TED Talks Daily The controversial climate tool funding real change | Sandeep Roy Choudhury
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Feb 24, 2026 
Sandeep Roy Choudhury, a climate equity entrepreneur with 20 years financing projects from cookstoves to coastal forests, makes a case for practical climate action. He discusses carbon credits as a tool to fund frontline communities quickly. He uses mangrove restoration examples, explains standards and risks, and highlights why pricing carbon and directing finance to the Global South matters.
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Carbon Credits Bridge Near-Term Emissions Gap
- Carbon credits fill the gap between near-term unavoidable emissions and long-term corporate reductions.
- Sandeep Roy Choudhury explains companies average 6.4% reductions annually, leaving 93.6% to be addressed through credits that fund immediate projects.
Fund Last-Mile Climate Action Now
- Use carbon finance now because public climate finance is too slow for last-mile communities.
- Sandeep urges deploying market-funded projects to reach places like Papua, the Sahel, and the Amazon today.
Mangrove Planting Lost to Floods But Credits Held
- Sandeep recounts an Indonesian mangrove project where planted trees were lost in a 2024 flood.
- He shows how standards use dispersed planting and 15–20% buffers so the credit claim still stands despite the loss.