The Earthshot Podcast

Many climate, agriculture, and development projects begin with strong science, committed funding, and good intentions. Yet years later, practices are abandoned, participation fades, and the outcomes that once looked promising begin to unravel. Why? In this episode, Troy Carter sits down with Ina Walter and Corné de Louw to explore one of the most overlooked dimensions of permanence: people. Drawin...

What if the biggest barrier to solving climate change isn’t technology — but the way we finance it? In this conversation, Troy Carter sits down with Dr. Delton Chen , founder of the Global Carbon Reward , to explore a radically different approach to funding climate and ecological action at the scale the problem demands. Delton’s idea starts with a simple observation: there is a massive global shor...

Greg Adams - CFO of Chestnut carbon (Greg's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-adams-0ba79a5/) https://chestnutcarbon.com/ What does it actually take to finance nature at scale — not in theory, but in practice? In this episode, Troy Carter speaks with Greg Adams, about what it took to turn large-scale reforestation in the U.S. into something banks, buyers, and long-term capital could s...

In this episode, Troy Carter sits down with Anthony Stevens , who leads innovation across digital assets and financial markets at Northern Trust , to talk about the less-visible work that determines whether carbon markets can really grow up: the systems that make credits trackable, transferable, and trustworthy at institutional scale. Anthony brings a capital-markets perspective to a practical que...

Diego's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/diego-justiniano-aa92a09/ In this episode, Troy Carter speaks with Diego Justiniano, CEO of Exomad Green, about how Bolivia is building one of the most ambitious climate operations on the planet — and what it means for a nation to lead from its forests, not its factories. Exomad Green transforms what was once forest waste into biochar — a stable fo...

Marcelo Behar on Brazil’s Bioeconomic Revolution Ahead of COP30 A special pre-COP30 conversation. Marcelo's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcelo-behar-0b5b5744/ As the world turns its attention to COP30 in Belém , this episode features Marcelo Behar - sociologist, lawyer, and Special Envoy for COP30 , representing Brazil’s emerging bioeconomy movement . Marcelo joins Troy Carter to ex...

Eron Bloomgarden: The Era of Free Emissions Is Over Eron's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/eron-bloomgarden-4406183/ In this episode, Troy Carter sits down with Eron Bloomgarden, founder and CEO of Emergent—the organization behind the LEAF Coalition and one of the leading voices in global climate finance. Eron shares his journey from the early days of carbon markets to designing multi-bi...

Luke's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/luke-oliver-3054787/ Description: What happens when carbon markets are treated like any other commodity? In this episode, Troy Carter speaks with Luke Oliver , Head of Climate Investments at KraneShares , about the evolution of carbon as an asset class—and what that means for climate action. Luke shares his journey from managing some of the world’s...

Stacy's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stacy-kauk-p-eng/ https://isometric.com/ In this episode, Troy Carter sits down with Stacy Kauk , Chief Science Officer at Isometric and former Head of Sustainability at Shopify, to explore how the carbon markets can regain trust and scale responsibly. Stacy shares her journey from UN climate negotiations to building Shopify’s pioneering carbon rem...

Ollie's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/potterollie/ https://www.naturetechmemos.com/ Summary In this episode of The Earthshot Podcast , Troy Carter sits down with Ollie Potter, founder of NatureTech Memos and strategist at Deloitte, to explore the future of NatureTech and how innovation can move from hype to real-world impact. Ollie shares what he’s seeing across the climate startup lan...

What does it actually take to keep forests standing—and make that fair for the people who steward them? Troy Carter sits down with his friend Thibault Sorret , Co-Founder & CEO of Equitable Earth , to unpack a shift from single projects to landscape thinking : protect what’s left, reconnect what’s fragmented, restore where it fits, and build real livelihoods around it. They talk plainly about...

What does it take to truly finance nature with integrity? In this episode, Troy Carter speaks with Oliver Bolton, Co-Founder of Earthly, about the realities of building trust in a market that’s often misunderstood. They discuss the gap between ambition and action, why public perception of carbon credits has become so negative, and how to separate high-quality projects from the noise. Oliver shares...

John Paul (JP) Moscarella Co-Founder @ CoolPact Capital & Resilient Earth Capital | Scaling Climate Tech with $1.5B+ in Investments mobilized | Cleantech Pioneer | Carbon credits Pioneer JP's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jpmoscarella/ Summary: In this episode of the EarthShot podcast, Troy Carter speaks with JP Moscarella, a veteran in the carbon markets sector, about the evolutio...

Lynn Murphy & Alnoor Ladha - Post-Capitalist Philanthropy “Doing the decolonizing, deprogramming, deconditioning, unlearning work, as well as thinking non-laterally and moving the dominant ontology and dominant cosmology from this rationalist-separatist-materialist worldview to one that's more relational, more quantum, more queer, more based on interbeing, is going to open up vistas of pos...

“Restoration is not just about planting trees or about making an area look beautiful again. It's about recreating a social ecological system that is more resilient and is more aligned with natural processes.” -Robin Chazdon This episode features legendary ecologist Robin Chazdon with hosts Armando Davila, Patrick Leung, & Pedro Ribeiro Piffer for an adventure through the world of assisted...

Grant Wilson and Michelle Bender of Earth Law Center - Legal Rights of Nature “How do you give nature a voice within carbon markets?” -Grant Wilson Grant Wilson, Executive Director of Earth Law Center, & Michelle Bender, Ocean Campaigns Director of Earth Law Center, join hosts Armando Davila & Troy Carter for a discussion about the Rights of Nature Movement. After an overview of how this m...

“We need all hands on deck in all areas, all sectors, and all approaches. So that means we need governments setting aggressive climate policy and regulation to control as far and fast as possible top-down, we need corporates and industry to do their part and do everything they can to decarbonize and squeeze out emissions…and then we also need market mechanisms like what Verra pioneers and helps ma...

1. Richard Heinberg - Consuming Less Energy: Our Critical Transition “Nature will win in the end and balance will be reestablished. The question is how is it going to happen and if we're working in the direction of rebalancing things and doing it from the standpoint of minimizing the casualties and maximizing the opportunities of the survivors.” -Richard Heinberg Richard Heinberg, author and Senio...

In this season 1 wrap-up episode, hosts Patrick, Troy, and Armando reflect on the first season of the Earthshot Podcast, including themes and insights that emerged, favorite moments with guests, and the evolution of the podcast, of Earthshot Labs, and of the state of the climate crisis. Stay tuned for Season 2, coming in 2023! RELEVANT LINKS: Earthshot Labs: www.earthshot.eco Troy Carter’s LinkedI...

“What keeps me up at night is that people would think that we can use natural climate solutions like reforestation instead of fossil fuel reductions, because it’s not an either/or, it’s a both/and.” -Susan Cook-Patton Susan Cook-Patton, a senior scientist at the Nature Conservancy, joins hosts Patrick Leung and Armando Davila for a deep dive into the science behind carbon and nature-based climate...

“There is an abundance on this Earth and She was created with this idea of taking care of everything here. We're the ones that turned our backs to her and we have to figure out a way to get back and quickly.” - Corrina Gould Corrina Gould, chair and spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan, joins hosts Patrick Leung and Armando Davila in this episode for a deep conversation about remat...

“We are consciousness manifest, we are the planet watching itself, we are the universe watching itself, we are paying attention, we are stewards. We have the capacity to tip the scales so we really have to pay attention to which direction we’re tipping them.” -Maryanna Saenko Maryanna Saenko joins hosts Troy Carter and Patrick Leung to discuss capitalism’s role in transitioning to a sustainable wa...

“These (carbon) marketplaces and standards and operators, they're really opportunities for an innovation sandbox where we're saying, ‘ Okay, what's the tech that we need to build? What are the frameworks that we need to build? What sort of systems do we need in place between public and private interests? Between spot markets and futures? How do they relate to other financial systems that we have?...

“We’re reminded that we must sit in the stillness of who we are, that we must take the time to deeply listen to that instruction that will keep us aligned with Mother Earth, for it is through the current of unification and that alignment that we will truly go through the keyhole and land in the new dawn, helping to birth something quite remarkable for many generations to come.” -Jyoti Ma Jyoti Ma...

“We reach that point where we understand ‘Okay, we're in symbiotic relationship with natural earth systems. We're not protected by the GDP. We're not protected by chemical fertilizers or genetically modified organisms. We're protected by living systems. We are part of living systems that have existed over billions of years; they don't belong to anybody; they belong to everybody. We are part of the...