Reversing Climate Change
Focused on people & organizations coming together to reverse climate change
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Of all philanthropy globally, only a couple percentage points go to climate in general. And of that couple percentage points, only something like 2% of climate giving is dedicated to carbon removal. The problem is, we need to fund several gigatonnes of carbon removal per year by 2050 to combat climate change. And that’s going to cost hundreds of billions of dollars. So, how do we encourage governments, corporations and philanthropists to support carbon removal? How might the average person make a tax-deductible donation to fund carbon removal? Alex Roetter is Founder of Terraset, a new nonprofit climate fund that uses private philanthropy to invest in carbon removal projects. On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Alex joins Ross to explain how the underfunding of carbon removal inspires his philanthropic work, and why reducing emissions alone is not enough to curb climate change. Alex discusses the well-known donors and carbon removal providers Terraset is working with and describes the criteria his team uses to evaluate the projects they choose to fund. Listen in to understand how giving to a 501(c)(3) makes your dollars go further and learn how to make your own tax-deductible carbon removal purchase through Terraset. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* Terraset Email hello@terrasetclimate.org Gates Foundation IPCC Frontier Climate 45Q Tax Credit Inflation Reduction Act Ford Foundation Dr. Marcius Extavour on Reversing Climate Change S3EP28 Bonus Charm Industrial Heirloom Charm Industrial on Reversing Climate Change S3EP27 Heirloom on Carbon Removal Newsroom S3EP23 Lowercarbon Capital Breakthrough Energy DARPA Climeworks Yvon Chouinard Gives Away Patagonia --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeLoving Cheese in the Age of Climate Change—w/ Liz Thorpe, author of The Book of Cheese
Cheese can be both rarified and common. It is also an industry that impacts and is impacted by climate change. Today’s guest is author and cheese expert, Liz Thorpe. Liz is known for working her way up at New York City’s Murray’s Cheese shop, and taking it from a specialty shop to kiosks in Kroger stores across America, making cheese accessible and available to the American general public. Today, Liz serves as Founder of The People’s Cheese, a platform designed to teach a broader market why cheese matters and how to make it part of everyday life. She is also the author of *The Book of Cheese* and *The Cheese Chronicles**.* On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Liz joins Ross to explain how she pushes back against an elitist interpretation of cheese, and explores how the American desire for choice and innovation translates to the cheese market in the US. Liz discusses how our industrialized food system contributes to climate change and describes how government subsidies and taxes often exacerbate the problem. Some cheeses are becoming more available, and others less. How many cheeses are going extinct due to climate change among other factors?! Listen in for Liz’s insight on the mission-driven nature of cheesemaking and learn how you can take advantage of the explosion of great cheese produced in the US in the last fifteen years. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* Liz’s Website Liz on Instagram Liz’s Course at Stanford *The Book of Cheese: The Essential Guide to Discovering Cheeses You’ll Love* by Liz Thorpe *The Cheese Chronicles: A Journey Through the Making and Selling of Cheese in America, From Field to Farm to Table* by Liz Thorpe Murray’s Cheese Dan Saladino on Reversing Climate Change S3EP16 Paul Wagner on Reversing Climate Change S3EP10 Neal’s Yard Dairy Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Jasper Hill Farm Cheese Sex Death --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeSupporting Early-Stage Climatetech Startups—w/ Jennifer Wagner of Breakthrough Energy
To tackle the climate change problem, we need to move traditional industries closer to net-zero and create new industries from scratch. But how do you build a new carbon removal industry, for example? What is the best way to nurture startups in the climatetech space? Jennifer Wagner is a *Breakthrough Energy* Business Fellow where she helps early-stage climatetech startups advance the groundbreaking technologies we need to reach net-zero by 2050. Prior to joining Breakthrough, Jennifer served as VP of Sustainability, EVP of Corporate Development, and President of CarbonCure Technologies in her 12 years with the company. On this bonus episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Jennifer joins Siobhan and Asa to walk us through the journey of a *Breakthrough Energy Fellows* startup and describe how the program supports its teams in scaling up. Jennifer discusses the three teams with female founders she works with directly and explains how to work through a high volume of applicants and find the right people for your climate tech startup. Listen in for Jennifer’s insight on securing funding for a carbon removal startup and find out how you can be part of the prestigious Breakthrough Energy Fellows program. *Connect with Nori* *Purchase Nori Carbon Removals* *Nori's website* *Nori on Twitter* *Check out our other podcast, **Carbon Removal Newsroom* *Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter* *Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram* *Resources* *Breakthrough Energy* *Breakthrough Energy Fellows Program* *Breakthrough Energy on LinkedIn* *Breakthrough Energy on Twitter* *Breakthrough Energy Job Board* *Jack Andreasen of Breakthrough Energy on Reversing Climate Change* *LanzaJet* *CarbonCure* *XPRIZE* *Amazon’s $53M Fund for Female Climate Tech Founders* *AirMiners* *Remora* *Charm Industrial* *Lithos Carbon* *How to Pursue a Career in Carbon Removal on Reversing Climate Change* *Climate People* *CDR.FYI* *Robert Niven* --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeThe first cleantech bubble burst in the oughts, but the industry didn’t go away. And now, we’ve entered a second big wave of "climatetech" investment. So, is this wave more promising than the first? Are we moving into a golden age for climatetech? Or is it too dissimilar to make comparisons? Joel Makower is Cofounder and Chairman of GreenBiz, a leading media and events company at the intersection of business, sustainability, and innovation. He also serves as cohost of the *GreenBiz 350 Podcast*. On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Joel joins Ross to discuss how climatetech may have followed the Gartner Hype Cycle and describe what factors caused the first cleantech bubble to burst. Joel explains why corporations are much more involved in Cleantech 2.0 and explores the ongoing politicization of climate change, despite the efforts of some (like the military) to prepare for a climate crisis. Listen in for Joel’s insight on the near future of climatetech and learn about the extraordinary opportunity he believes we have to reinvent our world in a way that will benefit everyone. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* GreenBiz GreenBiz Events GreenBiz Newsletters GreenBiz 350 Podcast Clean Edge Solyndra Collapse Gartner Hype Cycle Inflation Reduction Act Tesla *The Greatest Hoax: How the Global Warming Conspiracy Threatens Your Future* by Senator James Inhofe CHIPS for America Act Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act COP 27 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeProgressives generally support regulations that protect the environment. But the permitting process has become so complex that it can take five years and 500 pages of documentation to get a project off the ground. And that red tape is holding up the clean energy projects we need to reverse climate change. Chris Barnard is Policy Director at the American Conservation Coalition and a regular guest on our sister podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom*. On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Chris joins Ross, Siobhan, and Asa to explain how regulations can prevent us from building climate infrastructure and explore the potential for bipartisan collaboration on permitting reform. Chris discusses how permitting interacts with issues of eminent domain and describes what community engagement looks like in the permitting process. Listen in for Chris’s insight on the regulatory barriers to realizing carbon removal at scale and learn how we might streamline the permitting process without weakening environmental standards. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* American Conservation Coalition Carbon Removal Newsroom Parachute on RCC S3EP27 Inflation Reduction Act Senator Manchin’s Permitting Reform Bill National Environmental Policy Act The California Environmental Quality Act' Bootleggers and Baptists *Hot Coffee* Bureau of Land Management ‘The Top Five Legal Barriers to Carbon Capture and Sequestration in Texas’ in *Forbes* Overton Window Lil Nas X’s ‘I Will Avenge U Mr. Van Gogh’ Meme --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeFunding for Crypto-Enabled Climate Solutions—w/ Ben West, Head of Causes at Gitcoin
As the number of blockchain-enabled climate solutions multiplies, founders need funding to get their projects off the ground. Ben West is Head of Causes at Gitcoin, a company that helps early-stage crypto projects get funding. In his role, Ben supports Gitcoin’s climate solutions, DE&I, decentralized science, and advocacy rounds. On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Ben joins Ross and cohosts Alexsandra Guerra, Head of Demand, and Daren McKelvey, Head of Crypto Partnerships at Nori, to discuss the process grantees go through to win funding from Gitcoin. Ben explains how his background in climate activism informs his work at Gitcoin and shares what he learned from researching blockchain-enabled climate solutions for the Ethereum Foundation. Listen in for Ben’s insight on the growth of the overlap between climate and crypto and learn how your project can apply for Gitcoin’s next climate round. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* Gitcoin Ben on Twitter Albert Bates on Reversing Climate Change EP079 *Burn: Igniting a New Carbon Drawdown Economy to End the Climate Crisis *by Albert Bates RadicalxChange Vitalik Buterin Toucan Bankless DAO Ethers.js Return Protocol Astro Protocol Demeter Holochain Radical Markets: Uprooting Capitalism and Democracy for a Just Society by Eric Glen Weyl & Eric A. Posner FWB Sev.en Energy Ethereum Foundation Rocky Mountain Institute Filecoin Green Pickering Microgrid Community Zero Labs Helios Regen Network --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeAlternatives to Venture Capital for Carbon Removal—w/ Dr. Marcius Extavour of XPRIZE
To facilitate carbon removal at gigaton scale, we need investors to put their money in climate solutions. But VCs are often used to investing in in bits, not atoms. Climatetech hardware is more expensive and more challenging to replicate than software in many cases. And it’s more challenging to achieve orders of magnitude growth in a physical environment than a digital one. So, what is the best way to finance climate solutions? Dr. Marcius Extavour, PhD, is Chief Scientist and EVP of Energy and Climate at XPRIZE, a nonprofit that facilitates large-scale global competitions to crowdsource solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Dr. Extavour joins Ross, Siobhan, and Asa to explore the current landscape of climatetech investment and explains why he wants to see more women and underrepresented minorities in the capital system. Dr. Extavour discusses the carbon removal projects that are farthest along in terms of capitalization and describes the opportunities for traditional finance to fund climate solutions. Listen in for Dr. Extavour’s insight on applying the spirit of collective action from crypto to the climate space and learn how you might participate in funding climate solutions. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* XPRIZE Foundation Dr. Extavour on Twitter Climate Tech VC Newsletter Thanks a Ton Dr. Extavour on Reversing Climate Change S3EP71 COP27 Rory Jacobson Carbon 180 Carbon Engineering Climeworks Swiss Re 1PointFive --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeDarwin and others theorized that evolution was about the survival of the fittest. But when Peter Kropotkin followed up on Darwin’s research, he discovered the competition was only part of the story of evolution in nature. And Kropotkin argued that cooperation and collaboration among organisms also helps them evolve. So, why is Darwin’s narrative the dominant one? And how can an understanding of mutualism help us protect the ecosystems we depend on and find solutions to climate change? Kristin Ohlson is an award-winning freelance journalist and author of *The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet*. Her new release is called *Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World*. On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Kristin joins Ross to explain why the study of mutualism in the evolution of nature has lagged, and challenge us to recognize and protect the cooperative relationships among organisms in our ecosystems. Kristin shares some of her favorite stories from the book, describing how ranchers, scientists, and government leaders worked together to heal a degraded landscape in Eastern Nevada. Listen in for Kristin’s insight on the growth of regenerative agriculture and learn how mutualism gives organisms superpowers as they work together to survive and thrive in extreme environments. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* Kristin Ohlson *Sweet in Tooth and Claw: Stories of Generosity and Cooperation in the Natural World* by Kristin Ohlson *The Soil Will Save Us: How Scientists, Farmers, and Foodies are Healing the Soil to Save the Planet* by Kristin Ohlson *Social Statics: The Conditions Essential to Human Happiness Specified, and the First of Them Developed *by Herbert Spencer *Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution *by Peter Kropotkin *The Biology of Mutualism: Ecology and Evolution *by Douglas H. Boucher *Mutualism *by Judith L. Bronstein Gabe Brown on Reversing Climate Change S2EP31 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeTurning Biomass into "BBQ Sauce" for Carbon Removal—w/ Peter Reinhardt of Charm Industrial
When corn is harvested, the remaining corn stover either gets tilled into the soil or left on top. But what if we took a portion of that corn stover, converted it into carbon-rich bio-oil, and pumped it deep underground? Peter Reinhardt is Cofounder and CEO of Charm Industrial, a carbon removal company that is working on a fleet of mobile pyrolyzers that covert ag biomass into bio-oil and sequester it underground. On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Peter joins Ross, Siobhan, and Asa to walk us through the process Peter’s team uses to produce bio-oil and weigh in on why he refers to it as ‘BBQ sauce’ in his pitch for Charm. Peter explains why Charm developed its own measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) system and explores how much bio-feedstock is available for bio-oil production in the US and around the world. Listen in to understand the big questions around IP in carbon removal and learn how Charm is turning biomass residue into bio-oil for use in carbon removal and other industrial applications like iron and steel. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* Charm Industrial Charm Industrial’s MRV Protocol Charm Industrial’s Carbon Removal Registry Peter’s Blog Post on MRV Thanks a Ton Carbon Direct Climeworks Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
Listen to the episodeLyn Stoler and Sonam Velani have coined the phrase Climate Industrialism to describe the optimistic, action-oriented response to climate change they already see happening in many communities around the world. Lyn and Sonam define Climate Industrialism as ‘a social and economic system built on the creation of climate technologies that yield human and environmental co-benefits.’ What does that mean, exactly? And how does Climate Industrialism create a virtuous cycle for companies building climate solutions and the cities where they choose to build? Lyn and Sonam are the cocreators of Parachute, a research and storytelling project that shares climate solutions with local governments around the world to make our cities more beautiful, more livable, and more resilient. On this episode of *Reversing Climate Change*, Lyn and Sonam join Ross to explore their new model of Climate Industrialism and explain why cities need to take the lead on climate action. Lyn and Sonam discuss the history behind the regulations and permitting processes that slow industrial building and describe how cities can attract talent by welcoming climate industries. Listen in to understand the pros and cons of startup cities and learn what municipalities can do to promote both climate change mitigation as well as adaption and resilience through Climate Industrialism. *Connect with Nori* Purchase Nori Carbon Removals Nori's website Nori on Twitter Check out our other podcast, *Carbon Removal Newsroom* Carbon Removal Memes on Twitter Carbon Removal Memes on Instagram *Resources* Parachute Lyn & Sonam’s Piece on Climate Industrialism Lyn on Substack Sonam on Substack Zach Caceres’ Piece for a16z UCLA Center for Healthy Climate Solutions White House Accelerating Infrastructure Summit *The Network State: How to Start a New Country* by Balaji Srinivasan Paul Romer Startup Cities Charter Cities Institute Culdesac Tempe --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/reversingclimatechange/support
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