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Original thinking on Article 6 carbon markets, infrastructure development, sovereign procurement, and the economics of ethical development across Africa and the Global South.

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Article 6 · Carbon Markets

Sixty-Five Percent Ready

Everyone talks about "readiness" as a soft word. A new UN database lets it be counted, and counting it changes the story of who can actually supply an Article 6 credit.

Justin Miller · July 15, 2026 · ~18 min read

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Agrivoltaics · Part 3 of 3

The Financial Physics of Agrivoltaics

Solar is the cheapest power in history, and a solar farm can still fail to get financed. What a watt actually costs, what breaks when you raise the panels high enough to farm beneath them, and the levers that close the gap.

Justin Miller · July 15, 2026 · ~35 min read

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Agrivoltaics · Part 2 of 3

Why It Isn't Built Yet

The opportunity is staggering and the science is settled. So what actually stands between agrivoltaics and the Global South? A close look at the bottlenecks, from the grid to the ground.

Justin Miller · June 30, 2026 · ~23 min read

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Agrivoltaics · Part 1 of 3

The Sun, Twice Over

Raising solar panels high enough to farm beneath them refuses the assumed tradeoff between clean power and farmland. What the field science shows, and why it matters most in the sun-rich, water-short Global South.

Justin Miller · June 24, 2026 · ~20 min read

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Ethics & Capitalism

Article 6 and the Case for Ethical Capitalism

Capitalism is not, on its own, an ethical enterprise. Article 6 may be the first example of ethical capitalism at global scale — a mechanism that makes it profitable to build clean water, energy, and food infrastructure for communities that cannot pay.

Justin Miller · June 15, 2026 · 26 min read

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