RMI federal policy and clean hydrogen expert, Taylor Krause, is featured on the new season of the program Love Is Blind. We sat down with Krause and asked her about the show, her work, and the intersection of the two. https://bit.ly/4ePVbTY
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Transforming the global energy system to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all.
About us
RMI is an independent nonprofit founded in 1982 that transforms global energy systems through market-driven solutions to align with a 1.5°C future and secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all. We work in the world’s most critical geographies and engage businesses, policymakers, communities, and NGOs to identify and scale energy system interventions that will cut greenhouse gas emissions at least 50 percent by 2030. RMI has offices in Basalt and Boulder, Colorado; New York City; Oakland, California; Washington, D.C.; and Beijing.
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http://rmi.org
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- Non-profit Organizations
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- 501-1,000 employees
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- 1982
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Art Min
Partnerships @ Truemedia.org, Director @ Camp.org, Seed Investor, Advisor, Board Member
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Josh Henretig
Climate & Sustainability Leader | Board Member | ESG Advisor | Distinguished Fellow | AI for Earth
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Joel Swisher
Adjunct Professor, Stanford University
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Adam Aston
Chief storyteller at RMI | Co-founder, creative leader of T Brand Studio at The New York Times | Write, edit, strategize on energy climate…
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RMI Believes in Innovative and Next-Generation Optimizations (BINGO!) to reduce emissions and advance clean energy to the forefront – at #ClimateWeekNYC and beyond. Thank you to everyone who turned out to join us for RMI Day on Tues., Sept. 24 at Scandinavia House in New York City. We hope you enjoyed our discussions about how RMI and our corporate partners are re-energizing climate action to cut emissions, how satellites and monitoring technologies are slashing methane emissions, how the Inflation Reduction Act (#IRA) and other legislation is benefiting communities in the United States, and how the clean energy transition is happening faster than people realize. #CleanEnergy #ClimateAction #EnergyTransition
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How much are airlines willing to pay for sustainable aviation fuel? According to new research, more than you might think. Corporate demand for Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) is expected to rise as more companies commit to transparent emissions reporting and ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals. To make SAF projects more attractive for investors, more information is needed to understand SAF demand and how much customers are willing to pay. To explore this crucial aspect of the SAF market, RMI and the Mission Possible Partnership conducted a survey of 23 companies, examining their willingness to pay for SAF and SAF certificates to shed light on factors influencing purchasing decisions. The findings reveal promising insights that could pave the way for a more robust and sustainable aviation fuel market in the future: https://bit.ly/47Q0Gzp #Sustainability #Aviation #SustainableAviation
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#VERGE24, hosted by Trellis Group, brings together sustainability professionals deploying cleantech at scale to explore emerging trends, take stock of new technologies, and work to accelerate the speed and scale of impact. As a proud Convening Partner, RMI hopes to see you at the event on October 29-31 in San Jose, California. Register today: https://bit.ly/4drmC5o #Cleantech #Climatetech #Sustainability #Decarbonization #Electrification #ClimateSolutions #ClimateImpact
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During Climate Week, my colleague Clay Stranger and I hosted an event on Mobilizing Financing for Electric Two- and Three-Wheelers. The transition to electric mobility is both an equity and climate imperative. Our research focuses on driver-owner operators, many of whom lack formal banking records and rely on their vehicles for their livelihoods. Unfortunately, interest rates for electric two- and three-wheeler loans can be double those of fossil-fuel vehicles, making it difficult for many to participate in this transition. To access how we can achieve affordable financing for these borrowers, we organized an event dedicated to the topic. Our discussion featured expert insights from Binyam Reja of the World Bank, Jacqueline Klopp of Columbia University, Ije Ikoku Okeke of RMI, Claire Markgraf of C40 Cities, and Nikki Rudnick of Uber. Attendees represented multilateral development banks, philanthropists, corporate fleet platforms, regional financiers, and creditors, all of whom have critical roles in advancing electric mobility globally. I left the event energized and confident that we have the tools and knowledge to equitably advance transportation electrification worldwide. Here are my three key takeaways: 1. There is a need to intentionally include popular transport in policy and financial frameworks, as ignoring this critical mode won’t reduce demand. 2. Philanthropists and corporations can and should play a key role by providing credit enhancements to mobilize initial investment in this transition. 3. The risk perception of electric mobility is still a challenge; implementing de-risking measures such as the use of telemetric data, extended warranties, and demand aggregation are actions industry actors can implement today to lower perceived investment risk. #Climatefinance #EVs #Mobility #NYCW
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Need help deploying your first commercial-scale climate tech project? 🤝 Introducing Mark1 – a transformative new developer-as-a-service for capital intensive, first of a kind industrial climate technologies 🌟 Mark1 was created by Third Derivative, RMI, and Deep Science Ventures, alongside founding partners Builders Vision and Fluor Corporation, to bridge the gap to commercialization for critical emerging climate tech. “The gap between demonstration and commercialization is the deepest, widest ‘valley-of-death’ faced by our founders – and a critical bottleneck to the energy transition. Our back-of-the-envelope math tells us that we’re only seeing 1-17% of the funding the world needs for first-of-a-kind commercial climate tech projects. It’s a systemic challenge. Isolated success stories are not going to cut it, and neither is simply throwing money at the problem. We need a systemic solution – one that can methodically de-risk and attract market-rate capital to these projects – lots of them. We believe that Mark1 can be that solution, or at least an important part of it.” - Rushad Nanavatty, Managing Director of Third Derivative Learn more about Mark1: https://www.mark1.build/ 🚀 Applications for its first cohort will open later this year!
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🌍 🏗️ The Sustainable Steel Buyers Platform — which includes big corporate buyers of steel, primarily from the renewable energy, construction, and manufacturing sectors. At #ClimateWeekNYC, SSBP called on suppliers for bids to supply at least 1 million tons per year of near-zero emissions steel by 2023. As RMI’s Chathu G. explains, "The initiative is making sure that corporate demand is being pulled effectively to speed up investment" in near-zero emissions iron and steel plants. This effort is a crucial step toward decarbonizing the steel industry, which currently contributes up to 11% of global carbon dioxide emissions every year. Learn more in Canary Media Inc.: https://bit.ly/4ekb4BZ #GreenSteel #Decarbonization #SustainableIndustry #RMI #ClimateAction
Big steel buyers make a request for 1M tons of green steel
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As the world pushes to triple renewable energy and double efficiency by 2030, a big question is: How can we use public and philanthropic funding to scale private investment for clean energy projects? 🌍 At today’s Catalytic Climate Capital Forum during #ClimateWeekNYC, global leaders discussed how we can use catalytic climate capital — funds that take on more risk to encourage private companies to invest where they wouldn’t otherwise. The event highlighted how public-private partnerships are driving clean energy in developing countries. 🌱 🌎 Caribbean case studies, such as RMI’s CARICOM Resilience Fund, showed how collaboration between governments and businesses is creating scalable solutions for the region. 🌊🇨🇦 https://bit.ly/3Y1vEBB Four case studies from Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, and Grenada laid out a roadmap for the energy transition in those countries - a preview of RMI's Caribbean Transition Scenario report that will be released next year! 🔑 Key takeaway: Successful climate finance initiatives depend on collaboration with local partners. This ensures that solutions are contextually appropriate and boosts the odds of scaling projects, especially in underserved regions like the Global South. “What we need now is implementation, not more innovation. Scaling proven solutions is the key to accelerating the energy transition." – Ije Ikoku Okeke, RMI #ClimateFinance #EnergyTransition #RenewableEnergy #ClimateAction Benjamin Bartle (RMI), Carla Orrego (Climate Policy Initiative), Filippo Berardi (Global Environment Facility), Ije Ikoku Okeke (RMI), Daniel Firger (Great Circle Capital Advisors), Geraldine Alias (Three Cairns Group), Gianni Chianetta (Greening the Islands Foundation), Skylar Bee (RMI), Racquel Moses (Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator ), Charlin Bodley (Bezos Earth Fund), James Fletcher (SOLORICON Ltd.), and Rodinald Soomer (CARICOM Development Fund)
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I was excited to join Bloomberg Philanthropies for the launch of their Global Capacity Building Coalition (#GCBC) today at #climateweekNYC. The GCBC platform aims to support the mobilization of climate finance globally, and accelerate the transition to sustainable economies by addressing the capacity gap limiting investment in the transition. This new coalition will turbocharge climate finance capacity building and technical assistance for financial institutions in emerging markets and developing economies. RMI is proud to support such a coalition that reflects our commitment to expanding access to climate finance and solutions throughout the Global South. Read more about the coalition here: https://lnkd.in/dN98hsYc Mike Bloomberg Simon Stiell
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Rushad Nanavatty, Managing Director of RMI’s climate tech accelerator, Third Derivative, presented with Gehl - Making Cities for People and World Resources Institute at Kyu Collective for #ClimateWeekNYCW on the importance of reshaping cities to reclaim our climate destiny. 🏙️ Cities represent a path to a lower-emissions world. “Done right, they are profoundly good for the planet"- Rushad Nanavatty
The final day of kyu House highlighted the future of climate action — and what that future looks like when we get things right. 🇯🇵 ENND PARTNERS leaders Tim Brown and Masanobu Iwabuchi were joined by Marukome USA Inc.’s Shuta Aoki to explore Japanese business lessons and how they can help in the climate fight. They talked existing in the space between the past and future, the concept of “mottainai” (a sense of regret concerning waste), and more. 💪 Leadership in the Climate Era isn’t just about the now. SYPartners’ Jessica Orkin and Kite Insights’s Sophie Lambin 🪁 hosted an intimate conversation that saw next-generation leaders like Alexandre da Rocha Leão and Sage Lenier taking center stage. 🏙️ Cities represent a path to a lower-emissions world. “Done right, they are profoundly good for the planet,” said Third Derivative and RMI’s Rushad Nanavatty in his introduction to Gehl - Making Cities for People, RMI, and World Resources Institute’s standing-room-only session. “We need a language to talk about the kind of life that a climate-aligned city offers,” said Gehl’s Blaine Merker, who pointed to examples of Gehl’s impactful work in places like Shanghai, Sydney, and Carmel, Indiana. The good vibes continued with an engaging panel hosted by Yuki Numata and featuring Majora Carter, Felipe Ramírez Buitrago, and Robin Chase. 🐝 What happens when we bring more nature and biodiversity into our everyday lives? Gehl’s second kyu House session explored how we can increase productivity, creativity, and well-being by transforming urban spaces. Gehl's Jeff Risom gathered insights from experts doing just that: urban ecologist Robin Grossinger, Majken Kalhave, Kristen Rydberg (of the urban beekeeping company Alvéole), and Merker. 📣 LinkedIn and Kite Insights got us pumped with another stellar debate — this time exploring “Is Climate Action Job Creation?” Debaters Dawn Lippert, Patrick Flynn, David Carlin, Ajaita S., Kwolanne Felix, and Caterina Sarfatti covered intentionality, entrepreneurship, global perspectives, and more for impressed jury members Wanjira Mathai, Nigar Arpadarai, and Allen Blue. While the “Against” debaters clinched victory, the vital discourse was a win for everyone. 🌍 kyu House wrapped up with a compelling vision of the future in a WRI and The Green Belt Movement session that centered on African entrepreneurship. “The challenge that I want to pose to all of us today is to see entrepreneurs all the way through. They're not just a ‘feel good’ story, they are a scale-up story,” said Endeavor Kenya’s Maryanne Ochola. We’ve had so many brilliant guests stop by kyu House at Climate Week NYC and we’re still buzzing about the compelling ideas they shared. See you next time at kyu House. 📸: David Dini for kyu House #kyuhouse #ClimateWeekNYC #ClimateAction
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