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Xavier Laguarta Soler on climate action and carbon markets
Mitti Labs co-founder argues governments must use carbon markets to fund climate projects in developing countries, and that measuring nitrous oxide emissions from farming could unlock billions in climate investment.
In brief
Mitti Labs co-founder argues governments must use carbon markets to fund climate projects in developing countries, and that measuring nitrous oxide emissions from farming could unlock billions in climate investment. Xavier Laguarta Soler, co-founder of Mitti Labs, says governments must activate carbon markets and…
Rice farming drives methane emissions
Rice cultivation is responsible for significant methane emissions globally. Xavier Laguarta Soler co-founded Mitti Labs to train more than one hundred thousand smallholder farmers across Southeast Asia in sustainable practices to cut their methane emissions.
Mitti Labs tracks progress with technology
Mitti Labs tracks farmer progress using satellite data, artificial intelligence, and on-the-ground observations. In September twenty twenty-six, the company announced an agreement for Google to buy one million carbon credits through twenty thirty.
Governments must activate carbon markets
Laguarta Soler says more governments need to stop debating carbon markets and start using them.
“More governments need to stop debating carbon markets and start using them.”
Nitrogen waste in Indian farming
In India, more than half the nitrogen farmers spread on their fields is never taken up by the crop.Some washes into groundwater.
Measurement unlocks climate investment
Laguarta Soler says nitrous oxide gets little attention because it is hard to measure.It comes off fields in short bursts after rain or fertilizing.Buyers will not pay for what they cannot verify.
“Fix the measurement, and the money will follow.”
Companies commit to climate action
Global investment in the energy transition reached an all-time high of two point three trillion dollars last year.Google has pledged at least fifty million dollars through twenty thirty to eliminate superpollutants like methane.
The bottom line
Xavier Laguarta Soler, co-founder of Mitti Labs, says governments must activate carbon markets and invest in measuring farm emissions to unlock climate funding at scale.
