Browsing: Climate
DCVC wanted to raise $500 million for its first climate fund, but the market had other plans
DCVC’s take on its first climate-focused fund, DCVC Climate Select, is all over the place and highlights the roller-coaster business fundraising conditions of recent years and…
MIT tool shows climate change could cost Texans a month and a half of outdoor time by 2080
There are many ways to describe what is happening to the Earth’s climate: Global warming. Climate change. Climate crisis. World curious. All try to capture in…
Vibrant Planet uses artificial intelligence to map land and improve climate resilience
As the planet warms due to human-caused climate change, fire damage has increased with it. Forest area burned by wildfires increased 320% from 1996 to 2021,…
Silence wants to shake things up when it comes to investing in climate technology. This new angel VC firm has already raised $35 million and plans…
Global Fund closes first €300 million climate technology fund, seeks to continue and support hardware
After a three-year fundraising drive, the Global Fund finally closed a first fund of 300 million euros, 50 million euros short of its 2021 target, but…
Much of the exciting climate technology crossing our desks is theoretical or just coming to market — think, technology that captures carbon from the sky, emerging…
As more than $1 trillion flows into climate tech, incentive-tracking applications find firm footing
Websites, apps and startups rush to follow government climate tech incentives Take some time with people in the climate tech world, and you’ll soon learn that…
Australia’s climate technology industry is booming, but could collapse without capital
Australia is a country of natural wonders, from the Great Barrier Reef and Daintree Rainforest to Kakadu National Park and the Blue Mountains. But due to…
About 2% of Global CO₂ emissions come from pressure cookers, powered by jets circling the air. Earlier this week, I covered a startup, Metafuels, that believes…
The growing need to reduce carbon emissions is driving many industries, including airlines and transport, to seek sustainable alternatives to achieve emission reduction targets and fulfill…