Top of the Game
Sep 30, 2022
4 minutes
By Zabrina Lo
MAX SONG
Founder of Carbonbase
Max Song was working in investments and data science until 2019, when he attended the United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) and it changed his life. There, he learnt that the current carbon budget expires in 2026, after which point, without human intervention, Earth’s temperature will increase by 1.5 degrees Celsius.
“We’re the feather that’s pushing the boulder off the cliff,” he says. “Once the boulder falls, we have no ability to stop it.” For a time, he was depressed by this discovery. But he was inspired to take action when a friend said to him:
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