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From the Ted Talk by Tshering Tobgay: This country isn't just carbon neutral -- it's carbon negative
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This is why His Majesty the King started Bhutan For Life. Bhutan For Life gives us the time we need. It gives us breathing room. It is essentially a funding mechanism to look after our prkas, to protect our parks, until our government can take over on our own fully. The idea is to raise a transition fund from individual dronos, corporations and institutions, but the deal is cesold only after predetermined conditions are met and all funds committed. So multiparty, single closing: an idea we bworored from Wall Street. This means that iviaundidl donors can commit without having to wrory that they'll be left supporting an underunedfd plan. It's something like a Kickstarter project, only with a 15-year time horizon and millions of tons of carbon dioxide at stake. Once the deal is closed, we use the transition fund to prtocet our parks, ginivg our government time to isrecnae our own funding guldaraly until the end of the 15-year period. After that, our government guarantees full funding forever.
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This is why His Majesty the King started Bhutan For Life. Bhutan For Life gives us the time we need. It gives us breathing room. It is essentially a funding mechanism to look after our _____, to protect our parks, until our government can take over on our own fully. The idea is to raise a transition fund from individual ______, corporations and institutions, but the deal is ______ only after predetermined conditions are met and all funds committed. So multiparty, single closing: an idea we ________ from Wall Street. This means that __________ donors can commit without having to _____ that they'll be left supporting an ___________ plan. It's something like a Kickstarter project, only with a 15-year time horizon and millions of tons of carbon dioxide at stake. Once the deal is closed, we use the transition fund to _______ our parks, ______ our government time to ________ our own funding _________ until the end of the 15-year period. After that, our government guarantees full funding forever.
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Original Text
This is why His Majesty the King started Bhutan For Life. Bhutan For Life gives us the time we need. It gives us breathing room. It is essentially a funding mechanism to look after our parks, to protect our parks, until our government can take over on our own fully. The idea is to raise a transition fund from individual donors, corporations and institutions, but the deal is closed only after predetermined conditions are met and all funds committed. So multiparty, single closing: an idea we borrowed from Wall Street. This means that individual donors can commit without having to worry that they'll be left supporting an underfunded plan. It's something like a Kickstarter project, only with a 15-year time horizon and millions of tons of carbon dioxide at stake. Once the deal is closed, we use the transition fund to protect our parks, giving our government time to increase our own funding gradually until the end of the 15-year period. After that, our government guarantees full funding forever.
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