Reducing Bankability Challenges for Nature-Based Solutions
Understanding the financing challenges for nature-based solutions points to solvable problems to improve the quality and integrity of...
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Alex Prather
Feb 6, 20238 min read
The Future We Want: How Emission Reduction Credits Can Help Build the Net Zero 2050 Economy
High-quality emission reduction-based carbon credits are essential to carbon markets and the path to a net-zero economy if used...
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Alex Prather
Jan 17, 20237 min read
Emission Reduction Credits are Ready for a Makeover
As grid-connected renewable energy-based carbon credits see their way out of the market, a new wave of emission reduction technologies...
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Alex Prather
Dec 23, 20226 min read
The Looming Carbon Credit Supply Crisis: Shifting from Reductions to Removals
There’s a looming carbon credit supply crisis, and the carbon markets aren’t ready for it. Here’s the TL;DR: demand is expected to keep...
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Alex Prather
Dec 13, 20224 min read
Time for evolution or the start of a revolution? The carbon markets are feeling some growing pains
Carbon markets may serve as a powerful mechanism to help the global economy decarbonize. Still, they are far from perfect, and this past...
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Alex Prather
Aug 11, 20229 min read
A Tale of Two Carbon Markets: The Evolution Phase
This article is the second in a series of posts on the history of carbon markets. The first post on the origin stories of voluntary and...
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Alex Prather
Jul 19, 202218 min read
The Carbon Markets Jargon Decoder
Non-exhaustive, ever-growing. Jargon and acronyms got you down? Have no fear, the jargon decoder is here. This is a rolling list of...
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Alex Prather
Jul 6, 20226 min read
A Tale of Two Carbon Markets: The Origins
Originally published on FootPrintcoalition.com In the search for a way to profitably reduce greenhouse gas emissions, no approach is as...
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Alex Prather
Jun 13, 20227 min read
Some Initial Thoughts on Carbon Markets and Carbon Removal
One of my top priorities for this summer is to pressure test some intial biases and perspectives to develop a far more nuanced...
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Alex Prather
Jun 5, 20224 min read
A Summer in the World of Carbon Markets
For those in the climate space, carbon markets experienced a surge of interest this past year that took many by surprise, myself...
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