Respira International

Sorry to interrupt your feed but…today we’re celebrating the launch of Reduce and Invest – an exciting campaign for the voluntary carbon market. Its message is clear: It’s better for the planet and better for your business when you balance your [carbon] books.   It’s one thing to commit to net zero in the future, but quite another to take responsibility for your continued contribution to the problem – your emissions today, tomorrow, next year…    So what should be done? It’s simple: Reduce and Invest in equal measure ⚖️ 📉 Reduce: your corporate emissions as fast and as far as possible. Rapid decarbonisation of your supply chain is critical and urgent.   💰 Invest: in climate solutions beyond your business through the Voluntary Carbon Market – solutions that accelerate net zero globally.   Emissions today, balanced by investments today. Equal and opposite.  Like for like. Every tonne, every time. Go to Reduce and Invest's website to discover what real corporate climate leadership looks like >> www.reduceandinvest.com   #ReduceANDInvest   #ClimateChange #CarbonMarkets #VCM #NetZero #Offsets #Emissions

The recent newspaper headline “Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?” creates alarm. It might leave you thinking: Is nature no longer removing carbon emissions from the atmosphere? But there’s more to this story… We highly recommend a new article from Conservation International. Two leading scientists offer us a balanced, nuanced reality check. Bronson Griscom said: “Reported increases in forest fires and droughts in parts of Amazonia and other places around the world are real and profoundly concerning. Unreported are ongoing increases in forest growth rates in many other places where nature has been allowed to regrow, as well as around the world due to carbon dioxide fertilization, extended growing seasons and higher rainfall. Ours is a vast and complex planet, and these two contrasting outcomes are true at once. “Likewise, this article is both accurate in raising concerns, and inaccurate in implying there are not vast geographies where protection and restoration of ecosystems are working well. Indeed, the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change finds that natural climate solutions are the largest climate mitigation sector, larger even than the energy sector.” Read the full article here >> https://lnkd.in/dSdvYnEr #ClimateMitigation #ForestConservation #NatureBasedSolutions

This is what real corporate climate leadership looks like. And the principle is simple: balance your [carbon] books.   Every CEO, of every company, in every sector, should be looking to apply this simple mantra to their business: Reduce and Invest.   📉 Reduce Reduce your corporate emissions as fast and as far as possible. Rapid decarbonisation of your supply chain is critical and urgent.   📈 Invest Simultaneously use the Voluntary Carbon Market to invest in climate solutions above and beyond your business – solutions which can help accelerate global net nero.   Emissions today, balanced by investments today ⚖️. It’s both. And in equal measure. Equal and opposite.  Like for like. Every tonne, every time.   It’s better when it’s balanced.   To find out more about the business case for balancing your [carbon] books, visit www.reduceandinvest.com   #ReduceANDInvest

⏰ Tick tock, time to unlock. To respond to the urgency of the climate crisis, we need to reduce emissions and scale investment into the voluntary carbon market. Humanity must cut its global carbon emissions to ensure a resilient, climate-safe world, both for people today and in the decades to come. Businesses have a critical, immediate role to play through decarbonising their businesses. Carbon markets are an important interim solution to help businesses reduce emissions now. They complement, but do not substitute, other carbon reduction efforts and help channel necessary finance to projects that benefit nature, climate, and communities. In short, we must reduce AND invest. Nature-based solutions financed by carbon credits provide up to one-third of the necessary carbon mitigation to reach global climate targets. They are a cost-effective solution to the climate crisis that can drive returns for investors while bringing sustainable investment to underserved communities, helping support livelihoods, protecting natural ecosystems, and enhancing biodiversity. At Respira, we invest in the highest quality carbon credit projects through long-term contracts with project developers, providing financial security and benefits to all partners. We primarily invest in nature today whilst keeping an eye towards the technologies of the future. Stay tuned to watch our CEO, Ana Haurie, explain Respira’s business model. #CarbonCredits #VoluntaryCarbonMarket #NatureBasedSolutions

Forests cover 30 percent of the Earth’s land surface with over 1.3 billion people directly depending on them for their livelihoods and well-being. These standing forests sequester 25 percent of carbon emissions. This means that deforestation and degradation have a double negative climate impact – these practices allow more carbon to be released into the atmosphere and decrease nature’s ability to remove it. Knowing this, you’ll understand why it is so catastrophic that the tropics lost 3.7m hectares of primary forests in 2023. That’s equivalent to 10 football pitches every minute of the year. But hope is not lost. Forests, like the Amazon, are part of the solution to the climate and nature crises. If we invest in their conservation and restoration, these incredible ecosystems can continue to naturally remove carbon from the earth’s atmosphere. Learn more in our flyer below 👇 #NatureBasedSolutions #ForestConservation

It’s better when it’s balanced. Better for the planet 🌍. And better for your business. When you balance your [carbon] books.   It’s one thing to commit to net zero in the future, and another to take responsibility for your continued contribution to the problem – your emissions today, tomorrow, next year…    The principle is simple:  Reduce and Invest in equal measure ⚖️.   📉 Reduce: your corporate emissions as fast and as far as possible. Rapid decarbonisation of your supply chain is critical and urgent.   💰 Invest: in climate solutions beyond your business through the Voluntary Carbon Market – solutions that accelerate net zero globally.   Emissions today, balanced by investments today. Equal and opposite.  Like for like. Every tonne, every time. And discover what real corporate climate leadership looks like.   #ReduceANDInvest

COP16 has arrived! To celebrate the world’s incredible biodiversity, we’d like to share a picture of elephants grazing in Makame Savannah, one of our flagship portfolio projects. It's exciting to think of all the developments the next two weeks will likely hold for ecosystems globally and we intend to follow progress closely. There will be plenty of events to engage with, both in person and online. So whether you’ll be in Cali or following events online, we wish you an interesting and optimistic biodiversity conference. #COP16 📸 Picture credit: Carbon Tanzania

📩 In today's newsletter, you can discover how forests in Mexico are protected with 'removals'. Let us know your thoughts in the comments below 👇

🗣️ We’re pleased to share that our CEO, Ana Haurie, will join the Energy Intelligence Forum 2024 as a guest speaker. Taking place between the 25th and 27th of November in London, the Forum will focus on geopolitics and transition. It promises to be three days of debate and discussion on the energy challenges we face in the 21st century. Please reach out if you will also be attending the Forum. It would be great to connect. Find out more >> https://lnkd.in/da7ayhY #CarbonMarkets #EnergyTransition #CarbonCredits

🎬 Great to see our CEO, Ana Haurie, interviewed at the NYSE trading floor. She shared more information about Reduce and Invest and explained the motivation behind this new campaign. Reduce and Invest operates with a simple mantra:   Reduce: Reduce your corporate emissions 📉 as fast and as far as possible. Rapid decarbonisation of your supply chain is critical and urgent…   Invest: While simultaneously using the Voluntary Carbon Market to invest 💰 in climate solutions above and beyond your business. Watch the interview here to learn more >> https://lnkd.in/eMpCm9NX