Dive into a conversation with two inspiring leaders within climate finance: Naveed Tariq, CEO at Seagrass, and Ely Sandler, Fellow at the Harvard School of Government.
Timestamps:
| 00:00 | Introduction Monologue |
| 00:45 | Host Welcome and Introduction |
| 01:14 | Introduction by Naveed Tariq, CEO at Seagrass |
| 03:24 | Introduction by Ely Sandler, Fellow at the Harvard School of Government |
| 03:40 | Ely explains the economic basis for carbon finance |
| 04:30 | Ely explains the fundamentals of Article 6 under the Paris Agreement |
| 05:36 | Ely discusses the model that he and his colleague Professor Daniel Schrag developed for financing the energy transition through cross-border investment (see: https://www.belfercenter.org/publicat…) |
| 07:25 | Financing gap for energy grid infrastructure |
| 09:15 | Need to link the investment in grids necessary, estimated at $830B annually, to the emission reductions that this infrastructure enables and the intersection under the Paris Agreement |
| 12:58 | How to scale the carbon market through innovative financing mechanisms |
| 15:45 | The role of the Seagrass marketplace in helping to scale the market |
| 21:00 | The scale of the financing gap required to achieve the climate goals and the opportunity for carbon markets |
| 24:03 | The role of additionality in carbon financing |
| 24:48 | The potential for Hydrogen as an energy source |
| 26:48 | The importance of bankability to help unlock scale in climate finance |
| 31:22 | Article 6 potential for scaling finance and concluding remarks |