The Carbonsations podcast is hosted by Violet George and focuses on the leading figures of the emerging carbon industry, who are helping pave the way to net zero and beyond. We interview founders, CEOs, scientists and trailblazers for insight into their personal journeys within this rapidly growing sector, and how their work might be one of the keys to mitigating climate change.
Joining us in this episode is Neil McDougall, who is the founder and chairman of DelAgua - a company specializing in providing cookstoves in Africa. Neil shares his journey from investment banking all the way down to developing water cleaning solutions on the African continent and facilitating carbon projects with multiple co-benefits in Rwanda and other countries today.
For this episode, we are joined by Charles Cadieu, co-founder and CEO of direct air capture (DAC) company Spiritus, to talk about the firm's unique approach to carbon removal, which allows to bring its costs down to under $100 per ton. Charles discusses some of the leading challenges in the sector, and shares Spiritus' innovative means of raising awareness about carbon removal.
In this episode, Valerio Magliulo, the CEO and co-founder of carbon intelligence and procurement platform Abatable, shares his insights about the development of the voluntary carbon market (VCM). Abatable was the partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, helping the organization retire 1.3 million carbon credits and create a lasting climate contribution.
Joining us in this episode is Christina Beckmann, the co-founder of Tomorrow's Air, a sustainability-focused travel advocate owned by the Adventure Travel Trade Association. Christina shares with us her journey of getting into the adventure travel industry and trying to transform it from the inside out, by supporting carbon removals and educating people about the control they have over their own travel emissions.
For this episode, we are joined by the co-founder of carbon removal procurement platform CUR8, Dr Gabrielle Walker. Dr. Walker shared with us her invaluable experience in the carbon removal industry, and discussed issues of supply & demand, the interest in carbon removals within the aviation industry, as well as what goes into putting together a carbon removal portfolio.