Episode 06: Getting to Quality & Quantity in Carbon Markets with Duncan van Bergen, Co-Founder at Calyx Global

Solving Climate, Naturally

In this episode, we talk with Duncan about his new venture, Calyx Global, the role of different actors in the voluntary carbon market, how this market is evolving, and the challenges of driving both quality and scale.

In this episode, we touch on:

- The challenges of ensuring quality in the carbon markets and the state of voluntary carbon markets today

- How Calyx Global assesses quality of carbon credits, using new assessment processes, technology, and data

- The current state of the carbon markets ecosystem and how standards bodies, verifying bodies, intermediaries, and end users interact - and how it parallels (or could parallel) the evolution of our traditional financial system

- How Duncan thought about structuring Calyx, an organization focused on driving climate impact at scale

- Duncan’s views on key developments in the carbon markets, such as work by the Taskforce for Scaling Voluntary Carbon Market and other ongoing initiatives

- How do we get nature-based solutions to the scale required by big corporations and the economy at large

Want to learn more? Check out these resources:

- Calyx Global

- The TSVCM’s final report
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Episode recorded on: October 6, 2021