Elemental Excelerator

MAY 11, 2022

The scales most typically used in our space, such as Technology Readiness Level (TRL) – which was developed by NASA in the 1970s to determine how mature any given technology is – are used by organizations far and wide, well beyond the US government. However, scales like TRL often stop at “market introduction” or “launch.”.

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Business Green

AUGUST 5, 2022

China halts climate talks with US in response to Pelosi Taiwan visit. And today it unveiled a fresh wave of counter measures, imposing sanctions on Pelosi and her family and cancelling co-operation with the US on a number of fronts, including criminal investigations, maritime negotiations, and climate talks.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

A committee will now be formed to address the critical question of who should pay into the Loss and Damage fund, providing plenty of opportunities for a row between the US and EU on one side and China and the Gulf States on the other over the extent to which large emerging economies should contribute. However, uncertainties remain.

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Climate 4.0

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

If we use Geoffrey Moore's terminology, it will be the pragmatists that swing things in the right direction. Self-defined pragmatists think they are reasonable people who don't overreact to news good or bad, who believe they are thoughtful and smart, and who focus on actions rather than ideas. What Do You Think?

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Business Green

JULY 16, 2021

All the top green business news from around the world this week, including US climate diplomacy, COP26 preparations, and sobering Amazon rainforest research. US steps up climate diplomacy with Germany and Russia. India coal sector woes as 48 mines attract zero bidders.

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Climate Tech VC

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Discussions also focused on critical issues such as workforce training, making federal funding accessible, and ensuring climate justice is a standard part of the conversation—in the US and in emerging markets. While climate chief John Kerry did attend, he was not invited to speak.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week. With under a month to go until the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow the meeting received a triple boost this week, as the UAE, Turkey, and South Korea all announced new net zero targets. UAE becomes first Gulf State to set net zero target.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 15, 2021

The news comes amidst growing concerns that a number of key figures may not be attending the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow in just a few weeks' time. In response to Jones' comments, the Queen breaks into a wide smile and says: "Yes, I read about that.". It's official - President Biden will travel to Scotland for #COP26.

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Business Green

JULY 30, 2021

Plus all the top green business news from around the world this week, including EU's carbon border row with China, and fresh climate goals from Israel and Indonesia. The delay is set to be announced "within days", according to the news agency. COP15 biodiveristy summit braced for third Covid-19 delay.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The decision will therefore do little to ingratiate Johnson with the incoming Biden administration in the US, where the President-elect has made a big show of pushing international climate diplomacy as a top priority with the appointment of John Kerry as his new climate envoy. Regulatory net zero tweaks.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2021

It seems extraordinary [US climate envoy] John Kerry came to London last month to give a big speech to mark 100 days to go to the start of the Summit and you've got Ed Miliband and Sadiq Khan in the front row and no one senior from the government," he said. That's a failure of leadership.".

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Climate Tech VC

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

  In other news, Saudi Arabia shelves its plans to expand oil production, Exxon’s activist investors drop their motion in the face of being sued, and Podesta is appointed to take over from Kerry.  John Podesta named as John Kerry’s replacement.   Can’t get enough deals?

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

President-elect Joe Biden yesterday used a day of major announcements from his transition team to reiterate how climate action will be at the heart of his administration, confirming that John Kerry has been nominated as the White House's Climate Envoy and publishing plans to put the US on an 'irreversible path to achieve net zero emissions'.

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Business Green

APRIL 9, 2021

parts per million (ppm) in March, a new record high. The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) also provided a worrying update on methane emissions, revealing that levels of methane in the atmosphere rose by record levels in 2020 with scientists unclear on the cause. It's going to change allocation of capital.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

“Governments have allowed large polluters into the conference to greenwash themselves and pretend industries are acting on climate when actually they plan to pursue profit ‘till it kills us all.”. These have featured a number of high-profile figures, such as John Kerry, the U.S. Fuelling Disinformation. Corporate Interest.

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Climate Tech VC

JULY 24, 2023

John Kerry meets with China and the Biden administration raises the price of drilling and mining on federal land. “With Fervo's well test, no technological barriers remain to next-generation geothermal deployment,” Chief of Staff Gabe Malek told us. Share new deals and announcements with us at hello@ctvc.co

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Climate Tech VC

JANUARY 16, 2024

We break down the latest announcements, from new ships and plants to consolidation plays. In other news, Hertz shifts gears on its EV strategy, Kerry steps down from his climate envoy post, and AI helps discover promising new battery materials.    Want more deals?    U.S. emissions decreased by 1.9%

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Business Green

APRIL 1, 2021

But while there was little in the way of major new commitments from governments, the event marked another step up in rhetoric and pressure from those seeking to lead the climate agenda this year, including from key figures from the UK, US, and the World Trade Organisation (WTO). per cent of GDP to 0.5

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Business Green

DECEMBER 10, 2021

European tree-planting, US clean energy procurement plans, and the rest of the green business news from around the world this week. President Biden orders US federal government to deliver on net zero goal. Lindsey Baxter Griffith, federal policy director at the Clean Air Task Force, welcomed the new executive order.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The news marks a significant pivot away from last Thursday's announcement, which stressed Sunak would not attend COP27 "due to other pressing domestic commitments including preparations for the autumn budget". Farming minister Mark Spencer told Sky News this morning that an appearance in Sharm El-Sheikh had not been ruled out by the PM.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 3, 2022

As a report from India-based Climate Trends makes clear, the majority of G20 nations - including the US, China, all of the EU and India - suffered multi-billion dollar hits in 2022. So where does this leave us before the COP27 Climate Summit is due to start in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt?

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

John Kerry declares 'today's the day', as the US rejoins the global effort to avert a climate catastrophe. US formally readmitted to the Paris Agreement. It added that climate action was now core to the US government's long term domestic and international strategy. No country can fight this fight on its own.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Newly appointed US Climate Envoy provides further evidence President-elect Biden intends to prioritise climate action on the world stage. Welcoming his nomination, Kerry yesterday wrote on Twitter that "America will soon have a government that treats the climate crisis as the urgent national security threat it is.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 11, 2023

  In news, COP28 goes nuclear with a commitment to triple nuclear capacity and pursue fusion R&D, echoing a broader global sentiment shift towards nuclear.  climate envoy John Kerry announced 24 countries including France, Japan and the UK pledged to triple nuclear capacity by 2050. Happy Monday! 

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

The news came in the same week as the latest data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) revealed that renewables accounted for for 87.61 per cent of the 19GW of new US power generation capacity added during the first nine months of the year. Enel ramps up €170bn net zero investment plans.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

She further promoted herself as an ardent supporter of “clean energy,” a “low carbon economy,” and a “zero-carbon future” in an op-ed published by The Detroit News just two months before Biden nominated her for the top energy job in the country. instead toward green technologies and renewable energy sources such as wind and solar.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 20, 2021

President Joe Biden said he would double US climate finance for developing nations, to $11.4bn a year, a salve after rich nations have lagged a 2009 pledge of $100bn a year by 2020. And where has that led us?". and 'well below 2C' temperature goals established by the Paris Agreement. Maybe the more important framing is that 1.5C

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

” Gina McCarthy to become ‘domestic climate czar’ Separate reports out Tuesday from several news outlets said the Biden-Harris administration is expected to select Gina McCarthy, who headed the Environmental Protection Agency under President Obama, to fill a role designed to coordinate domestic climate response across agencies.

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