from costanza to coordination - a map of nature finance evolution, what's emerging, and why ensurance might be the layer that closes the gap

from costanza to coordination - a map of nature finance evolution, what's emerging, and why ensurance might be the layer that closes the gap

when traditional risk transfer fails, the only option left is to protect the asset at its source

when traditional risk transfer fails, the only option left is to protect the asset at its source

Water is cheaper than coffee. Air is free. Pollination costs nothing. For now. Every fortune built on scarcity followed the same pattern: someone recognized value before the market priced it in.

Water is cheaper than coffee. Air is free. Pollination costs nothing. For now. Every fortune built on scarcity followed the same pattern: someone recognized value before the market priced it in.

"How can you buy or sell the sky?" The question has haunted Western economics for centuries. But perhaps it was never the right question. The better question: How do we fund the protection of what we cannot price?

"How can you buy or sell the sky?" The question has haunted Western economics for centuries. But perhaps it was never the right question. The better question: How do we fund the protection of what we cannot price?

After five years of trying to shrink BASIN into a tidy pitch deck or a one-liner, I’m done. Nature doesn’t fit in an elevator. So instead of dumbing it down, I’m handing over the whole thing — a 4-page blueprint for how to make nature investable, resilient, and permanently protected.

After five years of trying to shrink BASIN into a tidy pitch deck or a one-liner, I’m done. Nature doesn’t fit in an elevator. So instead of dumbing it down, I’m handing over the whole thing — a 4-page blueprint for how to make nature investable, resilient, and permanently protected.

This morning’s Infrastructure Investor headlines told a familiar story but missed the punchline. Infrastructure investors are betting trillions on a degrading foundation—while the smart money is investing in Natural Assets that underpin every investment on earth.

This morning’s Infrastructure Investor headlines told a familiar story but missed the punchline. Infrastructure investors are betting trillions on a degrading foundation—while the smart money is investing in Natural Assets that underpin every investment on earth.

Everyone's debating how to "price" nature. But it's not a pricing problem—it's a Value problem.

Everyone's debating how to "price" nature. But it's not a pricing problem—it's a Value problem.

natural asset ensurance provides a practical way to protect nature's infinite intrinsic value

natural asset ensurance provides a practical way to protect nature's infinite intrinsic value

We have issued the first ever Certificates of Natural Asset Ensurance: 493% return on natural capital · issued at a 67% discount · tradable, yield‑bearing instruments

We have issued the first ever Certificates of Natural Asset Ensurance: 493% return on natural capital · issued at a 67% discount · tradable, yield‑bearing instruments

the cap rate is the most common tool used to value investment real estate. we created the "natural cap rate" to make nature investable

the cap rate is the most common tool used to value investment real estate. we created the "natural cap rate" to make nature investable