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Nan Ransohoff
@nanransohoff
Climate @stripe and Frontier, an advance market commitment for carbon removal (frontierclimate.com)
San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2009
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    New blog post: There should be ‘general managers’ for more of the world’s important problems There’s a surprisingly big category of problems that are ‘orphaned.’ By ‘orphaned’ I mean: you can’t point to a specific person or organization who thinks it’s their responsibility to
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    A friendly reminder that economic growth and emissions are not intrinsically linked. The work of decarbonization is to decouple the two -- to enable economic growth without harmful climate impact
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    Today, I’m excited to launch Frontier—an advance market commitment (AMC) that will buy $925M+ of permanent carbon removal by 2030. Build and we will buy: frontierclimate.com. 🛠️
    Introducing Frontier—a $925M advance market commitment (AMC) to accelerate carbon removal. frontierclimate.com It’s funded by Stripe, @Google, @Shopify, @Meta, @McKinsey, and the thousands of businesses using Stripe Climate. More details. ⬇️
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    Have been collecting pics of SF’s flower-covered houses. Love them so much.
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    Working theory (formed while strolling around Paris): the ideal # of building floors that optimizes for density (without being overwhelmingly dense), natural light (ie buildings don’t block the sun), and character/charm is between 4 and 7. Is there any truth to this?
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    When I was ramping up on climate change, I initially found it difficult to see how the many disparate pieces fit together. Here’s my mental model for how to combat climate change, in case it's useful for others trying to quickly orient themselves. nanransohoff.com/A-mental-model…
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    “I’m a [product manager, lawyer, engineer, etc.] and I want to transition to climate work. Where should I look?” I get a version of this question a lot. This note summarizes how I usually answer it in case it’s useful for others asking a similar question:
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    OK well a few of us decided to build a version of this just for fun, and now it exists! (link to site in next tweet) To start, 4 syllabi: - Improving clinical trials by @salonium - Great English literature by @HenryEOliver - Housing supply by @bswud @s8mb @johnrmyers - Cities
    A thing I wish existed: a site that publishes syllabi / 'reading playlists' from experts, in their area of expertise. Ideally there’d be multiple 'versions' of a syllabus (i.e. if you just want to get a feel, read these 5 things, else here’s the full catalog).
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    The magic of Stripe Climate is that it's powered by thousands of companies who are collectively buying frontier carbon removal down the cost curve. 🌎
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    Many users have told us they want to take climate action, but don’t because figuring out what to do can be complicated. Stripe Climate makes it easy for businesses of any size to tackle climate change by funding frontier carbon removal: stripe.com/climate 🧵
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    Excited to share that we're hiring our first ever Head of Science at Stripe Climate. Since we started ~18mos ago, our fund size has grown substantially and CDR approaches have become increasingly diverse. So we're growing, too. Please share widely! tinyurl.com/mrxkusjx
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    The temptation to treat carbon removal as a commodity right now worries me. You cannot commoditize something that barely exists.
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    This is a very big deal. @SenatorBennet & @lisamurkowski just introduced the Carbon Dioxide Removal Investment Act, which would provide a $250/ton tax credit for permanent CDR. Importantly, it's technology neutral. Any high-quality, permanent carbon removal would qualify.
    Today, a carbon removal tax credit is being introduced into the Senate by @SenatorBennet and @lisamurkowski. It helps rightsize the tax code so all types of carbon removal are supported and spells a hugely consequential boost for this industry. carbonremovalalliance.org/policy-work/cr…
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    Supply of permanent carbon removal is only just starting to exist. If we want any shot of having gigaton-scale permanent solutions later, *we have no choice* but to buy from early (and often expensive) solutions now.