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Zoom in on Net Zero - with Nesta's Ravi Gurumurthy

Business Green

Ravi Gurumurthy is chief executive at Nesta, a foundation which works through programmes, investment, policy and research, and the formation of partnerships to promote social innovation across a broad range of sectors in the UK in order to promote social good. The conversation can be watched in full above.

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? US clean investment cleans up with $239bn #187

Climate Tech VC

  In other news the EU parliament passed a law to restore 20% of the EU’s land and sea by 2030, England requires all new buildings to improve biodiversity, and the US Congress finds something they can agree on with nuclear policy, while the SEC may be set to announce watered down rules on reporting. 

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? H2 hubba, hubba #170

Climate Tech VC

Governor Gavin Newsom signed a law to speed up distribution system interconnections , which in some regions of the state currently take as long as 6 months to a year. Sans kidnapping, according to Wright’s Law, solar would have become cheaper than coal in 1997!  Interconnection is getting speedier in California.

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Why BASF, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Colgate-Palmolive view the SDGs as an innovation catalyst

Business Green

Law firm Baker McKenzie conducted more than 1,400 interviews with external and internal stakeholder to prioritize its focus (PDF) on goals No. One of our biggest challenges was getting people to understand that a services company could be impacted by this," noted Christie Constantine, global director of sustainability for the law firm.

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?? Your climate crystal ball into 2024

Climate Tech VC

As we explored in Nuclear’s day in the sun , public opinion and policy seem to be blowing strongly in both fusion energy and nuclear fission’s favor lately, and Uranium prices are soaring in response.    Policy Two topics were front of mind: Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and political risk from elections.

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Multidimensional Earth Data for Broad Area Management

Planet Pulse

The ability to passively monitor broad areas, detect change, and reliably characterize “before” and “after” states is similar to having an insurance policy for expected and unexpected events. Economic and policy change and the rise of environmental social governance (ESG) are driving new requirements for reporting and verification.

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? Lithium’s shale moment? #175

Climate Tech VC

Request demo here.) See full listings and deal analytics on Sightline Climate Request a Sightline Climate demo In the News The British government passed new reforms to speed up the interconnection process. Early-stage DLE providers should keep an eye on Exxon as to whether they’ll be friend or foe in this race. 

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