Elemental Excelerator

JUNE 8, 2023

Solutions are all around us Vesta Co-Founder & President Kelly Erhart shared that we need to increase the scale of CO2 removal by a factor of about 10 million to limit global warming. It’s a tall order, but the foundation for gigaton carbon removal can be found all around us. “We

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U.S. Green Technology

MAY 31, 2022

Awareness surrounding global warming is growing as consumers demand all industries adhere to eco-friendly initiatives to reduce climate change. The technology sector is responsible for 2-3% of global emissions annually. Ironically, the industry has the capacity for advanced digital innovations.

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Green Living Guy

JANUARY 25, 2021

The Guardian reports a record breaking 6% tourism increase from 2017 to 2018, a huge beneficiary to the global economy. The post Startup Ximalia Aims to Simplify Sustainable Travel and Reshape Tourism appeared first on Green Living Guy. The industry has been growing exponentially since the end of the second world war.

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Planet Pulse

DECEMBER 16, 2021

NetCarbon is the winning startup of the Copernicus Masters competition Planet See Change, Change the World Challenge 2021 edition. . The international competition Copernicus Masters awards the best Earth observation startups and developers that are trying to solve the world’s problems – social, environmental and commercial.

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 11, 2021

They narrowed down more than 130 applications from 26 countries and chose 10 startups for 2021. According to scientists, reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone will not be enough to keep global warming below an average of two degrees Celsius globally. This program is the first of its kind.

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GreenBiz

AUGUST 31, 2020

As corporate interest in carbon removal options grows, Puro.earth , a startup from Finland, is offering a twist on carbon marketplaces. Scientists across the world agree that carbon removal coupled with strategies such as emissions reduction and carbon offsetting are necessary to keep global warming within manageable limits. .

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AGreenLiving

JUNE 11, 2021

They narrowed down more than 130 applications from 26 countries and chose 10 startups for 2021. According to scientists, reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone will not be enough to keep global warming below an average of two degrees Celsius globally. This program is the first of its kind.

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DeSmogBlog

MAY 14, 2024

However, the startup broadcaster has struggled to turn a profit, reporting losses of £42 million in the year to May 2023, and £76 million in total since its launch. global warming target established by the 2015 Paris Agreement. Neither the Legatum Group nor the Legatum Institute reveal details of their investments or donors.

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GreenBiz

MARCH 15, 2021

Most Americans agree that global warming is happening, and the Biden administration is touting the most ambitious climate agenda in American history. So far, 92 companies have joined the EV100, representing major growth from the program’s launch three years ago.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In the last few years, driven by the severe impacts of climate change and global warming, the shift toward electric and self-driving vehicles in the automotive industry is showing an unstoppable momentum. After 2 rounds of selection, 12 startups are selected from the U.S.,

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 30, 2018

New this year is the first startup pitch competition in the cleantech and sustainability space focused on female-led companies. Yet, the VC database PitchBook reveals women-led startups only garnered 2.2 percent of the $85 billion in funding distributed to the startup community in 2017. Learn More and RSVP for WCS Talks.

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GreenBiz

APRIL 13, 2021

Why pay venture capital fees if you can just, as the industry says, "spray and pray" in a suite of startups as an angel investor? This heightened concern logically would lead women and BIPOC fund managers to perform climate-related diligence on investment deals and have a climate-forward approach to their portfolio.

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Women in Cleantech and Sustainability

OCTOBER 30, 2018

New this year is the first startup pitch competition in the cleantech and sustainability space focused on female-led companies. Yet, the VC database PitchBook reveals women-led startups only garnered 2.2 percent of the $85 billion in funding distributed to the startup community in 2017.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

” These definitions matter particularly to investors in startups trying to compete in a world where renewable energy has become the fastest-growing source of new generation capacity, and where core clean energy equipment like inverters, batteries and smart meters have become increasingly commoditized products. The Washington D.C.-based

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Greentown Labs

JULY 16, 2020

According to scientists, reducing greenhouse gas emissions alone will not be enough to keep global warming below an average of two degrees Celsius globally. The C2V Initiative will seek applications from carbontech-focused startups in the coming months. Mitigating the impacts of climate change is essential.

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Grist

APRIL 19, 2024

A 2021 study found that 80 percent of parents agreed that the impact of global warming on their child’s health should be discussed during their routine visits. .” This may seem like a tall order, considering the average pediatrician visit is 15 minutes.

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Business Green

APRIL 17, 2020

As a self-avowed technophile, I'm more than willing - some might say too willing - to embrace the idea that technological ingenuity might be able to give Mother Nature an assist as humankind grapples with the physical risks of global warming. It's easy to see why the working title for Kostigen's book was "Frankenplanet".

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Greentown Labs

JUNE 24, 2021

It provides 100 percent renewable power to the City of Houston, and in 2015 it was the first power company in North America to receive certification from the Science-based Targets Initiative (SBTi) that its climate goals aligned with the two-degrees Celsius global warming limit. The C2V Initiative is a prime example. “We

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Paul Marshall, who is one of these partners, is also a lead investor in the startup broadcaster GB News, holding a 45 percent stake. UnHerd has published multiple articles and videos critical of climate action, including an interview in July with Bjorn Lomborg about “ how global warming will save lives ”.

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Business Green

APRIL 24, 2020

economy, more than 200 US startups have cut thousands of jobs. In mid-March, Chicago-based alternative protein startup Nature's Fynd disclosed a healthy infusion of $80m, bringing its total to $113m. To be clear, pitches by climate tech entrepreneurs are subject to the same scrutiny and skepticism as any other startup.

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Greentown Labs

OCTOBER 13, 2021

13, 2021 — Greentown Labs , the largest climatetech startup incubator in North America, today announced three new board members, Katherine Hamilton , Chair of 38 North Solutions ; Dawn James , U.S. These startups have collectively created more than 7,800 direct jobs and have raised more than $1.5 Somerville, Mass., billion in funding.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 12, 2023

Global warming is speeding towards breaking the critical 1.5C There's no bigger reassurance for buyers than a rigorous approach to quantifying carbon removal, so if a carbon removal startup can show a strong approach to monitoring, reporting, and verification (MRV), it stands a good chance of justifying buyer spending.

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Renewable Energy World

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Great River Energy, a distribution and transmission cooperative, has partnered with a Massachusetts startup on a long-duration energy storage pilot project that it hopes will help buffer its grid from extreme cold and heat impacts. By Frank Jossi, Energy News Network.

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AFN Sustainable Protein

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The report also emphasizes the need to limit global warming caused by too much carbon in the air from not only agriculture, but transportation, energy, buildings and general industry. It also advocates for trade regulations to ensure that global supply chains are sustainable. .

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 16, 2021

An Icelandic startup has an intriguing solution to the emissions problem: turn carbon into stone. The startup dissolves carbon in water, which interacts with reactive rock formations, “to form stable minerals providing a permanent and safe carbon sink,” according to the Carbfix website. . Here’s how it works.

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Green Market Oracle

AUGUST 16, 2020

Despite the warning signs, progress to limit global warming remains slow and inadequate. Limiting global warming to 1.5°C As Greta Thunberg declared at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos in January 2020, “Our house is on fire.” How can solutions be scaled up to meet internationally agreed goals?

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DeSmogBlog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

ARC’s UK Architects ARC has extensive ties to UK politicians and media figures, notably sharing the same owners as startup broadcaster GB News. In a 2021 piece for UnHerd, an online outlet owned by ARC and GB News director Sir Paul Marshall, Shellenberger wrote that “no global problem has ever been more exaggerated than climate change”.

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Better Ventures

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

Startups in this space, across Data Generation , Insight Engines, and Applications , make it possible to level up our mitigation and adaptation efforts, while also creating opportunities for impactful venture investment. So what does the startup landscape for Climate Intelligence look like? Orbit Insights GO ).

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Grist

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

The startup began selling its spirits this month to bars and restaurants around New York City, after years of development in the lab. Two startups, Carbon Upcycling Technologies and Sky Baron, recently launched a line of such products. They provide a really important revenue stream for budding startups.”.

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Responsible for nearly a third of global warming and a quarter of global energy, methane matters. 💡 5050 : Apply to this program to help scientists and engineers translate breakthrough science and start deep tech startups, by Feb 25th. On the ground.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

New Funds Founders Future , a Paris, France-based investment firm, launched a $161M fund to invest in climate and AI startups. first close of its $40M fund that will invest in African climate startups. In its third round of carbon dioxide removal purchases, Frontier facilitated $7M in CDR purchasing from 12 startups.

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Green Market Oracle

JULY 12, 2020

Yet despite the warning signs, progress to limit global warming remains slow and inadequate. New for 2020 “Limiting global warming to 1.5°C From scorched landscapes to melting ice caps and polluted oceans, the impacts of climate change are clear and immediate. Can the disruption of covid-19 accelerate progress?

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Grist

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Doing so is essential to limiting global warming to 1.5 The nine-year-old startup raised $50 million in January from a slew of investors, including the Bill Gates-led Breakthrough Energy Ventures and the venture capital arm of BHP, one of the world’s biggest mining companies.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

And a whole crop of western startups making climate-friendly algae-based products, including clothes, cosmetics, bioplastics and biofuels, have popped up. Startups such as SOS Carbon , based in the Dominican Republic, and C-Combinator , a US company with operations in Puerto Rico and Mexico, are two of those. Not your average startup.

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GreenBiz

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Moreover, to limit global warming to 1.5 However, in addition to improving practices, there is an opportunity for producers to rally around the idea that less and more sustainable meat options, which will be critical to limit global warming, can still be good for business. In 2019, 690 million people or 8.9

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E8 Cleantech Angels

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. The conventional wisdom is that 90% of startups fail. That’s a grim and undisputable fact. It’s also an opportunity for savvy investors. But is that really true?

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E8 Cleantech Angels

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Jeff Thiel and James Kempf We are not yet reducing global greenhouse gas emissions fast enough to avert catastrophic levels of global warming. The conventional wisdom is that 90% of startups fail. That’s a grim and undisputable fact. It’s also an opportunity for savvy investors. But is that really true?

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