Capitalism isn’t broken, per se. The challenge is that no country is actually using it correctly. The basic premise of capitalism is that the price of a good or service reflects basic market forces — supply & demand. But what if the price doesn’t accurately measure the true cost? If … [continued]
When was Calyx founded? Calyx was founded in 2021. What was the initial inspiration for the company? My co-founder, Duncan van Bergen, and I were both watching carbon markets grow from different vantage points and knew there was a real challenge for companies just starting to engage in the market. … [continued]
I recently interviewed Assaad Razzouk, CEO of Gurin Energy and host of “The Angry Clean Energy Guy” podcast, for CleanTech Talk, and — wow — was it an eye-opening discussion! Our conversation centered around several key examples of greenwashing that have been harming the world for years. First, Assaad gives … [continued]
The European Union and the US State of California announced last week at the Global Climate Action Summit held in San Francisco their intention to strengthen their bilateral cooperation on carbon markets to maximize and leverage climate action.
Get ready for the first world summit following the Paris Agreement of December 2015 to assess progress on climate change. COP22, the annual conference of parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, begins on Monday, November 7, 2016 (the day before the US presidential elections) in Marrakesh, Morocco. You can watch the COP22 proceedings online here.
Fast-changing economics mean renewables worldwide will represent 34% of all installed capacity by 2030, according to a new report from the World Energy Council and Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Could divestment, the same movement that brought down Apartheid, be the key to ending America’s fossil fuel addiction and preventing the next great financial crisis?
Activists at more than 400 colleges, cities and states, and religious institutions think the answer is yes – and San Francisco may have given the fossil fuel divestment campaign its biggest win to date.
Clean water is a luxury for one billion people now. Most of the world’s poorest have little access to clean water. They must boil their water to remove the harmful bacteria, viruses and parasites that otherwise cause disease. That means that they must cut down trees, which worsens deforestation and … [continued]
