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Marco Hirsbrunner is Co-CEO of Svarmi and COO and Co-Founder of Terra Impact Ventures. He co-founded South Pole, where he spent over a decade as COO. He is also co-author of The Carbon Paradox and an advocate for stronger carbon markets and nature-based climate solutions.

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