In this episode, the tables are turned. Vincent Verweij, Co-Head of Carbon Markets at Valitera, hosts our Carbon Exposure Project founder, Rene Velasquez. Rene met Vincent at a conference, started mentoring him, and they now work together at Valitera, a business they started together with two other partners. Valitera helps clients achieve their net-zero ambitions by providing the best possible advice and access to environmental markets.

Welcome to the first episode of season 2 of the Carbon Exposure Project! We have amazing episodes and guests lined up to provide engaging discussions and insights into everything that has to do with carbon markets. Our first guest: Lorna Ritchie, Director of Public Affairs at the ICVCM. Enjoy!

In this video, the great initiative 'Women in Carbon' takes over the podcast for one episode. Women in Carbon aims to demonstrate the importance of having balanced diversity within markets and organizations. Today, Camile and Eilís have the opportunity to take charge of our male host's role and co-host the podcast together.

Topics discussed in this episode:

00:34: Introduction Eilís

2:34 Joining Women in Carbon

3:47 How WiC helps the Carbon Industry

7:25 changing diversity in the markets and companies

11:35 Long-term partnership between WiC and the CXP

In this episode, we dive into a great initiative to drive gender diversity in the carbon markets: Women In Carbon. Our guest in this episode is Camile Pêtre, CFO of BeZero Carbon; one of the top carbon market rating agencies.

In this episode, the following topics will be discussed:

1:22 Introduction Camile Pêtre

3:53 Women in Carbon

4:43 Benefits of Women in Carbon

10:21 The Growth of Women In Carbon

11:40 Events of Women In Carbon

13:21 What’s next for Women In Carbon?

14:17 Constraints in taking the next steps

Explore an absolute masterclass from one of the most experienced carbon professionals in the field. For more than 20 years, he has worked in carbon markets and has played a real part in shaping the market to where it is right now. The following topics are discussed in this episode:

1:23 Introduction Mark Lewis; his professional career

3:02 The history of carbon markets

7:32 The pricing of carbon

9:09 Climate-related policy changes in jurisdictions

10:18 Efficient allocation of resources

14:15 Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

19:09 Importance of a global carbon price

19:55 Article 6 23:49 EU ETS

25:03 Allowance of offset use in the EU ETC

30:46 Why carbon pricing is necessary

32:37 The perfect endnote

This episode highlights the role of insurance in carbon markets to reduce uncertainty and turn risks into opportunities. The following topics are discussed in this episode:

KlimaDAO, co-founded by Giorgio Donà-Danioni, reached a market cap of billions of Dollars within a few months. In this conversation, Giorgio explains the establishment and development of KlimaDAO and talks about his new projects; Carbonmark and KCG.

Timestamp:

1:51 Introduction Georgio 

4:42 Blockchain in carbon markets; democratizing the market 

15:00 Launch of the blockchain

18:12 How the Klima coin exploded 

22:50 Friction with the traditional carbon credit ecosystem 

36:21 Building forward with Carbonmark 

38:44 KCG 

Dive into a masterclass on Article 6, as Kelley Hamrick simplifies the complex topics of carbon markets. In this COP28 UAE Special episode, the following topics are discussed:

5:17 COP28; moving from talking to taking action

8:00 Carbon markets and article 6.2

15:18 Article 6.4

21:00 Fungibility between articles 6.4 and 6.2; interoperability

23:07 Article 6.8

25:00 Hopes for COP28

29:00 The non-profit sector

33:41 Resolve the lack of resources in the global south

Dive into this very interesting conversation between two former colleagues, and above all, very good friends. Russel Karas, Head of Commodities at Xpansiv, discusses the following topics together with our host Rene Velasquez:

1:49 Introduction: Russell

6:00 Working Together at Xpansiv

9:03 The Development of Launching GEO and N-GEO

15:50 The Influence of COVID/Russian-Ukrainian War on Market Dynamics

17:07 The Growth of Xpansiv and the Carbon Markets

21:02 Optimism: The Calm Before the Storm

28:00 Hopes for 2024 and the Later Future

This episode is featured by Stephanie Russo, CEO of Carbon Growth Partners. After Rich Gillmore, she is the second guest returning to our podcast for the second time! And this is not without a reason; she is phenomenal in what she does.