Carbonsations

In this episode, Valerio Magliulo, the CEO and co-founder of carbon intelligence and procurement platform Abatable, shares his insights about the development of the voluntary carbon market (VCM). Abatable was the partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, helping the organization retire 1.3 million carbon credits and create a lasting climate contribution.

Joining us in this episode is Christina Beckmann, the co-founder of Tomorrow's Air, a sustainability-focused travel advocate owned by the Adventure Travel Trade Association. Christina shares with us her journey of getting into the adventure travel industry and trying to transform it from the inside out, by supporting carbon removals and educating people about the control they have over their own travel emissions.

For this episode, we are joined by the co-founder of carbon removal procurement platform CUR8, Dr Gabrielle Walker. Dr. Walker shared with us her invaluable experience in the carbon removal industry, and discussed issues of supply & demand, the interest in carbon removals within the aviation industry, as well as what goes into putting together a carbon removal portfolio.

In this episode, Edwin Sieswerda, founder and managing director of Atal Solutions, explores the intricacies of the export finance sector and its role in promoting sustainability. Edwin shares his journey from a finance lawyer to a banker, and eventually to founding Atal Solutions. He discusses the company's focus on green projects across various sectors, including green shipping, and delves into the challenges and strategies of decarbonizing the shipping industry.

We sit down with Steve Oldham, CEO of Captura and former CEO of Carbon Engineering, to discuss the differences and similarities between direct air capture (DAC) and direct ocean capture (DOC). Steve talks about the critical need for diverse carbon removal solutions, the innovative approach of Captura, and the importance of ocean health.

In this episode, we sit down with John Melby, CEO of Xpansiv, a leading market infrastructure platform for ESG commodities. John explains Xpansiv's mission to support the global energy transition, the company's innovative market infrastructure, as well as the challenges and future of the voluntary carbon market, and the potential growth of the fuels market.

For this episode, we're joined by Mike Maudsley, CEO of enfinium, the UK's leading waste-to-energy operator. Mike shares his extensive background in the energy sector and discusses enfinium's pioneering efforts in carbon capture technology.

In this episode, we delve into the intricacies of grid decarbonization with Greg Miller, Research and Policy Lead, and Gailin Pease, Senior Data Scientist at Singularity Energy. Greg and Gailin talk about Singularity Energy's mission and their latest product, CarbonFlow, a tool designed to provide granular, location-based emissions data for electricity consumers.

In this episode, we interview Jeff Bonar, CEO of CapCO2 Solutions, a company specializing in carbon capture technology. The discussion delves into the concept of low-carbon ethanol and the innovative use of biogenic CO2 to produce green methanol, a sustainable fuel alternative. Jeff explains the technology behind Cap CO2's efficient methanol production and its potential to revolutionize the ethanol industry.

Joining us for this episode is Noah Deich, a Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM). Noah shares his journey from co-founding the climate NGO Carbon180 to his current role at the DOE and delves into the FECM's initiatives to support carbon removal, including the Carbon Negative Shot and the Voluntary Carbon Dioxide Removal Purchase Challenge.