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It’s time for companies to consider an ‘Internal Price on Nature’
It’s time for companies to consider an ‘Internal Price on Nature’
The concept of ‘internal carbon pricing’ galvanized corporate action on climate change. Could ‘internal nature pricing’ do the same for…
Karl Burkart
May 15
A brief history of bioregions and bioregionalism in scholarly literature
A brief history of bioregions and bioregionalism in scholarly literature
You’ve probably noticed that the word “bioregion” has been cropping up in conversations lately. I was recently at an investing conference…
Karl Burkart
Mar 20
Could a wealth tax on the top 0.1% help solve the climate crisis?
Could a wealth tax on the top 0.1% help solve the climate crisis?
The wealthiest ‘Top 10%’ of the world’s population are responsible for nearly half of all greenhouse gas emissions, according to the…
Karl Burkart
Oct 9, 2023
It’s time for wealthy countries to open the climate finance spigot
It’s time for wealthy countries to open the climate finance spigot
World leaders, economists and bankers wrapped up a major meeting in Paris with the goal of designing a new global financial system built…
Karl Burkart
Jun 26, 2023
Climate finance gets personal: people are realizing that their banking decisions could make or…
Climate finance gets personal: people are realizing that their banking decisions could make or…
In the six years following the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, the world’s 60 largest banks have provided a staggering $4.6…
Karl Burkart
Dec 23, 2022
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6 reasons why we can be (cautiously) optimistic about solving the climate crisis
6 reasons why we can be (cautiously) optimistic about solving the climate crisis
I’ve been spending a lot of time pushing back on what appears to be a pervasive culture of doom fueled by an abundance of misinformed…
Karl Burkart
Nov 21, 2022
Don’t fall for the climate clickbait. The 1.5°C target is achievable and necessary.
Don’t fall for the climate clickbait. The 1.5°C target is achievable and necessary.
The 27th UN Climate Conference (COP27) has begun, and so has the barrage of sloppy, apocalyptic headlines by major mainstream media…
Karl Burkart
Nov 8, 2022
Ok, Doomer: What Vaclav Smil and the disinformation echo chamber get wrong about the climate crisis
Ok, Doomer: What Vaclav Smil and the disinformation echo chamber get wrong about the climate crisis
After reading the fawning coverage of Vaclav Smil’s 41st, and hopefully final, book How the World Really Works (2022) — the latest edition…
Karl Burkart
Oct 25, 2022
Beyond offsetting (part 2): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…
Beyond offsetting (part 2): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…
In part 1 of “Beyond Offsetting” I delved into the problems around corporate net zero claims and their reliance upon cheap carbon offsets…
Karl Burkart
May 3, 2022
Beyond offsetting (part 1): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…
Beyond offsetting (part 1): Why we need carbon philanthropy, not carbon offsets, to solve the…
Based on the new IPCC report, “Mitigation of Climate Change” (WG3), it is clear that two things must happen if we are to have a chance of…
Karl Burkart
May 3, 2022
No McKinsey, it will not cost $9 trillion per year to solve climate change.
No McKinsey, it will not cost $9 trillion per year to solve climate change.
A new report by McKinsey on the costs of transitioning the world to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 is making the rounds, brandishing a…
Karl Burkart
Feb 1, 2022
Showdown at the Nature Zone
Showdown at the Nature Zone
An important (and heated) exchange during the first week of COP26 in Glasgow made one thing clear — the legitimacy of nature-based carbon…
Karl Burkart
Jan 2, 2022
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