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- Will Sarni Friday Fun with Water. While the article focuses only on AI's role in climate solutions, its point of view applies to the water sector. Most importantly, the article argues that AI's footprint (in this case, carbon) is only part of the story of AI and the environment. The benefits of AI outweigh the carbon footprint. I have maintained that we need to ensure we focus on the "handprint" of digital technologies, not just the footprint. For example, consider the benefits of AI applications in the water sector. AI water technology companies such as Transcend, Kilimo, and FIDO Tech are delivering quantifiable solutions to addressing water problems. Let's think more broadly about the role of digital water tech, not just its water and carbon footprints. The Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) is a good way to consider the value of the ICT sector in solving energy, carbon, and water issues. Water Foundry Water Foundry Ventures Ari Raivetz Alexander Crowell Victoria Edwards Jairo Trad Eliza Roberts David Grant Tom Freyberg Global Enabling Sustainability Initiative (GeSI) Imran Jaferey Rylan Dobson Alex Money Watermarq https://lnkd.in/gfkCvCr7
- Amit Sharma 🇺🇸 The U.S. Federal departments and offices have just released the "Voluntary Carbon Markets Joint Policy Statement and Principles”. We at International Carbon Registry celebrate more clarity on the direction of this important market and its role in the climate crisis. Notable developments include: • The emergence of multi-stakeholder initiatives that have set out standards and principles for high-integrity credit development and responsible credit use; • Improvements to key crediting methodologies, their guiding standards, and tracking systems; • New and improved analytical products and services that aim to strengthen credit transparency and quality comparability, such as carbon credit rating services; • Technologies to support robust measurement, monitoring, reporting, and verification (MMRV); • Multilateral rules, guidance, and procedures developed under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement and the international aviation sector's global carbon market-based measure, which shape certified emissions reductions and removals that often find their home in VCMs'; and • Advances in the development of market infrastructure to improve transparency and liquidity, as well as the integrity of market transactions.
- Ivo van Breukelen Data from the International Energy Agency (IEA) illustrates the current "readiness" of #ClimateTechs + their potential impact on carbon reduction. As shown, many techs are at an early stage of being able to have a material impact. Concerningly, some tech funds recently returned capital back to investors recently + closed their funds - citing inability to fund capital intensive techs, found in areas like ClimateTech. This in part may be contributing to the $2 trillion shortfall in ClimateTech, that Deloitte estimates. What this may mean for the future? - The migration of LPs to global, super VC funds within ClimateTech, given the large capital pools needed to fund tech development - Greater specialization from smaller funds, energizing more niche elements of the ClimateTech market - but also altering their / LP's risk profile - A greater role to be played by debt financing in funding growth entities at an earlier stage - impacting cashflow dynamics Will be an interesting space to watch moving forward. We at The Proptech Connection are constantly working with all parts of the Proptech ecosystem. From the leading LPs, funds, techs and adopters in market, providing an independent view. Reach out to us today to find out how we can help. #InvestorTrends #Strategy #Global by Stephen Macdonald CA Stuart Daun Kiki C. Ethan Ward
- Dawn Lippert 2 year birthday for Inflation Reduction Act today! 🥳 And $27B GGRF awards are obligated by EPA! 💚 Huge. I'm happy to mark the day with some good news -- today we welcome Adrian Deveny, one of the IRA's architects in the U.S. Senate, as our newest Elemental Policy Fellow. I've known Adrian for 15+ years across New Haven, New Delhi, Washington DC... and I'm honored that we finally get to work together. Check out the link below for his hot takes on IRA, including this on GGRF: “The GGRF is one of the most exciting provisions in the IRA. The hope of the GGRF is to tackle one of the toughest decarbonization challenges—how to bring clean energy projects to lower-income communities. The vision of the GGRF was to try and solve this problem through innovative financing by capitalizing a variety of national, regional, and local “green banks” because the Federal government is not in the best position to directly fund these types of projects. For the GGRF to succeed, however, it will need climate tech innovators to bring creative project ideas and business models to these green banks that solve the tough challenges to decarbonization, especially in low-income communities. It will be very exciting to watch that program unfold." Adrian also shared why he decided to work with Elemental Excelerator: "What I love about Elemental is that you are on the front lines of working directly with entrepreneurs not only to deploy their tech, but to solve these types of policy problems. My goal in working with Elemental is to think about how the next phase of Federal climate policy could supercharge technology innovation and accelerate the commercialization of breakthrough ideas in climate tech." If you are also working on both implementing current IRA policies AND designing future policies that further support innovation and entrepreneurs, get in touch. Shoutout to our policy team and fellows: Avra van der Zee, Christina Angelides, Josh Stanbro 🇺🇦, Ann Bruton, Mark Chambers, Gwendy Brown, Melinda Hanson, Melissa Uhl, Frances Sawyer, Evan Weber, Catherine Coleman Flowers, Na'im Merchant, Tyler M., Alicia Molt-West, Britt Carmon https://lnkd.in/giwg7A7w
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