Our newest issue of Heating Up 🔥 features the start of a series of exclusive interviews with ReFi leaders and project teams:
Building An Infrastructure for Pre-Purchased Carbon Credits
Highlights from All Around ReFi
All New ClimateDAO Updates
What’s Happening in ReFi?
This week our exclusive interview series features Solid World DAO:
John from Solid World DAO spent some time with the ClimateDAO team this week to provide some exclusive insight into work they are engaged in. Their mission was borne out of a project in Estonia, started by Solid World founder Stenver Jerkku, to help local farmers generate carbon credits. Various barriers of entry quickly proved problematic, including upfront financial costs and lengthy certification processes from Verra and The Gold Standard. The solution became evident: create a platform where payment for carbon credits could be made as soon as possible and not hinder those seeking to help the planet.
Solid World DAO was formed and immediately began building a community of like-minded individuals who see the countless benefits that their mission brings and are aligned with their big picture initiative.
The project centers around a carbon market that will bring vetted producers of carbon credits into the chain via tokenized pre-purchased agreements. This revolutionary concept means that those seeking to use their land to benefit the planet will not have to endure lengthy and costly certification processes before ever receiving financial compensation. The DAO’s treasury, funded by fees on the chain, will then be able to help finance and support new and existing carbon projects.
Considering that most of the carbon credits in the world have yet to even be created, it is clear how Solid World is looking to accelerate viable solutions that the Earth does not have the time to wait around for.
One notable aspect of the project is the worldwide network that it has already established. With project leaders in places like Estonia, Brazil, India, and the United States, Solid World is working tirelessly to form a global team to solve a global problem. This is also evident in their numerous partnerships across ReFi, which are growing by the day. The team firmly believes that building bridges with diversified partners is a vital aspect of ReFi culture and the only way to truly combat the climate crisis.
As they prepare for an updated whitepaper to be released in the coming weeks, Solid World aims to continue educational outreach with weekly community calls, Twitter events, videos, and blogs that help bring awareness and clarity to their process and mission.
Be on the lookout for the impending whitepaper release and then their official DAO launch in Q3.
Learn more about Solid World DAO by joining their Discord today!
In Other News:
With the help of KlimaDAO, Polygon is going carbon neutral in 2022 with a $20 million pledge. By retiring nearly 100,000 tonnes of BCT and MCO2, in addition to holding $KLIMA to retire in the future, the Polygon chain is pushing their broader vision for sustainable development in cryptocurrency.
ECORISE, a blockchain platform designed to unlock the value of natural ecosystems, incentivize ecological sustainability, and create a land-based stablecoin, has announced their upcoming $RISE governance token offering on the TrustSwap Launchpad starting May 10th, 2022 at 5PM UTC.
A groundbreaking proposal for the Community Pool to purchase and use carbon credits from Regen Network to cover Stargaze's historical carbon emissions, becoming a carbon-neutral blockchain up to October 2022. This is an opportunity for Stargaze to become the first completely carbon-neutral NFT platform.
Read of the Week: Building a ReFi Thesis at the Intersection of Web3 & Climate
@ataylorharbour authors a thread on the necessary evolution of ReFi applications
Weekly Vibes:
ClimateDAO Updates:
Join our Twitter Space this afternoon with Maya Frost!
Contributor(s) of the Week: The Spring ‘22 Climate Fellows!
This week, the ClimateDAO team wants to celebrate and acknowledge the 12 newly admitted Climate Fellows who kicked off our first Fellowship season. This cohort was selected to take the next step forward in the ClimateDAO project by committing their time and energy over the next month towards learning about our DAO, shareholder activism, Web3, and decarbonization.
Congratulations to the Fellows - we look forward to your valuable and diverse contributions!
Team Updates: #CrushingIt
🥷🏽Tac Ops🥷🏽
Fleshing out Season 2 Milestones & Roadmap
Resourcing materials to be added to the platform
👩🏽💻Platform👩🏽💻
Receiving the initial platform from Bankless
Developing product strategy and features list
🌱Growth🌱
Connecting with sponsors for upcoming Event Series
Preparing for our Twitter Space with Maya Frost
📚Wisdom📚
Kicking off the Fellowship Program!
Supporting the Tac Ops Team on Season 2 strategy
If you enjoyed reading this, please share with a friend. And keep making a difference in the world!
💚💚,
The ClimateDAO Team