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Issue 3 | Carbon Compass by Climes

Issue 3 | Carbon Compass by Climes

Understanding “high-quality” carbon credits from an Indian lens The quest for high-quality carbon credits in India is like a game of chess, where every move counts. The quality of a project is less about one particular aspect and more about the interaction of multiple moving parts - because even one

Issue 2 | Carbon Compass by Climes

Issue 2 | Carbon Compass by Climes

Regenerative agriculture has the potential to both improve the livelihoods of India’s farmers and reduce the sector’s carbon emissions. It improves soil health through practices that increase soil organic matter, improve crop yield, reduce input costs and enhance resilience to climate change. Nevertheless, the switch to regenerative agriculture

What will it take for smallholder farmers to transition to low-emissions agriculture?

What will it take for smallholder farmers to transition to low-emissions agriculture?

Santosh owns a small two hectare plot of land, roughly half the size of the London Eye, in Northern India. He is a second-generation farmer and agriculture is his only source of income. Things aren’t the same as they were when he started working in his fields two decades

Issue 1 | Carbon Compass by Climes

Issue 1 | Carbon Compass by Climes

We published a new blog this month, ‘Of faucets, nature-based solutions, and voluntary carbon markets’. It starts with some fun trivia on how the first carbon credit came to be. I personally think how things have evolved is equal parts poetic and equal parts ironic. Here are a couple of

Of faucets, nature-based solutions, and the Voluntary Carbon Markets

Let’s start with some trivia. Here is the story of the first carbon credit. “In 1988, Applied Energy Services (now AES) planned to build small coal-fired power plants around the United States, selling the electricity to local utilities. But the CEO of AES, Roger Sant, was concerned about climate

Issue 4 | March 2023

Issue 4 | March 2023

climes.soil All carbon credits are equal, some carbon credits are more equal than others. This rather dystopian take is what we keep reminding each other at Climes ever so often. And being a tech-first company, we built a product that tells you whether the 250 kgs you neutralised via

Carbon Stories from the Ground: Farmers for Forests

Farmers for Forests

Carbon Stories from the Ground: Farmers for Forests

Q3 2022 Update - Farmers-led climate action in Maharashtra, India

High-quality Climate Solutions - the Climes Guarantee

High-quality Climate Solutions - the Climes Guarantee

We love talking about our climate solutions, because it helps us explain what goes on behind the scenes. Climes enables brands and individuals take the first step in their climate journey. And it is a responsibility that we take quite seriously. Also read - how consumer brands can take that

Consumers Brands and Climate Action

Consumers Brands and Climate Action

We get it. Climate action means all sorts of things, and is an abstract term that is all-encompassing. Should a brand want to take climate action, where do they start? Here is a quick climate starter pack: You must have noted that all the options listed above are a means

#ThankYouBP

When we think of legendary marketing campaigns, we think of Apple and Nike. Here is an unlikely one. The year was 2004. The good folks at British Petroleum resolved this was the moment. Fossil fuels and petroleum continued to receive a "bad rap" for polluting our planet. They

Brand Partnerships

MakeMyTrip 'carbon-neutral' with Climes

Customers booking their flights on MakeMyTrip can now choose to fly carbon-neutral with every flight ticket they purchase. They can neutralise the emissions from their air travel entirely or partially, by contributing to certified carbon removal projects from the Climes portfolio.