Category: Climate Change
Articles on climate finance, carbon markets, forest conservation, and the economics of climate adaptation — drawing from work with DFIs, entrepreneurs, and multilateral institutions.
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A $179 Million Carbon Market Lesson: KOKO Networks and Its Clean Cooking Play
KOKO Networks is a company I have cited many times as an example of what clean cooking success looks like. Founded in Kenya in 2013, KOKO built a bioethanol cooking solution and made it accessible at subsidised prices: stoves at…
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RESTORE 2025
The Economics of Restoration is complicated. And, the context specific nature of interventions make it even more difficult to have commercial capital flow in these interventions for scale. But restoration of our land and food system is critical and cannot…
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Beyond Debt: How the USD 125 Billion Tropical Fund Redefines Climate Finance for Forest Conservation
Our forests are essential for maintaining Earth’s climate balance, as they absorb around 16 billion metric tonnes of CO₂ annually (gross removals) and store over 860 billion metric tonnes of carbon. They also provide crucial ecosystem services, supporting the water,…
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Clean Cooking and Carbon Markets
The one thematic area that has remained consistent throughout my professional journey is access to clean cooking energy. What started as exploring BoP markets for energy access in 2008 continues even today—as we still have more than 2.1 billion people…
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Transforming Agriculture in the Global South – The South-South Agriculture Alliance
I strongly believe that innovative AgTechs can address some of the most pressing problems of the smallholder farmers and small producers. India has been a hub of AgTech innovation and several solutions that have proven themselves in India are now…