Shift Key Podcast: Frontier's Advanced Market Commitment for Carbon Removal
By
Robinson Meyer
Crisp on the outside, thoughtful on the inside. A keeper.
Summary
This is a transcript of the "Shift Key" podcast episode discussing Frontier, a coalition of tech, finance, and fashion companies that provides an Advanced Market Commitment (AMC) for carbon removal. The episode covers Frontier's new project announcement and explores the innovative format of using AMCs to create guaranteed demand for carbon removal technologies, helping to scale the market and incentivize development in the climate tech space.
Key quotes
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It is a very interesting format. It commits to buy carbon removal.
one of the most interesting experiments in carbon removal announced a big new project this morning.
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