01$10.4B
Climate funds
TPG raises US$10.4 billion across climate funds, including US$2.5 billion for the Global South
A final close on Rise Climate II and the Global South Initiative — committed capital, not money already invested.
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Reported or estimated?
Five signals from the last 72 hours — from a US$1.05M seed investment to US$10.4B of fund commitments, and two figures that are not transaction values.
By the numbers
The signals that carried a defensible monetary value
- Climate funds$10.4BTPG raises US$10.4 billion across climate funds, including US$2.5 billion for the Global South
- Removal finance$34MTerradot closes US$34 million HASI loan for enhanced rock weathering projects
- Climate venture$1.05MCarbelim secures US$1.05 million for microalgae carbon capture in India
- Carbon pricingA$198/tMenzies Research Centre frames Australia's fuel-tax-credit rollback as an A$198 per tonne carbon cost
- Carbon credits$7.5–12.5MSalesforce signs five-year offtake for 500,000 rice-methane credits from Mitti Labs
Editorial rule: no monetary value, no entry. Every figure is labelled as directly reported, a scenario range or context, with method and sources on file.
02$34M
Removal finance
Terradot closes US$34 million HASI loan for enhanced rock weathering projects
A senior secured term loan, backed by fixed-price Frontier offtakes and delivery insurance, finances carbon removal before the tonnes are delivered.
Directly reported03$1.05M
Climate venture
Carbelim secures US$1.05 million for microalgae carbon capture in India
Early institutional capital for biological carbon-capture hardware — a development round, not delivered removals.
Directly reported04A$198/t
Carbon pricing
Menzies Research Centre frames Australia's fuel-tax-credit rollback as an A$198 per tonne carbon cost
A think tank's policy-equivalent rate, not an enacted price — scrapping the credit could also save the budget A$34.2 billion over four years.
Directly reported05$7.5–12.5M
Carbon credits
Salesforce signs five-year offtake for 500,000 rice-methane credits from Mitti Labs
The contract price is undisclosed; the headline figure is a scenario range calculated from a price benchmark.
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