Episode 03: Sizing the Prize and Unlocking Natural Climate Solutions at Scale with Bronson Griscom, Senior Director of NCS at Conservation International
Bronson Griscom, Senior Director of Natural Climate Solutions @ Conservation International
In 2017, Bronson Griscom published a landmark study on the impact potential of natural climate solutions, suggesting that a portfolio of conservation, restoration and land management actions can enable at least 30% of required emissions reductions by 2030 to remain on a 2C pathway. In this episode, we explore how Bronson thought about pursuing these questions, how likely we are to actually get it done, and how we can unlock NCS at scale.
In this episode, we touch on:
How to fix nature’s ‘branding problem’
How to think about impact measurement, permanence and leakage for NCS
How future warming impacts the potential of these solutions
What needs to happen to create momentum behind NCS projects
Want to learn more? Check out these resources:
Bronson’s essential research on the enormous impact potential of different natural climate solutions, and a related piece on natural climate solutions for the United States
CI blog post on “What on earth are natural climate solutions?”
Bronson’s paper on the role of soil carbon in NCS
Bronson’s piece on protecting irrecoverable carbon in Earth’s ecosystems
…and many more!
Episode recorded on: February 26, 2021
