In the face of escalating climate challenges, innovative economic strategies are essential to drive meaningful change.One such proposal is the Global Carbon Reward (GCR), conceptualized by Delton Chen, which introduces a novel approach to incentivizing carbon mitigation efforts through financial rewards. Understanding the Carbon Cycle and Its Imbalance The Earth’s carbon cycle involves the movement of carbon among the atmosphere,… Read more →
Category: Climate
Chapter 3: Rebalancing the Carbon Cycle
A Reckoning with Urgency and Innovation The Earth’s carbon cycle is profoundly out of balance. After thousands of years of relative stability, human activity—primarily the burning of fossil fuels and large-scale deforestation—has driven atmospheric carbon dioxide levels to heights not seen in millions of years. Rebalancing the carbon cycle is no longer a question of whether we can afford to… Read more →
Conclusions: Our Letter to the Future
A recent headline in the Washington Post stated, Writing to the future is one of the most powerful climate actions you can take Social scientists say writing a letter to loved ones in the future can overcome a critical climate problem: inaction. https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/04/29/climate-action-letter-to-the-future/ Apparently, having people write letters to their future children is one of the best ways to motivate… Read more →
Chapter 6: Rethinking the Economy: From Extraction to Regeneration
The economy as we know it is not a law of nature. It is a human construct, based on a set of assumptions, incentives, and institutions that have evolved over time. Yet today, these assumptions no longer serve the wellbeing of humanity or the living systems on which all life depends. As climate change, biodiversity loss, and social inequality converge… Read more →