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The controversial climate tool funding real change

Sandeep Roy Choudhury · TED

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If a company plants trees to offset its pollution, is that climate progress — or is it greenwashing? Critics of carbon markets say it’s the latter. But Sandeep Roy Choudhury, who’s spent two decades financing climate projects from rural cookstoves to coastal forests, says the real failure is discouraging companies from even trying. Hear his case for why we shouldn’t let perfection block meaningful action on climate change.

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Institution
TED
Department
TED Countdown Summit 2025
Speaker
Sandeep Roy Choudhury
Year
2025
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Earth and environment, Economics
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TED
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