Catona Climate

🥾 This hike in the woods was no walk in the park — but we’re always up for a challenge. 🌲 ⛰️ Our team recently gathered in the gorgeous Colorado foothills to take stock of our progress, bond over 🌮 and 🍸, and plan out our next big steps. Together we’re forging a bold path ahead — more united, inspired, and motivated than ever by our mission to restore nature and fight climate change on a global scale. 💪 🌎

🌱 On-the-ground site visits are critical to project quality. They allow us to see a project’s impact up close, and engage with local stakeholders in person. In Montana, we met with local ranchers dedicated to land stewardship who are adopting regenerative grazing techniques that improve soil health and sequester more carbon. We got to see firsthand how they’re working to support each other to change ranching practices for the better. 🤠 👇 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ghz7vYXK

When evaluating new projects for our investment portfolio, we like to get up close. 🔎 Site visits are a key aspect of our diligence process — we can assess the viability of potential projects first-hand. 🌎 Like our visits to Colombia, Brazil and Malawi, which helped us determine developers’ capabilities to implement high-impact projects, and gain the invaluable perspectives of local community-members. 💚 👇 Discover more benefits of site visits: https://lnkd.in/ghz7vYXK

There are some things geospatial analysis just can’t capture. So our experts regularly conduct site visits around the world to check in on our projects. 🌎 Our team’s visit to this Forest Garden agroforestry project in western Kenya gave us the opportunity to monitor the project’s progress and impact, and work more closely with our project development partner Trees for the Future — while getting direct feedback from participant farmers, and engaging the local community more deeply than we ever could from behind a screen. 🫱🏼🫲🏾 👇 Read all about it (and more on our monitoring strategy): https://lnkd.in/ghz7vYXK

🚨Carbon insight alert! 🎤 Listen in as our Director of Carbon Origination Destin Whitehurst shares his thoughts on what’s next for the carbon markets at #ClimateWeekNYC. Thanks to the team at Sequestor for hosting the panel.

🧏♀️ Hear Catona’s Director of Carbon Origination Destin Whitehurst address #ClimateWeekNYC on ways to spur demand by de-risking investments in nature-based projects 🌱 — like bringing financiers, buyers, and developers together early on. 🫱🏼🫲🏾 Thanks to the team at Sequestor for hosting the panel.

🍏 Fresh from #ClimateWeekNYC: Catona’s Destin Whitehurst discusses how the shifting dynamics of carbon investment are challenging us to find innovative financing solutions for early-stage nature-based projects — when they most need capital to get off the ground. 💸 Thanks to the team at Sequestor for hosting the panel.

🔊ICYMI: Catona was out in full force last week for #ClimateWeekNYC in the Big 🍎, exchanging carbon insights with other climate pros. Here are some of the big takeaways for Catona team members Lulu LaViolette, Avni Limdi, and Andrew Durke. 🌱

Hats off to the graduates! 1,300 Forest Garden farmers graduated in Kenya last week! After four years of training in regenerative agroforestry and the Forest Garden Approach, each of these farmers is now an expert in these techniques and able to protect their land for generations to come. Climate-smart agriculture is a critical piece of climate action. We're proud to work with thousands of farmers across sub-Saharan Africa doing just that. We celebrate our recent graduates and look forward to many, many more in the years to come! Check out the latest in Africa.com - https://bit.ly/3XEKHQ8 #ClimateWeek #ClimateWeekNYC Catona Climate

🗞️ News Alert: When it comes to climate action, farmers across the globe are taking charge. Proof? 👇 Look no further than the 1,300 Kenyan farmers who graduated from an innovative program in partnership with Trees for the Future and Catona Climate. 🎓 🌿 A culmination of years of hard work and dedication to learning sustainable agroforestry techniques, these farmers are creating more resilient landscapes, helping prevent deforestation and biodiversity loss, increasing food security and contributing to global climate solutions. A huge congratulations to these farmers as they celebrate this milestone in their journey. 🙌 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/gQFKVbUH