Jul 29, 2026

Placebo or cure? Assessing the Net Zero reality of carbon credits with Paolo Vaggi

Paolo Vaggi

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Jul 29, 2026

Season 3

Episode 19

Placebo or cure? Assessing the Net Zero reality of carbon credits with Paolo Vaggi

As carbon credits swell into a multi-billion-dollar global market, a persistent illusion keeps fueling it: that buying a credit erases the pollution a company - or a traveler - leaves behind. In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues podcast, host Hisham Allam speaks with Paolo Vaggi, Founder and Executive Advisor of BAIA Advisory, about what carbon credits can deliver - and the greenwashing that follows when they are asked to do more....

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Guest

Paolo Vaggi

Executive Advisor

With over 15 years of international development experience across Southeast Asia and a base in Indonesia, one of the world's richest reserves of natural carbon, Vaggi brings a practitioner's view of a market caught between promise and hype.

Host

Hisham Allam

DevelopmenAid Dialogues host

Hisham Allam is a DevelopmentAid journalist and podcast host, renowned for award-winning investigative work, including the Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to the Panama Papers.

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Placebo or cure? Assessing the Net Zero reality of carbon credits with Paolo Vaggi

Placebo or cure? Assessing the Net Zero reality of carbon credits with Paolo Vaggi

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DevAid Dialogues

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