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Steve Zwick

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Chicago
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Covers:  biodiversity markets, redd, green infrastructure, environmental finance, impact investing, ecosystem services, water markets
I spend my days deep in the weeds of climate finance for Carbon Pulse and my nights translating what I learn into plain English for Bionic Planet. @CarbonPulse

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Steve Zwick’s Biography

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Born and raised in Chicago, I spent my 20s earning money in commodities markets and donating it to environmental groups. Later, I began to donate my time as well.

One reason for this: nature isn't just about cuddly animals, it's about our own survival, because in the long run everything we buy, sell, eat, and produce is derived from nature. If we destroy nature, we destroy our own livelihoods.

Mangroves, for example, provide shelter for vulnerable fish and breeding ground for shrimp. They als…

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To The Atlantic: Don't Let Conservation Finance Go The Way Of Obamacare And Climate Science

To The Atlantic: Don't Let Conservation Finance Go The Way Of Obamacare And Climate Science

The American Tea Party hates Obamacare. They hate it with a visceral passion because it's a government progra…

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Key Companies Have Stepped Up on Climate Change. Will Governments Leave Them in The Lurch?

Key Companies Have Stepped Up on Climate Change. Will Governments Leave Them in The Lurch?

For three years now, the people of Kenya's Kasigau Corridor have been protecting 500,000 acres of endangered …

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How Carbon Markets Save Lives And Slash Poverty

How Carbon Markets Save Lives And Slash Poverty

Some problems are complex. Others are simple. And often the twain converge. Take, for example, the complex ch…

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The Climate Debate is Over. Let's Tap Markets to Save the Trees, the Planet, and Ourselves

The Climate Debate is Over. Let's Tap Markets to Save the Trees, the Planet, and Ourselves

Our economy is changing our climate in dangerous ways, and the latest figures show it's getting worse, with g…

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Heartland Channels Alfred E. Newman And Emily Litella In Climate Debate

Heartland Channels Alfred E. Newman And Emily Litella In Climate Debate

Page 2 of 5 So, back to our specimen: Now, on to Zwick's science. When you dig beneath the vitriolic rhetoric…

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The $8 Billion Bargain: How Watershed Payments Save Cities, Support Farms And Combat Climate Chan...

The $8 Billion Bargain: How Watershed Payments Save Cities, Support Farms And Combat Climate Chan...

Somewhere in the world, rain is falling on a mountain valley or forest, from where it will flow to people in …

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When carbon credits come alive, literally

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By Renat Heuberger, Steve Zwick, Vilhelmiina Vulli, Marco Hirsbrunner
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The novel begins not with carbon markets or policy jargon, but with a little girl drowning. “‘Tragic moment when a seven-year-old girl is dragged away in a flash flood after a powerful storm hits Demba,’ reads the viral caption.
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27. The Entropy paradox

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By Renat Heuberger, Steve Zwick
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Return to The paradox of carbon credits Move to 26. The Profits paradox <> Move to 28. The Competition paradox Have you ever tried to un-scramble an egg? Ever noticed how your house gets messy on its own, but never seems to clean itself? Or how your beer warms up and your soup cools down—but never the reverse? That’s entropy in action. It’s the second law of thermodynamics: in a closed system, disorder tends to increase. The world naturally moves toward chaos.
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28. The Competition paradox

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By Renat Heuberger, Steve Zwick
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Return to The paradox of carbon credits Move to 27. The Entropy paradox Healthy competition is a powerful driver of market growth. When multiple players compete for market share, they are incentivized to innovate, improve product quality, lower prices, and enhance customer experience—ultimately benefiting consumers and stimulating demand. Moreover, competition pushes companies to explore and serve previously overlooked market segments, expanding the market as a whole.
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