SUstainability Resources: SOME USEFUL LINKS

The Wedge Approach to Decarbonization

April 2021; Sanjay Sampath

While Green Curve is not affiliated with any organizations, Green Curve believes that the stabilization wedge approach proposed by the Princeton PMI team provides one of the best mechanisms of enabling decarbonization. The group believes that humanity already has the technology needed to take the world off the path toward dramatic climate change. and propose some concrete steps towards this. They look at the total overall carbon dioxide we need to eliminate in the next 50 years and divide it up into 15 projects that can each remove 1 billion tons of CO2e from the atmosphere every year.

The PMI team does not include certain wedges but adding these would be necessary and hence the stabilization wedge concept may be expanded to beyond the 15 suggested projects (See the meat wedge paper, for instance, by Philip Cafaro) .

https://cmi.princeton.edu/resources/stabilization-wedges/introduction/

http://www.philipcafaro.com/alternative-climate-wedges/meat-wedge

The world's first public blockchain carbon market

April 2021; Sanjay Sampath

While there are multiple private and public blockchains that have the potential to enhance sustainability, there is one cryptocurrency token that seems to have great promise. This involves using a slightly older idea,: The use of carbon markets and creating a similar concept on the blockchain.

UPCO2 is a token developed by a partnership named as the Universal Protocol, which involves the Uphold wallet, Ledger Corporation and others. The UPCO2 allows one to not only offset their carbon footprint but also make investment gains if the concept takes off. This aspect of gaining returns is the first of its kind on a public blockchain.

So how does one go about doing this? The following may the the steps one chooses to follow:

1. Estimate your carbon footprint using the Conservation International Carbon footprint calculator:

https://www.conservation.org/carbon-footprint-calculator#/

2. Sign up for an account with the Uphold wallet. This is a fairly secure wallet with no major security concerns and has been around for more than 5 years. https://uphold.com/en-us

3. Buy UPCO2 token for the amount of your annual carbon footprint every year.

Each UPCO2 token represents a one-year tonne of carbon emissions averted and is backed 1:1 by a Voluntary Carbon Unit on a leading registry. You can invest as little, or as much, as you can afford to offset your carbon footprint or hold as a speculative investment and support the world’s rainforests.

In one simple transaction, you’re taking a step towards a cleaner planet.

For more details visit: https://universalcarbon.com/