S1 E19: When Climate, Capital, and Nature Align with Amy McCrae Kessler
Tue Feb 03 2026
In this episode, we sit down with Amy, Co-Founder and CEO of Facet Power, and a leading voice in the next generation of climate infrastructure.
Amy’s work sits at the intersection of energy, agriculture, and natural capital. From transforming biomass waste into energy and biochar, to building long-term joint ventures with local partners across Africa and beyond, she approaches climate not as a single problem to solve, but as a system to design. As a founder and leader of the U.S. Biochar Coalition, she has also been pushing for standards and policy that support industrial-scale carbon removal, not just pilots and promises.
Our conversation explores the growing gap between institutional investors who say they want climate exposure and the limited number of projects that actually meet their requirements for risk, data, and trust. We discuss what changes when environmental harm is treated as a financial risk, how traceability and life cycle analysis reshape climate finance, and what it really means to build trust between capital and communities.
This episode is about making climate finance feel investable, grounded, and real.
If you enjoy the episode, don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review.
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In this episode, we sit down with Amy, Co-Founder and CEO of Facet Power, and a leading voice in the next generation of climate infrastructure. Amy’s work sits at the intersection of energy, agriculture, and natural capital. From transforming biomass waste into energy and biochar, to building long-term joint ventures with local partners across Africa and beyond, she approaches climate not as a single problem to solve, but as a system to design. As a founder and leader of the U.S. Biochar Coalition, she has also been pushing for standards and policy that support industrial-scale carbon removal, not just pilots and promises. Our conversation explores the growing gap between institutional investors who say they want climate exposure and the limited number of projects that actually meet their requirements for risk, data, and trust. We discuss what changes when environmental harm is treated as a financial risk, how traceability and life cycle analysis reshape climate finance, and what it really means to build trust between capital and communities. This episode is about making climate finance feel investable, grounded, and real. If you enjoy the episode, don’t forget to subscribe and leave a review.