Richard Lawrence is a true climate hero. For someone with more than a full-time job in finance, he spends a completely unreasonable amount of time, money, passion and creativity fighting for climate solutions. Here he focuses on the vital role Voluntary Carbon Markets need to play; on the dedicated people who drive it forward; and on the need to blend integrity with practical market success.”
—Jeremy Grantham, Co-founder and Chairman, The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment
“From its opening chapters to its insightful conclusions, Carbon Done Correctly shows how high-quality carbon projects [in the Global South] and the Voluntary Carbon Market can—and must—be a vital part of the world’s solution to climate change.”
—Bola Olusanya, Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, The Nature Conservancy
"The global climate crisis urgently demands billions of dollars to fund decarbonization projects around the world. The Voluntary Carbon Market, if done right, can do just that—and people like Richard and Dee Lawrence have dedicated themselves to make the market achieve its full potential. Carbon Done Correctly is a book all should read.”
—Bill Winters, CEO, Standard Chartered
“To address climate change, we need all the tools at our disposal. The Voluntary Carbon Market is a much misunderstood and powerful tool that we cannot afford to neglect. Too little has been written of note on these issues, and nothing with the level of detail and example you will find here.”
—Ricardo Bayon, Co-author of Voluntary Carbon Markets: An International Business Guide to What They Are and How They Work”; Adjunct Professor of Environmental Studies, Brown University
“Carbon Done Correctly, with informed insight and stories from across the world, shows how high-quality carbon projects in the Global South and the Voluntary Carbon Market, working together, can be a vital part of the world’s solution to climate change.”
—Deborah Gordon, Senior Principal, Climate Intelligence, Rocky Mountain Institute
“Having read this book, I want to meet the people who are building efficient cookstoves in Honduras, the people who are sending satellites into orbit to monitor greenhouse gas emissions, the 85-year-old man who has planted a million mangrove trees in Burma, the corporate executives who are striving to do the right thing for the climate. I want to meet all of them, thank them, and ask, ‘What can I do to help?’”
—Joojin Kim, Founder & Executive Director, Solutions for Our Climate
“As I was turning the pages of Carbon Done Correctly, it struck me that this book could also be made into a great documentary. The book is alive with the stories of remarkable people far-flung across the globe working to help solve our climate crisis.”
—David Halperin, Senior Partner, Orrick
"Many things come to mind, but I most remember two things about this book: 1. The amazing cast of characters and their intertwining stories; 2. That solving climate change is hard work, honorable, absolutely necessary, and possible."
—Bob Simon, Senior VP, Investments, Stifel Nicolaus
"Carbon Done Correctly is both a vigorous defense of the evolving Voluntary Carbon Market's impact and potential as a critical component in our climate change struggle and a heartwarming story of intrepid individuals who through their vision, passion, and persistence demonstrate to all of us that we can make a difference in saving our planet. Bravo to Richard for sharing his adventure, starting in the small Honduran mountain village of Atima with the challenge of building 50 cookstoves to Cool Effect’s leadership in responsible Carbon Credit investments."
—Spencer Purinton, Executive Chairman, RPI-Apex
