Welcome to the March edition of the Virtus newsletter! This month, we zoom out and then zoom all the way back in. In Our Take, Sean Penrith kicks off a seven-part field notes series on the Innovative Finance for National Forests program, unpacking why nearly half of conservation finance projects fail before they start, and…
Across the five cohorts of the Innovative Finance for National Forests (IFNF) program, we have reviewed dozens of proposals aiming to mobilize private capital for forest and watershed health. We have seen brilliant engineering, passionate teams, and cutting-edge technology. Yet, one pattern consistently separates the projects that secure funding from those that stall: the clarity of the problem.
Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Written by: Gordian Knot Strategies This is the first in a five-part Innovative Finance for National Forests (IFNF) Insights Brief Series produced by Gordian Knot Strategies, the U.S. Endowment for Forestry and Communities, and the U.S. Forest Service. Each brief distills a core…
Listen to this episode on any of the streaming platforms below. “People will act in a responsible way if they understand how this affects them on a personal level.” – Ignacio Barriendos Hoppichler Something a little different this month on Untangling Climate Finance! In every episode of Untangling Climate Finance, we dig into the capital…
Listen to this Sliced essay on any of the streaming platforms below. Written by: Jay Tipton We are honored to have been working with City Forest Credits (CFC) over the past year and are thrilled to announce that Gordian Knot Strategies (GKS) is now working with CFC’s Project Operators on their carbon credit commercialization efforts. …
