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We are delighted to be a co signatory of the climatetech letter to the UK party leaders, calling for innovation to be at the heart of the next government's plans to combat climate change. Thanks to ClimateImpact and Stephen Murphy for your leadership on this. Full text here: Dear Rishi Sunak and Keir Starmer, We, the undersigned, call for innovation to be at the heart of the next government's plans to combat climate change. Supporting ClimateTech firms will maximise our chances of hitting our net zero goals, alongside ensuring the UK is home to the industries, jobs, and economic growth of the low-carbon future. This requires a comprehensive and joined-up policy agenda that makes the UK the best place in the world to found a ClimateTech business which can then scale, commercialise and export to other markets. If the next government gets this right, the UK can accelerate decarbonisation across the world. Whoever wins on 4th July must prioritise ClimateTech innovation - it is an environmental and economic imperative. We welcome the opportunity to meet with you and your team any time before or after the election." Full list of co signatories here: https://lnkd.in/ew64fMvk

📝 Multus has signed a joint letter calling on the next government to prioritise UK climate tech. ⚡ The letter emphasises the importance of innovation for combating climate change and ensuring the country hits our net zero goals. 🗳️ Whichever party wins on the 4th of July must have a comprehensive policy agenda for making the UK the best place in the world to found a climate tech business. 🌐 This is not only an environmental necessity but also an economic imperative which can lead to: 🔹 Increased job opportunities, 🔹 Economic growth,  🔹 A sustainable future for all. ✏️  Written by Startup Coalition and ClimateImpact, the letter features the signatories of over 180 climate tech leaders. ⏩ Read here: https://lnkd.in/ewtqWJqt #SustainableFoodSystems #NetZero #LCAW #UKElection #ClimateTech #UKInnovation

🌱 Collaboration: the shield & fuel of climate action 📣 Anyone working on climate action over the past years has heard one version or another of the following: “for the EU’s green transition to succeed, it needs everyone on board”* Yet -- What does that *really* mean? What does collaborating for climate action mean? What does it look like? Are there different levels of collaboration? Which one are most effective, in which circumstances? To find out, we spoke to frontrunner stakeholders, working on skills, finance or for local authorities, focusing on the built environment. 🏘 💡 Engage, share, comment our findings -- we hope they will be valuable in the implementation phase of the #EUGreenDeal. "In the face of shifting political landscapes, deep collaboration stands as a shield against backlash and uncertainty, and a springboard for a fairer and faster transition. Yet, its true power lies in uniting diverse voices to pioneer new paths, where every step pulses with the energy of collective action." With Flaminia Bonanni & Larissa Gross at E3G Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy (GCoM), World Green Building Council EuroACE - Energy Efficient Buildings, Energy Cities, EIT Climate-KIC CEE, Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe, European Investment Bank (EIB) Leuven 2030 Mario Rajn Centre for Public Impact Grzegorz Grzybczyk C40 Cities Carbon Neutral Cities Alliance * another line from Frans. T & his team. Yes. We all miss him.

🌍 As Europe begins to shape its 2024-2029 Strategic Agenda, it's imperative for policymakers to prioritize a climate-neutral, green, fair, and social Europe. This builds on the legacy of the European Green Deal as a historic framework to modernize the European economy, improve competitiveness, and build energy and socio-economic security.    We Mean Business Coalition joined a coalition of over 50 civil society stakeholders, businesses, cities, and regions in sending a letter to EU leaders with our recommendations for how Europe can deliver a green and just climate transition and go #FossiltoClean!    Find out how this approach can enhance competitiveness, security, and global engagement while addressing climate change and read the letter here: https://lnkd.in/dx3sJ-sA    #StrategicAgenda #EUGreenDeal #FossiltoClean Thanks to Corporate Leaders Groups E3G Climate Action Network (CAN) Europe Ursula Woodburn Romain Pardo and others for organizing this letter.

Shipping is considered a "hard-to-abate" sector due to the large amount of fuel it requires. What's key is to establish a green hydrogen global supply chain to enable shipping to decarbonise. How can we create stronger infrastructure business cases for shipping's green fuels future? #LCAW2024 is taking place in London this week. We can join the LinkedIn livestream for Climate Investment Summit tomorrow (26 June) to listen to discussions on the latest finance strategies and prospects that will support the decarbonisation of shipping, alongside other hard-to-abate sectors like cement and steel.   https://lnkd.in/dv-umEHq

Fantastic share, Tony! …and…. #11 : the measurement and monitoring of biodiversity becomes accessible, scalable, understandable, affordable, reliable and simply doable with breakthroughs in naturetech …. Simple metrics and indicators that can describe rather beautifully our incredible biodiversity!! #edna #bioacoustics #satelliteimagery #machinelearning #drones #Rov #cleverwidgets NatureMetrics

Since the early 1990s the UK has been amongst the global leaders in the fight against climate change, and in 2019 was the first major economy to enshrine legally binding net zero targets. To meet these targets the UK has implemented a series of subsidy schemes to help de-risk investment in low carbon technologies. In this blog, we examine short and long-term changes that could help the UK keep pace in the race to net zero, as further discussed in our latest insight paper "Race to net zero: Rebuilding investor confidence in the UK". Read here: https://bit.ly/41h8QgZ

Until a proper ‘science-based policy & regulatory environment’ exists, business and finance can never be truly climate/nature compatible. In this BusinessGreen article, Rupert Read discusses the urgency required by business #leaders to lobby for a proper science-based #policy and regulatory environment in order to fully tackle #climate change, especially in the wake of another wasted CoP. He argues: -The Cop system has shown us once again the challenges which nations face to meet the urgent needs of the planet. In the UK, we’ve seen our own government (and opposition) wind back on net zero policies, and decrease the leadership in climate which has been built over time. -It’s evident that business and finance must pick up the pace and press governments hard to break away from broken systems and help build a new way that can drive for the urgent transitions we require. As Bill McKibben has said, “winning slowly on climate is the same as losing…” -To date, businesses have tried to do the right thing within the constraints of the market. But the constraints are tight; bad actors can drive out ethical actors by undercutting them on price, unless there were policies and rules that prevent them from doing so… -Businesses must go beyond cleaning up their own act; they need to stop simply communicating about the great things they’re doing and instead, look at the issue at a systemic level; leaders must collaborate and demand with the full weight of their trade associations, political contributions and more, that governments move to further regulate the business world and economy at large. A fuller, un-paywalled article written by Rupert & Helena Farstad will appear in other channels shortly. Also, watch this space for future opinion pieces with Business Green from Helena as the biz campaign develops further… Read more here: https://lnkd.in/dCKvATDf Sam Bowen, Mike Clark, Vincent Nolan, Valentine Reltien, Ameet Mehta, Rufus Pollock, Rosie Bell, Alexia Netcu

I believe this kind of fits with an earlier post of mine about the option of leap-frogging all of the mainstream sustainability BAU quick-fixes... of together jumping... leaping... (we have to move far and fast now) ... not from A to B, nor A to C, or even A to E, but jumping from A to X, (to XR) in one leap. Even if that's not as cool jumping from A to Z = Absolute zero harm, zero waste, zero input PlanA, B-corp, CSOs, Doughnut Econ, ESG-cubed, Five F's?, GuruGuide, HolisticHelp, InstantIntuition, Justice4Climate... (add your fave here) ...all very well and (very) good, but why not make the leap to full-on true sustainability and full-on social justice and truth; with XR values, systems, strategy, culture and solid support base. Here was the other post I refer to https://lnkd.in/eSxzdXcA

Tony Lent, cofounder of Capital for Climate, shares the 5 most important deals this week in Climate investment, Nature-based Solutions, and hard-to-abate industries. Five climate deals and milestones: 1. Honda commits to double sustainability spending to $65 billion  (Reuters)  2. Italy raises €9.7 billion from green bond (Environmental Finance) 3. Africa Clean Cooking Summit Secures $2.2 Billion in Funding (Carbon Herald) 4. Plug Power receives $1.66 billion from DOE (U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)) 5. AFDB launches €500 million 4-year green benchmark (AFDB) Read here: https://lnkd.in/eXfuAwC5 Follow Climate & Capital Media for stories focused on the business of climate change — the intersection of investment and sustainability. In addition to our stories on the opportunities and risks of the fast-moving #climate economy, our subscribers receive our Editor's letter on trends and important issues, including Tony Lent’s top five climate deals and milestones. For more, check out Capital for Climate's Newsletter and sign up for their NbS investment platform. (https://lnkd.in/eTH-m4Rn)  (https://lnkd.in/d-mBnekj)