Just Climate, the net zero investment arm of asset management firm Generation Investment Management, has branched into natural climate solutions with a new office in Brazil. Its new Just Climate Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) strategy will focus on avoiding emissions from agriculture, forestry and other land use, as well as sequestering emissions through restoration of soil, forests and wetlands. Eduardo Mufarej has been appointed leader of the new strategy in the role of Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of Natural Climate Solutions. The NCS strategy complements Just Climate’s existing Industrial Climate Solutions (ICS) strategy, led by Co-Chief Investment Officer and Head of ICS, Shaun Kingsbury. Clara Barby, Senior Partner of Just Climate, said: “We believe natural climate solutions are at a tipping point, and that an emerging ‘restoration industry’ can mirror the success of the renewable energy industry.” Mufarej added: “Scaling natural climate involve building and growing businesses around the world that can advance sustainable agriculture, ecosystem restoration and durable carbon removal. The Global South has a key role to play, where both the growth opportunity and potential for impact are greatest.”
