Fighting Climate Change With Carbon Removal - A Chat With Patch CEO Brennan Spellacy

Sep 7, 2022

Brennan Spellacy, CEO of Patch, discusses the complexities of the carbon credit marketplace. He highlights how firms can navigate ethical implications and the need for transparency in carbon offsets. Spellacy dives into the varying costs of carbon removal technologies, from affordable reforestation to high-tech solutions like direct air capture. He emphasizes making carbon offset programs accessible and discusses the future of carbon abatement, including innovative investment strategies and evolving sustainability platforms.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Navigating the Carbon Credit Marketplace

02:15 • 11min

Understanding Carbon Removal Costs and Market Entry Strategies

12:45 • 5min

Simplifying Carbon Offsets for Organizations

17:40 • 3min

Carbon Abatement Futures

20:29 • 10min

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The idea of using carbon offsets to reduce your climate emissions is one that is often controversial.

Patch is a platform dedicated to making it easier for organisations to buy and sell carbon credits.

I invited Brennan Spellacy (BSpellacy_ on Twitter) to come on the podcast to tell me more. We had a cool conversation. I pushed back on Brennan on some of the more contentious aspects of carbon offserts, and to his credit, he held his own!

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Music credits - Intro by Joseph McDade, and Outro music for this podcast was composed, played, and produced by my daughter Luna Juniper