Respira International

Why it's on ClimateTicker

Respira International is a London-based carbon finance intermediary that provides upfront capital and long-term offtake agreements to REDD+, reforestation, blue carbon, and regenerative agriculture project developers globally, enabling conservation of over 1.75 million hectares and claiming ~5 million tCO2e avoided annually. Its climate rationale is genuine — mobilising private capital for nature-based solutions is a real gap — but the entire thesis sits on REDD+ credits, a methodology class plagued by widespread over-crediting documented at 10x+ ratios by multiple peer-reviewed studies. Investors should treat Respira as a bona fide climate enabler with meaningful sector-level risk stemming from VCM integrity concerns rather than any specific misconduct by Respira itself.