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PRESS RELEASE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
 

New York, 28th of July 2025

Verdama Earth, a purpose-driven climate finance company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Rubinstein as Chairman of the Board. A respected pioneer in sustainable and nature finance, Mr. Rubinstein is the founder of TBLI Group and has been instrumental in shaping the global impact investment landscape over the past three decades.

His appointment marks a strategic milestone for Verdama Earth as it scales its mission to channel capital into the protection and restoration of the world’s most critical ecosystems , beginning with its high-impact landscape approach programmes in Latin America. “We are honoured to welcome Mr. Rubinstein as chairman of our board,” said Martina von Richter , Executive Director of Verdama Earth. “He brings an extraordinary combination of strategic insight, deep sector expertise, and values-driven leadership that will strengthen our global positioning and partnerships across the climate finance ecosystem.”

Verdama Earth works at the intersection of nature conservation, carbon markets, and community resilience , designing innovative projects that deliver measurable environmental outcomes and equitable social benefits . The organization collaborates closely with leading project consultants, Indigenous and local communities, and institutional buyers to ensure integrity from design through delivery.

With Mr. Rubinstein’s guidance, Verdama Earth aims to mobilize a new generation of climate-aligned capital to safeguard key biodiversity areas and accelerate large-scale restoration. “We need credible, mission-led actors in the nature finance and project space—those who combine climate science with local knowledge and transparent governance,” said Mr. Rubinstein. “Verdama Earth embodies that vision, and I am proud to support its mission.”

About Verdama Earth

Verdama Earth is focused on reversing biodiversity loss, strengthening community livelihoods, and accelerating climate action through high-integrity nature-based solutions. By aligning itsprojects and capital with ecological priorities, Verdama Earth aims to deliver meaningful impact for people and the planet.

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Martina Von Richter

Executive Director

mvr@verdama.earth

+353 87 118 2601

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Have you noticed how billionaires are taking death personally these days? Like it's some kind of insult specifically directed at them? The rest of us accept death like we accept taxes and bad weather—an inevitability that occasionally ruins a picnic. But billionaires? They're offended by the concept.

While you're setting up your measly 401(k), hoping to enjoy five years of retirement before your knees give out, the tech titans are launching an all-out assault on mortality itself. They're not planning for retirement but for their next millennia. It's the ultimate rich-guy move: "I'll take everything, including time itself."

These "titans" aren't content with owning most of the world's wealth; now they want to monopolize existence too. It's like watching someone win at Monopoly and then insist they get to play forever while everyone else has to go home. "Sorry, did you want to exist too? Should've founded a successful tech company in your twenties!"

What we're witnessing isn't just wealth accumulation—it's the ultimate expression of humanity's oldest delusion, turbocharged by billions in disposable income. "Death? We're looking into a hostile takeover of that operation. Should be finalized by Q3."

The Navy SEAL Morning Routine (But Make It Billionaire)

Let's peek into the daily routine of your average billionaire life extender. First of all, they wake up at 4:30 AM—not because they have to, but because being unconscious for eight hours straight feels too much like a trial run for death. Their morning routines would make a Navy SEAL say, "Whoa, buddy, maybe dial it back a notch?"

Picture this: A morning "wellness shot" that looks like something you'd find in a sewage treatment plant but costs more than your monthly rent, followed by an ice bath that would make a polar bear file a workplace complaint. "The discomfort is worth it," they tell themselves while their nervous system screams bloody murder. "This is how I'll outlive everyone who ever doubted me on X, formerly known as Twitter."

Jeff Bezos doesn't merely work out; he prepares his body as if it's the next package to be shot into space. The man once delivered packages; now he delivers punishing blows to mortality through a regimen of weights, cardio, and experimental peptides flown in from a lab in Switzerland. His bald head gleams with the sweat of immortality pursuits. When he flexes, you can almost hear the Grim Reaper sigh and check his watch.

Meanwhile, their personal chefs prepare meals with ingredients so rare and exclusive that some don't even have names yet, just numerical designations from the labs that synthesized them.

"Sir, would you like the XR-7 protein complex or the Telomerase Activator 9 with your breakfast?"

"Both. And add some blueberries. I read they have antioxidants."

"Excellent choice, sir. These blueberries were grown in volcanic soil on a mountain that doesn't appear on maps, watered exclusively with melted Himalayan glacier water, and harvested by monks who haven't spoken in forty years."

They don't have workouts; they have "scientifically optimized physical enhancement protocols." They don't have diets; they have "cellular nutrition strategies." They don't relax; they engage in "parasympathetic nervous system regulation exercises." They've transformed the most natural thing in the world—living—into the world's most complicated spreadsheet.

And it's all so very, very serious. There's no joy in their juice cleanses, no pleasure in their planking. It's all just input and output, cause and effect, a mathematical equation where the desired result is "not dying."

The Metrics of Mortality

Modern billionaires don't just passively hope to live longer—they quantify every aspect of their existence with the obsessiveness of a toddler counting Cheerios. Their bodies aren't flesh; they're data-generating devices constantly monitored for optimization opportunities.

"My sleep efficiency was only 94.3% last night," a concerned tech CEO tells his team of five sleep specialists on his $50,000-a-month payroll. "Find out why and fix it. I can't afford to lose those 34 minutes of REM sleep if I want to make it to 150." The specialists nod gravely as if sleep efficiency is more important than climate change.

These guys wear rings that monitor their heart rate variability, watches that analyze their gait, implants that track their glucose levels, patches that measure their stress hormones, and underpants that evaluate their testicular temperature with military-grade precision. Every bathroom includes a toilet that analyzes their waste for biomarkers of disease. Nothing says "living your best life" like having your excrement scrutinized by an AI that costs more than a Harvard education.

"Sir, your stool analysis indicates your selenium levels are 0.02% below optimal. Shall I alert the selenium response team?"

Their blood isn't just red stuff that keeps them alive; it's a constantly monitored performance metric. They have more blood tests in a month than most people have in a lifetime. Young blood transfusions? Sure, why not? "Young people's blood has rejuvenating properties," they explain, sounding not at all like vampires in business casual.

We're one step away from them building medieval-style castles and kidnapping virgins from nearby villages. "It's not evil! It's science! Look at the charts!"

They collect more information about their bodily functions than the NSA collects about your online activities. Every step, heartbeat, breath, and brainwave is logged, analyzed, and optimized. They know their cortisol levels at 3:42 PM on the second Tuesday of last month. Their gut microbiome has better documentation than most corporate mergers.

"I'm running at 89% today," they'll tell you with complete seriousness, as if humans are supposed to function like smartphones with battery indicators. Meanwhile, you're just happy you remembered to put on matching socks this morning.

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Britain is staring down the barrel of a deepening "climateflation" crisis as increasingly extreme weather threatens to send food prices soaring by over a third within the next 25 years.

 

In a sobering analysis, the Autonomy Institute warned that climate change is not only a long-term environmental issue but also a growing financial burden for ordinary UK households. The think tank’s latest report suggests that, without urgent intervention, rising food costs could push nearly one million more people below the poverty line.

 

The threat comes from multiple fronts. Heatwaves, droughts, and unstable weather patterns are expected to impact food production both domestically and globally severely. This disruption, in turn, could drive up prices across UK supermarkets and local shops, further straining already stretched household budgets.

 

Recent data already paints a concerning picture. Official figures show that in June, inflation unexpectedly climbed to 3.6 per cent. Fuel and food costs were among the main contributors. Meanwhile, retailers across the country have begun to sound the alarm. They report that hot and dry weather has sharply reduced the yields of fruits and vegetables. The price of chocolate has jumped, too, driven by poor harvests in West Africa. Coffee has followed a similar path, with erratic weather conditions slashing output in Brazil and Vietnam.

 

The Autonomy Institute drew on climate science, trade analysis, and economic forecasting to project the extent to which the problem could become far-reaching. With more frequent heatwaves and droughts on the horizon, the risks to global supply chains are mounting. That could lead to prolonged inflation, especially in everyday essentials.

 

Scientists continue to warn that the burning of fossil fuels is intensifying the climate crisis, making the UK more vulnerable to sudden floods and prolonged dry spells. With nearly half of all food consumed in Britain imported from overseas, households are exposed to shocks in international supply chains. Any disruption in countries like Spain, France, or Brazil can have swift ripple effects in the United States.

 

It’s not just global factors that are causing concern. Domestic agriculture is also under pressure. In 2023, UK vegetable production fell by 12 per cent due to a series of storms and floods.

 

The report warns that if global emissions remain unchecked, food prices in the UK could climb by 34 per cent by 2050. Even under a more optimistic scenario where global warming is capped at 1.5 degrees Celsius, food inflation could still hit 25 per cent.

 

The impact would not be felt evenly. Lower-income families, who already spend a larger proportion of their income on essentials like bread, meat, and rice, would bear the brunt of the increases. Autonomy estimates that heatwaves alone could add between £917 and £1,247 to the average household's food bill by 2050.

 

Without strong policy responses, the institute estimates that up to 951,383 more people could be plunged into poverty as a direct result of these price rises.

 

Will Stronge, chief executive of the Autonomy Institute, called on the government to act decisively. He proposed several targeted measures, including publicly funded diners to provide affordable meals for vulnerable communities. He also urged ministers to explore price controls and the strategic storage of essential goods to cushion the impact of supply chain shocks.

 

“Climateflation is no longer a distant risk; it’s a present reality,” Stronge said. “We need to build real economic resilience – and that means rethinking what public service provision can and should provide in the face of climate disruption: from delivery of basic essentials to publicly funded diners and a national buffer stock.”

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Authorities relocated 80,000 residents from China’s capital after registering rainfall of up to 543 mm in some districts