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Carbon & Innovation with Benoit from Verra
On episode 3 of ReFi Podcast Season Two, your hosts John and Simar chat with Benoît Clément, Director of Financial Innovation at Verra. We explore Benoît’s personal story, what it means to tackle the climate crisis while working at Verra, and get his perspective on the future of on-chain carbon markets.
Some of the topics we jump into:
0:00 Introduction
3:07 Benoit’s Story
4:32 Re-Forestry
6:03 Web3 & AI Background
7:30 Working at Verra
9:40 Addressing Climate Change
12:04 Voluntary Carbon Market
13:35 Standards, Methodology & Integrity
16:48 Defining Integrity
18:21 Social Impact
19:20 Transparency & Pricing
21:12 History of On-Chain Carbon
22:17 KlimaDAO's Theory of Change
23:10 Awakening Dormant Credits
24:00 Zombie Credits
24:55 Verra's Public Consultation
25:38 Retail Investors & Hype
27:00 Efficiency of Impact
31:20 Verra Tokenization
33:44 Fraud
34:04 Environmental integrity
35:33 Anonymity of Entities
39:19 Regulatory Landscape
41:02 Tokenization of Carbon Credits
50:18 ‘Private vs Public’ Blockchains
52:20 Innovating Verra's Model
55:45 Engaging in Public Consultations
57:38 Stakeholder Considerations
59:59 Digital Measurement, Reporting & Verification
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Follow Benoit and check out Verra:
https://benoitclement.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoit-e-clement
https://verra.org
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Join the conversation on Twitter, follow:
https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist
https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto
https://twitter.com/simarsmangat
Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com
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On episode 3 of ReFi Podcast Season Two, your hosts John and Simar chat with Benoît Clément, Director of Financial Innovation at Verra. We explore Benoît’s personal story, what it means to tackle the climate crisis while working at Verra, and get his perspective on the future of on-chain carbon markets.
Some of the topics we jump into:
0:00 Introduction
3:07 Benoit’s Story
4:32 Re-Forestry
6:03 Web3 & AI Background
7:30 Working at Verra
9:40 Addressing Climate Change
12:04 Voluntary Carbon Market
13:35 Standards, Methodology & Integrity
16:48 Defining Integrity
18:21 Social Impact
19:20 Transparency & Pricing
21:12 History of On-Chain Carbon
22:17 KlimaDAO's Theory of Change
23:10 Awakening Dormant Credits
24:00 Zombie Credits
24:55 Verra's Public Consultation
25:38 Retail Investors & Hype
27:00 Efficiency of Impact
31:20 Verra Tokenization
33:44 Fraud
34:04 Environmental integrity
35:33 Anonymity of Entities
39:19 Regulatory Landscape
41:02 Tokenization of Carbon Credits
50:18 ‘Private vs Public’ Blockchains
52:20 Innovating Verra's Model
55:45 Engaging in Public Consultations
57:38 Stakeholder Considerations
59:59 Digital Measurement, Reporting & Verification
--------------------------------------------
Follow Benoit and check out Verra:
https://benoitclement.com
https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoit-e-clement
https://verra.org
--------------------------------------------
Join the conversation on Twitter, follow:
https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist
https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto
https://twitter.com/simarsmangat
Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com