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A Very Merry Christmas from all the Carbonaires Team. The season of goodwill is here, we believe that it really is true BTW and we hereby send out our festive wishes to all.

We’re wrapping up the year with a pleasant surprise: Carbonaires has been highlighted by Maddyness UK as one of “5 Groundbreaking European Startups Revolutionising Carbon Tech for a Greener Planet.” We appreciate the mention - it’s always encouraging to see our work recognized, especially as we look ahead to sharing more of our technology with a wider audience. #Innovation #CarbonTech #CarbonFinance https://lnkd.in/e7-ZNWk7

🗞️ Positive environmental news from 2024 It’s been a challenging year for the earth and its inhabitants. Sometimes it is good to sit back and read some good news. Well done to the team at Euronews for providing the following list of 2024’s positive environmental news: https://lnkd.in/df_Segy3

🌍 Wildfires are Shifting, so are the Economic Impacts 💰 A new study in Science by Jones et al. shows that climate change is causing larger, more frequent wildfires, especially in northern regions like North America and Eurasia. These fires have tripled carbon emissions since 2001, and global forest fire carbon emissions increased by 60% in two decades, weakening forests' role as carbon sinks and worsening climate change.   📉Wildfires are both an environmental and economic crisis. IMPLAN estimate U.S. wildfires could lead to $89.6 billion in losses and threaten 466,000 jobs, with California facing major economic losses in key sectors like timber.   🔥 Hotter, drier conditions lead to more intense fires, creating a dangerous feedback loop that releases more carbon, decreases forests' carbon storage, and accelerates global warming.   🚨Mitigating risks requires investment in climate resilience, fire management, and carbon dioxide removal (CDR). As highlighted by Jones et al., reforestation must account for fire risks when calculating carbon storage, and carbon standards should distinguish between natural vs human-driven fires. This will strengthen CDR efforts and ensure climate solutions are effective against increasing wildfire risks. Read more: https://lnkd.in/dgDX2__x https://lnkd.in/gPYBdGVj #Wildfires #ClimateChange #CarbonRemoval #CDR #Sustainability

🌎 Carbonaires “Smart Green” Series 🌎 Carbonaires likes to profile government initiatives that are commercial and smart. Our working definition? These plans must financially incentivise environmentally positive behaviour from businesses, consumers and other stakeholders. Here is a great example in the UK: https://lnkd.in/d5Un42a5 #SmartGreen

Please find our latest Newsletter edition with insights from Jerome Ryan, Chief Risk Officer, Carbonaires on why the VCM and carbon finance needs the input of professional risk officers. Jerome is ex- State Street and PwC. In this piece he argues that financial services level risk management is necessary as a baseline for all companies in the carbon finance ecosystem for the market to reach its potential. #VCM #CarbonFinance #ChiefRiskOfficer #CRO

🌍 Green Hydrogen: Too Expensive? 💰 Exploring Costs and Alternatives in Decarbonisation Green hydrogen is more expensive than expected, according to a new Harvard study by Roxana Shafiee, PhD & Daniel Schrag. While green hydrogen, produced via electrolysis & renewables ☀️, looked promising for decarbonising hard-to-abate sectors, it’s expensive—$500 to $1,250 per ton of CO₂ factoring in all costs. The need for cryogenic liquefaction or high-compression technology is expensive and not widely available to distribute & store hydrogen fuel, making it pricier than carbon removal (CDR) methods like Direct Air Capture (DAC), with costs unlikely to become economical, the authors suggest. Opinion: To advance decarbonisation, we need a diverse mix of strategies. CDR could be more economical for large-scale emissions capture, while hydrogen alternatives, such as sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) ✈️ & blending hydrogen with natural gas, offer viable interim solutions for challenging sectors like aviation, as Professor George Jackson of Imperial notes. By adopting a range of approaches, we can accelerate meaningful progress toward climate goals. 🌱🌍 Read more: https://lnkd.in/eg9pMT6g #CarbonRemoval #GreenHydrogen #CDR #SAF

Carbonaires is a London based, values-driven carbon finance specialist. We source, diligence and facilitate carbon dioxide removal project investment opportunities for our client base using a highly skilled team of scientists, engineers and financial experts as well as tech and A.I. Our team, theme and tech are all unique. Please contact us to invest. #CarbonFinance #CarbonRemoval

Well done and thank you to Simmons & Simmons.

Michael Spenley, one of our co-founders attended a timely event on A.I, climate tech and finance at University of Oxford yesterday. Some key takeaways: 🔸 The A.I/Climate tech/finance ecosystem is complex and evolving, but it is approaching focus and immense opportunities exist to increase efficiency, quality, transparency and integrity 🔸 There is no single truth source on regulation, ethics and governance but when in doubt look to the EU as a governance first mover  🔸 Guardrails and innovation must be in balance, but some companies and others find this hard 🔸 Regulation is necessary, but will be slow. In the meantime, companies should focus on them and their staff doing the right thing not the easiest thing 🔸 The highest quality wins will be achieved focussing human minds and A.I in a blended approach (especially with A.I doing the heavy lifting during the first mile)   Thank you to the Oxford Centre for Technology and Development and WSI Digital Marketing Services for hosting. A shout out to Faradai CEO & Co-founder Sahin Caglayan here with Michael at the event and also thanks to our co-investor Cem Tufekci for his support.  Faradai are leading the way in providing clarity and benchmarking from emissions and climate data for bluechip corporate clients.