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Independent investigative journalist with artistic & intellectual tendencies, who lives and acts with little regard for conventional rules of behaviour.

Nov 12, 2022, 5 tweets

Al Gore (#WEF trustee) et al. are SO CONCERNED about the climate, that they in the process of turning all of #nature into a new asset class – where they will OWN nature, manage/control nature, & profit from nature (via "Natural Asset Companies").

#COP27 #EmergingMarkets #30x30

Of course, this has nothing to do w/ Gore's Generation Investment (#hedgefund co-founded w/ David Blood from Goldman Sachs), #BlackRock, saving capitalism, or the expansion of #privatization. Rather, it's to save the planet.

The $4,000 trillion #climate wealth opportunity.
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David Blood to Mark Carney (TCFD/TNFD, #UN Special Envoy for #Climate), 2021:

"We know that #NaturalClimateSolutions are a critical part of the transition to #NetZero & we've known this for quite some time. Why is it so difficult for us in finance [] to put a value on nature?"

Carney: "the challenge, & I think Al Gore in his remarks touched on this, is how do we as a society, get to a point where we put a value on nature..."
#SocialLicense

Mark Carney's roles/memberships are vast including the Foundation Board of the #WEF.⬇️

chathamhouse.org/about-us/our-p…

The framework to monetize "nature's services" began over 20 yrs ago & took longer than anticipated.

13 yrs ago > #UN, 2009:

"Can investment in green industry #technologies & #nature-based assets help lift the world out recession?"

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