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🌦️ Is Climate Tech in Developing Countries Poised to Suffer Due to a Lack of Funding? 💰 The COP29 Global Climate Finance talks concluded with a deal to fund $300 billion per year to support poor nations in mitigating carbon emissions and combating climate damage. However, several countries, including India, opposed the deal, stating that it’s too little and too late. According to them, the previous goal of $100 billion in funding by the year 2020 has not yet been fulfilled. The actual need is five times the proposed amount. With hundreds of startups in climate tech blossoming in these developing countries that are victims of climate change, a funding crunch could severely hamper efforts to achieve global climate goals. On the other hand, we see more and more denials of climate change occurring. They claim it’s only one of the Earth's natural processes. Either way, tough times are ahead. #ClimateTech #ClimateChange #ClimateEmergency Image Credit: European Environment Agency (Creative Commons)

おはようございます、 #Japan! Exciting discussions about #ClimateTech coming up today. From large corporates to VC investors, a growing ecosystem exists here, and companies are setting clear net zero goals. New technologies are needed to achieve them. We brought 6 leading European climate founders to show the possibilities. Climate First

Powerful insights from Nick Falkowski on the urgent need for tangible climate action! 🌍 As tech professionals, we have a unique opportunity to drive real impact through sustainable technology and ESG practices. Let's collaborate to transform our industry into a force for restoring our planet. How is your organization embracing #SustainableTech? #GreenIT #ESG #TechForGood

Former presidents of Latam countries talking about climate change. Private and public sector must act now, and GLR Tech is highlighted among the best startups of the world for a realistic and affordable change. Disclaimer: this meeting doesn't mean a relation between GLR Tech and a country, party, or politician. It was only a market study and conversation about a better future.

Time is running out! Only a few days left to vote for Auqvian in the #Startup4Climate competition! We’re excited that Auqvian has been shortlisted for the prestigious #Startup4Climate competition, hosted by GodEl i Sverige AB and Ellevio. This initiative supports young companies like ours that are driving the energy transition and working to limit global warming to 1.5°C. At Auqvian, we believe that sustainable water solutions are a crucial piece of a cleaner, more energy-efficient future. Our technology taps into the power of water responsibly, helping to combat both water scarcity and climate change. 🌍💧 But we need your vote to take the next step! With just a few days left until the voting deadline this Sunday at midday, we’re counting on your support to help us secure the prize and scale our impact. 👉 Vote for Auqvian now and help us make a real difference in the fight for a sustainable future. Let’s come together and make waves in the energy transition—your vote matters! 🌊 #energytransition #climateaction #sustainablewater #startup4climate #Auqvian

As Dr. Kirsten Dunlop, CEO of Climate-KIC, says "innovation isn’t only about technology; it’s about transforming ourselves: our mindsets, our assumptions, our habits, our businesses and the places that matter to us."   In 2025, building a resilient Community of Impact Professionals driving innovation all around the world will be as relevant as ever. 👉 A united Community can be the solution to the political fragmentation of our current landscape and a reaction to the lackluster results achieved at #COP29 and #COP16. 📅 Join this critical debate on Thursday 12 December at our latest Community CONNECT.    Participate in a panel with Kirsten Dunlop and other Climate Innovation Experts and discuss priorities, challenges, and opportunities as we look ahead to 2025 with other Innovators and Impact Professionals.  🌿   Join the Community today to get access to this and many other networking opportunities. 🔗 Sign up now: https://lnkd.in/e3B9gHFa #ClimateCommunity #ClimateAction #ClimateInnovation

Former presidents of Latam countries talking about climate change. Private and public sector must act now, and GLR Tech is highlighted among the best startups of the world for a realistic and affordable change. Disclaimer: this meeting doesn't mean a relation between GLR Tech and a country, party, or politician. It was only a market study and conversation about a better future.

At the Slush Climate Summit last week, Mimi Billing of Sifted interviewed Upright’s founder Annu Nieminen about a critical question in sustainability: How do we measure the impact of economic activity on the world? Annu's message was clear: ESG metrics and other traditional sustainability frameworks are losing relevance because they are not answering the question that people care about the most: How does this product, company, or fund impact the world? The problem is not a lack of knowledge – humanity has accumulated a lot of scientific research on the impacts of economic activities. What’s missing is the link between what humanity knows (scientific research) and what humanity does (economic action in the capitalist system). These two haven’t been meeting – thus far. At Upright, we’re building that bridge. You can explore science-based impact quantifications on companies and funds yourself on the Upright Platform (link in comments). The ultimate question we’re working to answer is: What kinds of things can humanity afford to produce in the future? A big thank you to Lightrock, Transition, and Extantia for organising the event, and to everyone who listened, shared ideas, and challenged us in intellectual conversations. Until next year!

UNGA | NY Climate Week 🗽 ✍ A positive start last week with the UN promising to adopt the “Pact of the Future”. 56 pledges across 5 themes, in which world leaders promise to provide more finance for low-income countries, work harder towards peace & security, mobilise science and listen to the youth.   Though not all good news, hard realism was brought into conferences this year, as those left vulnerable discussed the brutal effects they're facing due to the climate crisis. With over a 60% increase in wildfires from last year to present in the Amazonia region, restricted R&D projects for ocean solutions due to dated legislation and 2.33 billion people (nearly 29% of the global population) being food insecure (a number which was at 795 million people in 2015, not even 10 years ago). The urgency, evident. Frustrations raised as the need for multilateralism meets constant blocks by geopolitical tensions. The back-&-forth debates preventing policy agreements and implementation. However, with that said, the overarching theme of the week was collaboration. A new term gaining popularity and heard throughout was Bio-Regionalism; seeing beyond borders recognising our shared commons and one planet The openness to interconnectivity between the private sector, governments and academia was seen in gatherings and think tanks for solutions across the week. Hope and action, prevalent. 🕊

I’d like to sincerely thank Dr. Muhammad Younis for being interviewed before the London Climate Technology Show 2024. It was an invaluable chance to discuss the evolving landscape of climate tech and the importance of sustainability at such a pivotal global event. I'm enthusiastic about the opportunities, collaborations, and innovations that could arise—not just for the most engaged participants but also for the broader communities, helping to pave the way for a sustainable future. 🌍 #ClimateTech #Sustainability #LondonClimateTechShow2024 Strategies for fostering increased engagement within communities of the global south, building mutually reinforced platforms for the exchange of dialogue, and implementing a fair, unsupervised, multidisciplinary network are, therefore, crucial. The Global Sustainable Futures Network provides an integrated approach targeted to the scientific and non-scientific to foster increased engagement directed to ‘common but differentiated responsibilities’ to solve the climate crisis, including finance and technology needed for low carbon growth, and coordinate inter-sectoral coherence towards macroeconomic, financial, trade and industrial policies, required for regional growth and development and building regional resilience to climate change.