Jenny ChaseIf I had ten billion dollars to spend on combatting climate change, I'm honestly not sure what I'd do with it, and I rather think that if you are then you haven't really looked into the question.
(For obvious reasons this is not investment advice).
FWIW, ideas I don't think are obviously stupid:
- lobbying for specific solutions, eg bike lanes, density, renewable energy planning reform
- lobbying against coal, cars, oil
- giveaways of ebikes or electric tuktuks in strategically chosen congested cities
- donating renewables microgrids to villages and hospitals in sub-saharan Africa
- straight up buying and retiring mandatory carbon credits
BashStKid@solar_chase
Fifty years ago demonstration solar was rolled out in Indian villages to power water pumps, lighting, radios, run satellite downlinks for tv, break the cycle of fetching water & kerosene.
We’re not waiting on tech, it’s just political will & money.
Chris AdamsAhoy! This one here:
"straight up buying and retiring mandatory carbon credits"
I think I agree. You're referring to any compliance market specifically here?
I ask as I devoured this report below:
But the prices and effectiveness of governance structures seem to differ wildly from market to market.
I haven't found any good resource in the public domain to make meaningful comparisons across markets for doing so.
@mrchrisadams a few years ago, my carbon colleagues told me to buy in the EU ETS as it's mandatory and fairly watertight. I'd ask them for an update though.