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🌎 Meet the Earthshot team on the ground at COP30 → São Paulo, Nov 3 – 7 → Belém, Nov 11 – 16 If you’re attending, come say hello to Ionatan Gottfried and Rita Croce. Exciting conversations ahead on: 🌳 Our global portfolio of high-integrity projects 🌳 The Catalytic Development Facility: a joint venture with Capital for Climate, designed to de-risk and accelerate nature-based projects across LATAM 🌳 Newly released climate-tech tools, including LandOS and Biome 🌳 Expert project development support We’re especially eager to connect with project developers, land stewards, investors, and corporations working to scale high-impact climate solutions. #COP30 #EarthshotLabs #NatureBasedSolutions #ClimateTech #CarbonFinance

“Every ton should be paid for.” - Eron Bloomgarden, Founder & CEO of Emergent 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://lnkd.in/dd_4VBeH 🌏 In this week’s episode of The Earthshot Podcast, Troy Carter speaks with Eron Bloomgarden, one of the leading voices in global climate finance and the architect behind the LEAF Coalition and Emergent. They unpack the evolution of carbon markets, why the era of free emissions must end, and how cultural conviction - not just capital - will drive the next wave of climate action. #TheEarthshotPodcast

🌏 We’re hiring: Business Development Lead At Earthshot, we’re scaling reforestation and conservation: by de-risking, developing and financing high-integrity nature-based carbon projects, and building technology that makes it easier than ever to restore nature at scale. 2024/25 was a big year: 🌳 Released LandOS, automating many of the most time-consuming steps in carbon project development. 🌳 1 million+ hectares now under conservation and reforestation. 🌳 $60M+ in projects financed, and growing fast after our Series A. Now, we’re looking for a Business Development Lead - a sales hustler in the service of the planet. You’ll close partnerships with corporates and project developers, help finance restoration projects globally, and join a world-class team that’s rewriting what’s possible. If you thrive at the intersection of carbon markets, nature, and partnerhips, this is your call to action! Apply here → https://lnkd.in/dYRVp3mT Let’s build the infrastructure for planetary restoration - together. Note: This is a global, remote position. We’re unable to sponsor U.S. visa applications at this time.

Differentiating natural grasslands from other non-forest classes is difficult. And no dataset (from GPW to MapBiomas) is perfect. I recently worked on a project where differentiating grasslands from other non-forest categories was essential for their land use decision making. Around the same time, Global Pasture Watch (GPW) by the Land & Carbon Lab and version 2 of MapBiomas Paraguay were released. Thinking these may solve my complex problem, I did a deep dive into the accuracy of these datasets for the region. What I found was that both MapBiomas and GPW showed promise but had limitations: • GPW struggled to differentiate between cultivated and natural and tended to miss many grassland patches, especially those that are darker colored.  • MapBiomas generally captured grasslands better (with some exceptions) but frequently confused pastures with natural grasslands. The distinction between flooded and non-flooded grasslands also needs improvement. These datasets are both very impressive–differentiating between natural and unnatural grassy areas using satellite imagery is quite the feat. But it’s important for project teams to be aware of these limitations when using them for decision-making. I am excited to see how both continue to improve in future releases!   So what did I do for this project? I ended up identifying grassland areas based on Landsat imagery from the 1980s. The landscape had experienced little degradation by that time and differentiating natural grassland from agriculture and pastures was much more streamlined. Has anyone else explored grasslands datasets? What have your impressions been? Photo below:  Left: MapBiomas Paraguay V2 2023.  - Yellow= Pasture - Gold = Grassland - Green = Forest - Teal/BlueGreen = Flooded Grasslands - Pink = Agriculture Middle: GPW 2022 Dominant Grassland.  - Yellow = Cultivated grassland

🌍 We’re Hiring: Senior Carbon Standards & Methodology Expert At Earthshot, we’re building the future of nature restoration - combining cutting-edge technology, rigorous science, and high-integrity project development to scale carbon markets for global reforestation and conservation. Link to apply: https://lnkd.in/d_DjGsFi In 2024, we: 🌱 Supported over 1 million hectares under conservation and reforestation 💰 Financed more than $60M in projects 🧠 Released LandOS, our platform that automates many of the most time-consuming steps in carbon project development Now, we’re looking for a Senior Carbon Standards & Methodology Expert to help us deepen the quality, integrity, and impact of our work. You’ll: 🌳 Lead project certification and alignment with Verra, Gold Standard, Equitable Earth, and emerging programs 🌳 Guide teams through methodology implementation for ARR, IFM, and REDD+ projects 🌳 Work cross-functionally to ensure quality, scientific rigor, and smooth audits 🌳 Optionally facilitate workshops, support business development, and train team members If you’re an experienced carbon professional (7+ years) with a deep love for nature and a drive to build a more integrated future for humanity - we’d love to hear from you. 🌿 Learn more and apply here: https://lnkd.in/d_DjGsFi

Hey network! We're expanding our carbon compliance team and looking for a senior compliance expert to join. Have you written PDDs, worked at a standard body, developed projects, run audits at a VVB, or done FPIC trainings? If so, we want to hear from you. Earthshot is doing really well in a turbulent market, and I believe we have the opportunity to create the infrastructure to restore and protect nature at planetary scale. If this is also your mission, that's the first criteria :) Who are the best people you know in this space?

The rise of forward-deployed engineering in nature tech Palantir has proven out the business model for bespoke advisory, with team members deeply intertwined in their customer companies operations. It’s not just SaaS. It’s expert consulting backed by cutting edge technology, and the value created is incredible. We had to learn this lesson at Earthshot as well: in order to successfully implement a corporate nature-based climate program, you need end to end support, not just tech. There are so many carbon and nature tech companies today building software tools for project management, monitoring, underwriting, and carbon compliance, but they don’t solve the fundamental problems: did the project successfully get registered and generate credits? Were the project operations successful, and who is responsible when a project hits a roadblock? Did the project secure funding and an offtake agreement, or did they build a bridge to nowhere? Very few companies want just a geospatial information that they need a team to interpret, they want the solution to their problem. This is only possible with a team of experts, backed up by technology and rigorous science to make them effective. This is one reason we took so long to release LandOS (https://lnkd.in/grJwMFw6) publicly. Yes, we hope you get incredible value assessing land parcels, doing diligence on investments, and monitoring project outcomes. But these projects are incredibly complex, and having a dedicated team with experts like Cecilia Simon Abel Marcarini Sara Betancur Demetrius Lira Martins Polly Thornton Anika Staccone at Earthshot working with your project from the start with a 40+ year commitment is what makes the difference between a successful portfolio of projects with enduring value and a decade of compliance and operational headaches.

🚀 LandOS v3.2 is live This release brings some big steps forward for our users: 📄 Report Export → Generate and download project reports in PDF and data formats. 💳 Subscription Access → Early adopter plan now open at $20/month or $220/year. 🏢 Enterprise Features → Available on request, including customized growth curves with user inputs. 🌳 REDD+ Scoping Computation → Early release of REDD+ assessment capabilities, helping users scope potential projects directly in LandOS. Version 3.2 builds on feedback from our growing user community — and it’s just the beginning. With every release, LandOS is becoming the most comprehensive platform for scoping, feasibility, and monitoring of high-integrity forest carbon projects. We’re excited to see how this update supports developers, conservationists, and investors in accelerating climate impact.

We are so proud of Andrea Dennis for the incredible leadership, pioneering vision, and integrity that she provides us with on the daily 💚 Thanks Marion for spotlighting us and having this conversation! 🎧 Give it listen: https://lnkd.in/dwRRXiRy