of our early-year forecasts. Across the IMPACT pillars – Integrity, Momentum, Prices, Achievement, Collaboration, and Targets – Q2 delivered meaningful developments and clear signals for what lies ahead in Q3, particularly as the world prepares for COP30…
Welcome to the May Virtus newsletter! If April showers bring May flowers, then consider this month’s bloom a signal – seeds planted in climate finance are beginning to take root. Some are promising and some precarious, but all are pushing us to rethink how growth should really look in our space. On Untangling Climate Finance,…
