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Pricing Carbon with Aldyen Donnelly (S01E07)

Billions of credits traded on carbon markets worldwide have failed to move the needle for 20+ years. What changes will make them work? S01E07 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Vivi Lin.

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Billions of credits traded on carbon markets worldwide have failed to move the needle for 20+ years. What changes will make them work?

S01E07 Better Worlds Podcast hosted by Vivi Lin.

The trading of credits on voluntary and compliance carbon markets worldwide has failed to reduce emissions over the past 20+ years. In this episode, Aldyen, co-founder of Nori, a carbon removal marketplace, shares extensive wisdom and a roadmap for success. This episode covers the gamut of problems and solutions including why trading emissions rights doesn't work, why farmers and buyers don't have market access while brokers take 60% to 70% fees, why storing carbon in top-soil is the right place to start, why trading carbon removal — not CO2 emission rights— is fundamental, how blockchain can support supply chain traceability from farm to fork, and why crypto as an investment vehicle aligns investors and customers. Tune in to find out why Aldyen is firmly optimistic and believes the precipice of change has arrived.

#carbon #co2 #markets #carbonmarkets #carbonremoval #ghgemissions #web3 #blockchain

# About our Guest
Aldyen Donnelly is a co-founder and director of carbon economics at Nori, a carbon removal marketplace launched in 2018. At Nori, she leads the development of methodologies to establish Carbon Removal Certificates and recruits early CRC buyers and suppliers into the marketplace. A small-business developer and consultant for over 40 years, Donnelly started to work on market-driven strategies to reduce atmospheric carbon concentrations in the mid-1990s. Her projects include using emission-reduction credits to finance carbon sequestration in agricultural soils, a stationary fuel-cell application, and carbon-capture and storage projects, among others. Donnelly also co-authored Canadian province Nova Scotia’s 2009 GHG Emissions Regulations, the first of its kind in North America.

# About Better Worlds
Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

# About Better Worlds
Better Worlds is a communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.

Daniel Swid

Collaboration, design, and innovation at the intersection of biodiversity, finance, technology, and climate.

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Better Worlds is a 501.c3 non-profit communication and community building platform comprised of weekly podcasts, engaging international conferences and hack-a-thons to encourage and support the development of Web3 solutions. Our programs celebrate voices from every continent to forge a shared and abundant future.