Carbon & Innovation with Benoit from Verra

On episode 3 of ReFi Podcast Season Two, your hosts John and Simar chat with Benoît Clément, Director of Financial Innovation at Verra. We explore Benoît’s personal story, what it means to tackle the climate crisis while working at Verra, and get his perspective on the future of on-chain carbon markets.   Some of the topics we jump into: 0:00 Introduction 3:07 Benoit’s Story 4:32 Re-Forestry 6:03 Web3 & AI Background 7:30 Working at Verra 9:40 Addressing Climate Change 12:04 Voluntary Carbon Market 13:35 Standards, Methodology & Integrity 16:48 Defining Integrity 18:21 Social Impact 19:20 Transparency & Pricing 21:12 History of On-Chain Carbon 22:17 KlimaDAO's Theory of Change 23:10 Awakening Dormant Credits 24:00 Zombie Credits 24:55 Verra's Public Consultation 25:38 Retail Investors & Hype 27:00 Efficiency of Impact 31:20 Verra Tokenization 33:44 Fraud 34:04 Environmental integrity  35:33 Anonymity of Entities 39:19 Regulatory Landscape 41:02 Tokenization of Carbon Credits 50:18 ‘Private vs Public’ Blockchains  52:20 Innovating Verra's Model 55:45 Engaging in Public Consultations 57:38 Stakeholder Considerations 59:59 Digital Measurement, Reporting & Verification -------------------------------------------- Follow Benoit and check out Verra: https://benoitclement.com  https://www.linkedin.com/in/benoit-e-clement  https://verra.org  -------------------------------------------- Join the conversation on Twitter, follow: https://twitter.com/ReFiDAOist  https://twitter.com/climateXcrypto https://twitter.com/simarsmangat Thanks to our friends at Feed Ignite for the podcast and micro-content production: https://feedignite.com