🌊🐋 Ever thought giants of the sea could save the planet? Ralph Chami, founder of Blue Green Future, believes whales are unsung climate heroes.
In a chat with Full Frame host Mike Walter, Chami highlighted a simple truth: whales naturally sequester carbon. He even calls the idea of compensating them a 'eureka moment'—their service is more valuable than any economic model.
Here's how it works: whales dive deep and release nutrients that spark plankton blooms. Plankton then captures CO2 and locks it away in the ocean depths for centuries. That cycle makes whales MVPs in carbon capture.
Assigning a price to this service could revolutionize environmental finance. Imagine 'blue bonds'—investment tools that fund whale conservation by paying for each ton of carbon a whale helps remove.
For young investors and eco-entrepreneurs, this model offers a fresh path: protect nature, fight climate change, and earn returns. And for students and researchers, it opens doors to explore how to quantify nature's real worth.
From Asia's coastlines to Latin America's shores, boosting whale populations could be a game-changer for global climate goals. Maybe it's time we paid nature's champions what they deserve.
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