PinnedKarl Burkart·Aug 23How developing countries could save billions using a ‘nature-adjusted GDP’ metricShortened version of my original talk given Spring 2026 at London School of Economics (It’s a bit long so I encourage you to listen on 1.5x…A response icon12A response icon12
Karl Burkart·4d agoNo, Nature won’t be fine. Let’s move on to a more sophisticated narrative.Some will think this is an odd piece for me to write, given my many critiques of eco-doomerism in the past. But the opposite, eco-optimism…A response icon1A response icon1
InoneearthbyKarl Burkart·Jul 9, 2025How much will it cost companies to comply with EU’s nature reporting standard (ESRS)?Over the next few years, as mandated by the EU’s new Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), as many as 50,000 companies will…A response icon1A response icon1
InoneearthbyKarl Burkart·Jul 7, 2025A Dummies’ Guide to CSRD, TNFD, SBTN and the nature action alphabet soupCSRD, ESRS, TNFD, LEAP, SBTN, EGD, EFRAG, CSDDD (aka CS3D), EUDR, ESPR, WFD & MSFD, EU ETS, CBAM, NFRD & SFRD, AAQD, ISSB, GRI — the ESG…A response icon1A response icon1
InoneearthbyKarl Burkart·May 15, 2024It’s time for companies to consider an ‘Internal Price on Nature’The concept of ‘internal carbon pricing’ galvanized corporate action on climate change. Could ‘internal nature pricing’ do the same for…A response icon7A response icon7
InoneearthbyKarl Burkart·Aug 2, 2024A brief history of bioregions and bioregionalism in scholarly literatureYou’ve probably noticed that the word “bioregion” has been cropping up in conversations lately. I was recently at an investing conference…A response icon7A response icon7
InoneearthbyKarl Burkart·Oct 9, 2023Could a wealth tax on the top 0.1% help solve the climate crisis?The wealthiest ‘Top 10%’ of the world’s population are responsible for nearly half of all greenhouse gas emissions, according to the…A response icon18A response icon18
InoneearthbyKarl Burkart·Jun 26, 2023It’s time for wealthy countries to open the climate finance spigotWorld leaders, economists and bankers wrapped up a major meeting in Paris with the goal of designing a new global financial system built…A response icon9A response icon9
InoneearthbyKarl Burkart·Dec 23, 2022Climate finance gets personal: people are realizing that their banking decisions could make or…In the six years following the adoption of the Paris Climate Agreement, the world’s 60 largest banks have provided a staggering $4.6…A response icon1A response icon1
InoneearthbyKarl Burkart·Nov 21, 20226 reasons why we can be (cautiously) optimistic about solving the climate crisisI’ve been spending a lot of time pushing back on what appears to be a pervasive culture of doom fueled by an abundance of misinformed…A response icon17A response icon17
