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September 2020 Cleantech Roundup: Electric Vehicle Company SPACs | New Decarbonization Policy…

Clean Energy Trust

Three Major Policy Announcements and How They Will Play Into Decarbonization Over the last month, there were three major policy announcements that stood out to me?—?one California sets an example that other states tend to follow, and helps drive policy at the national level by proving it out.

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Lime hopes to speed towards net zero with new science-based 2030 goal

Business Green

Electric bike and scooter company Lime has unveiled plans to achieve net zero emissions across its business and value chain by 2030 by transitioning its operations to clean energy, investing in sustainable manufacturing and technologies, and switching its operations fleet to electric vehicles (EVs).

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'Circularity gap': How fostering a circular economy could slash global emissions by over a third

Business Green

We need systemic change in how we use our resources, that goes beyond recycling and incorporates new business models, design and metrics.". However, for many countries and industries a combination of market failures and flawed policy regimes has long undermined efforts to boost recycling capacity and encourage re-use.

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? The settlers of Catan squabble over ore #172

Climate Tech VC

  In deals, ~$400M for electric scooters and 3 mega $100M+ rounds for geothermal, solid flow batteries, and rural minigrids.    In recent weeks, the US and China have been facing off in a metals tug of war through a series of policy jabs.   Thanks for reading! Not a subscriber yet?

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December 2021 Cleantech Roundup: Year in Review

Clean Energy Trust

While governments have a significant role to play in helping usher in these new solutions; in the absence of certain policies, corporates and other stakeholders can make a big impact on the market for these emerging technologies by committing to buying specific volumes of these products.

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The Blue Economy: Importance of Ocean Conservation

Green Tech Challenge

This calls for consumer behaviour change, impact innovation in the business sector, policy change and law enforcement by governments. Environmentally friendly policies, and impact entrepreneurship are fundamental to creating waste management solutions and making them scalable.

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BNEF Electric Vehicle Outlook: Six key lessons for road transport's pursuit of net zero

Business Green

Sales continue to surge in key markets, while scores of producers and users of cars, buses, trucks, and even scooters are now pushing towards ridding their operations of fossil fuel vehicles altogether. Investments and public policy should therefore reflect that - and urgently. Battery recycling is mission critical.