{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63e3e5be6e204500105e6ab1/65035afdc7bc530011f6d00f?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"the Pitch: Nura Linggih co-founder of Pleno | Bringing credibility to carbon projects | How to use tech to verify projects faster |  Mangroves and the future of the VCM","description":"<ul><li>Nura is building Plano to simplify the carbon credit creation process, which is currently complex, time-consuming and expensive for projects. Their vision is to digitize the process using machine learning and blockchain.</li><li>Plano's initial focus is on \"blue carbon\" mangrove projects in Indonesia, where they are piloting their rapid assessment tool. Their goal is to eventually support all nature-based carbon projects globally.</li><li>Early traction includes over 40 projects on their early access waiting list and partnerships with 3 pilot projects plus 5 more in the pipeline for testing.</li><li>While competitors exist like Revalue Nature, Plano aims to truly streamline the end-to-end process and make it accessible to anyone wanting to set up a carbon project.</li><li>The voluntary carbon markets targeting natural solutions like mangroves are still small but growing rapidly as more organizations set climate targets.</li><li>Despite criticisms, Nura believes nature-based credits will continue playing a key role given the many environmental and social co-benefits they provide over engineering solutions alone.</li></ul><p><br></p><p>0:00-2:00 - Introduction to Nura's founder and experience that led him to identify problems with current carbon credit validation process.</p><p>2:00-5:00 - Further background on complex multi-step process today and Nura’s vision to digitize, streamline and automate validation of carbon projects on their SaaS platform Plano.</p><p>5:30-8:00 - In-depth explanation of specific pain points Plano aims to solve </p><p>8:00-10:30 - How they plan to rapidly assess carbon reductions and generate credits using computer vision, remote sensing and machine learning algorithms</p><p>11:00-13:30 - Deep dive on mangrove pilot projects underway in Indonesia, partner details and early lessons from digital assessments.</p><p>13:30-16:00 - Challenges assessing mangrove systems and adaptations made to validation tools and methodology.</p><p>16:00-18:30 - Partnerships in 5 other countries and pipeline of additional projects interested in using Plano.</p><p>18:30-21:00 - Traction to date including 40+ projects on waitlist and differentiation from other vendors.</p><p>21:00-23:30 - Outlook for voluntary carbon markets growth and future of compliance markets.</p><p>23:30-26:00 - Funding landscape, current fundraising round details and target milestones.</p><p>26:00-End - Product roadmap, priority features and customer onboarding plans.</p>","author_name":"Alberto Garagnani"}