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- CD Original Article · Gillian Wildfire · 02/10/2025This week, we’re zooming in on Los Angeles, where devastating wildfires recently took out over 16,000+ homes and displaced 200,000+ residents. Here’s the question everyone’s asking: Should we even rebuild in areas that are practically guaranteed to burn again? The answer isn’t a simple yes or no. In fact, LA’s already got some pretty great tools to help future-proof homes: stricter building…
- CD Original Article · Alex Stinson · 05/05/2025We’re finally pouring billions into clean hardware and nature-based solutions. But what about the digital infrastructure that makes those solutions intelligible, replicable, and resilient? If you’ve ever tried explaining open source to a policymaker (or its climate impact to a funder) you’ve likely seen the blank stares. Open source doesn’t just power the internet. It quietly underpins almost…
ESG ratings
- CD Original Article · Alex Stinson · 05/20/2026Building open-source climate knowledge and tools. We’re finally pouring billions into clean hardware and nature-based solutions. But what about the digital infrastructure that makes those solutions intelligible, replicable, and resilient? If you’ve ever tried explaining open source to a policymaker (or its climate impact to a funder) you’ve likely seen the blank stares. Open source doesn’t…
- CD Original Article · Diana Hughes · 05/22/2026The guide to learning that actually sticks. Your brain doesn’t work like a hard drive where information gets stored and retrieved. It works like a workbench where knowledge gets actively constructed, piece by piece, with severe limitations on throughput and a tendency to catch fire under stress. Diana Hughes, who holds three patents on game-based learning systems that delivered 2-3x higher…
- Podcast · Skander Garroum & Jordy Gold · 05/29/2026AI companies are racing to secure power for their energy hungry datacenters and it turns out renewables might be their only option in the short term. Environmentalists have been terrified about what AI and its energy use could mean for the climate. But after diving into the data, we flip the script on its head and ask: is AI the unexpected catalyst we never knew we needed to drive renewables…
Climate insurance
- CD Original Article · Nirmal Keshava · 05/29/2026Picture this: you can calculate the impact of a Category-4 hurricane before the clouds even swirl, or tailor a cancer treatment the moment a rogue gene flickers on the screen. Different arenas, same game-changer: data that shrinks uncertainty to a single, decisive moment. After fifteen years at the leading edge of precision medicine, decoding brain circuitry, shepherding AI diagnostics through…
Consumer-facing software › Carbon footprint
- Company · 05/27/2025Legacy, based in Copenhagen, is dedicated to simplifying sustainability for real estate owners by streamlining their data organization and collection. With commercial real estate owners confronting evolving compliance and sustainability demands, Legacy offers a fully auditable CO2 accounting platform. This ensures transparent and reliable data exportation in line with regulatory changes.…
- Company · Julie Schiller · 08/27/2026ClimateUX audits websites for their digital carbon footprint — CO2 per page view, sustainability grade (A-F), green hosting status, and page weight — via a public API and MCP server. 500+ audits published to date, primarily Singapore-focused.
Consumer-facing software › Carbon actions
- Company · Julie Schiller · 08/27/2026Green Together turns corporate ESG goals into measurable, company-wide action with gamified sustainability challenges for employee teams. Live on the Apple App Store.
Enterprise software › Net zero planning
- CD Original Article · Skander Garroum · 08/24/2023As we delve deeper into the Carbon Removal Hype Curve, let's pause for a moment to demystify Carbon Offsets. Rather than a brief overview, we'll be taking a deeper dive, spanning several parts: In this initial part, we'll explore the origin of offsets, encompassing both the public and voluntary markets. Next, we'll shine a light on the numerous problems with offsets.…
- CD Original Article · Skander Garroum · 08/25/2023the second installment of our series on unraveling Carbon Offsets. In this segment, we'll exclusively address the challenges, shedding light on tales of deceit, misaligned incentive and outright scams. We'll also outline five key problems with offsets: Additionality, Leakage, Verification, Permanence, and Double Selling.
- CD Original Article · Skander Garroum · 08/28/2023diving into the final part (at least for now) on Carbon Offsets. Having explored the origin of Carbon Offsets in Part 1 and the problems plaguing the Voluntary Offset market, we'll now delve into its ongoing evolution. We'll walk you through the offset purchasing process—starting with the traditional Voluntary Carbon market and then to the emerging new market. True to Climate…
- Person · 05/26/2025Founder & Economist on a mission to demystify climate solutions. Serving bite-sized insights and in-depth explorations.
- CD Original Article · Skander Garroum · 08/21/2023let's zoom out and get a panoramic view of the entire Carbon Removal Landscape. A quick emissions recap: Since 1850, CO2 levels have skyrocketed by 50%, moving from 280 ppm to 420 ppm, with the majority of this increase occurring in recent times. Our penchant for burning resources has not only released greenhouse gases like CO2 and CH4 but also introduced other detrimental pollutants. To…
- CD Original Article · Tracy Cheung · 09/30/2024A Roadmap for Sustainability in AI. In this deep dive, we're looking at: The current state of AI sustainability; Challenges AI companies face in going green; Finding comparables: How tech giants are benchmarking their sustainability efforts; The economic upside of sustainable AI; Solutions to rein in AI's carbon footprint; A sustainability roadmap for AI companies. This is a tactical…
Enterprise software › Offsets management
- CD Original Article · Skander Garroum · 08/28/2023diving into the final part (at least for now) on Carbon Offsets. Having explored the origin of Carbon Offsets in Part 1 and the problems plaguing the Voluntary Offset market, we'll now delve into its ongoing evolution. We'll walk you through the offset purchasing process—starting with the traditional Voluntary Carbon market and then to the emerging new market. True to Climate…
- Person · 05/26/2025Founder & Economist on a mission to demystify climate solutions. Serving bite-sized insights and in-depth explorations.
Enterprise software › Risk assessment
- CD Original Article · Isaac de León · 04/17/2024What You Need to Know Before Negotiating Carbon Removal Agreements. Carbon Removal purchases are exploding - but has the legal side kept up? Time to dive into Carbon Removal Purchase Agreements and how enhance their effectiveness. In the face of escalating climate change, carbon removal technologies have become vital to meet global climate targets, specifically the 1.5°C temperature cap as…
Enterprise software › Emissions monitoring (from internal sources)
- CD Original Article · Skander Garroum · 08/28/2023diving into the final part (at least for now) on Carbon Offsets. Having explored the origin of Carbon Offsets in Part 1 and the problems plaguing the Voluntary Offset market, we'll now delve into its ongoing evolution. We'll walk you through the offset purchasing process—starting with the traditional Voluntary Carbon market and then to the emerging new market. True to Climate…
- Person · 05/26/2025Founder & Economist on a mission to demystify climate solutions. Serving bite-sized insights and in-depth explorations.
Utility Focused Software
- CD Original Article · Gillian Wildfire · 02/10/2025This week, we’re zooming in on Los Angeles, where devastating wildfires recently took out over 16,000+ homes and displaced 200,000+ residents. Here’s the question everyone’s asking: Should we even rebuild in areas that are practically guaranteed to burn again? The answer isn’t a simple yes or no. In fact, LA’s already got some pretty great tools to help future-proof homes: stricter building…