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We have our winners! #climanowspotlight 🎉 Yesterday was the night where our 7 finalists presented their idea live on stage in front of the jury and the audience. A big round of applause goes to all the project initiators who presented their project with so much energy and passion. 👏 The jury had to choose and we are happy about: 🥇 1𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: YOALIN provides Interrail Global Passes to up to 150 young people (18-27) each year, enabling them to explore the Alps using climate-friendly public transport. Participants join a growing community and share sustainable travel tips and ideas. CIPRA Caroline Begle 🥈 2𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: Cirkel Supply offers premium ski wear rentals, delivered directly to your hotel, reducing waste from rarely used gear. Partnering with hotels and local businesses, they ensure tourists know about their offer upon arrival. Anna Smoothy Anders Bergenstrand 🥉 3𝐫𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞: natourli promotes climate protection by offering sustainable nature experiences. They build simple wooden shelters in natural locations, allowing travelers to spend the night in harmony with nature. Olivia Gähwiler Pirmin Bütler 💛 𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 - spontaneously sponsored by 𝐒𝐭. 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐳! Thank you Christian Jott Jenny 🙌: Twiliner - Night Bus Lines for Europe to the Alps offers a convenient and eco-friendly travel solution for holidays in the Alps. Instead of flying or driving, tourists can travel comfortably by bus, including their bulky luggage. Ivan Mele Luca Bortolani #Charles We look back on a successful evening and are looking forward to the next steps of the projects! We would like to take this opportunity to once again thank our partners Patagonia, Graubünden Ferien and BKW AG, who helped to shape and support Clima Now Spotlight 2024 in order to make tourism in the Alps more sustainable. 🏔️ Vanessa Rueber Marc Zuberbühler Martina Hollenstein Stadler Corinna Fröschke Sandy Lanz Thank you to our jury: Beth Thoren Martina Hollenstein Stadler Regula Adank (- Bärtschi) Nicholas Bornstein Protect Our Winters Switzerland Carmen Carfora Andermatt Swiss Alps Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG Franziska Heidenreich Martin Meili

We teamed up again with our partner Inyova Impact Investing! 🤝 Join us for a webinar on 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 & 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥. 💰 Tillmann Lang and Carmen Naida Ibrahim from Inyova and Clima Now's Nathalie Moral and Marco Schneider will talk about how money can work both for profit and the planet. 🌏 Learn how both retail and venture capital investing can contribute to tangible climate action. 🌏 Gain insights into our impact investing strategy 🌏 Discover how Inyova and Clima Now choose the most impactful projects and startups. 🌏 Find out how you can build a balanced portfolio that benefits both your finances and the planet with Inyova 🗓️ Date: Wednesday, 23 October 2024 ENGLISH 🕔 Time: 12:30 PM 👉 Register here for the event: https://lnkd.in/eZhMddEd #impactinvesting #climateaction #entrepreneurship Nathalie Moral Marco Schneider Maurin Rüegg Tillmann Lang Carmen Naida Ibrahim Claudia P. Anna Alexandra Staubli Corinne Graessle Martin Meili Daniel Meili Ruedi Gerber Franziska Heidenreich

Meet our new team member: Corinne Graessle! ✨ Corinne brings extensive experience as a climate and energy policy expert. At Migros-Pionierfonds, she built a funding portfolio focused on sustainable business and previously worked at WWF Switzerland. With expertise in transformation design, systems thinking, and project management, she is well-equipped to contribute to Clima Now’s mission. 🎯 At Clima Now, Corinne will lead our Policy & Advocacy strategy, working to create future-focused climate policies that can gain broad support. Be prepared to see more of her and Anna Alexandra Staublis work in the coming months! Welcome, Corinne! We’re excited to have you on board! 🙌 #TeamClimaNow #ClimateAction #PolicyAndAdvocacy

With #climanowspotlight, we shine the light this year on ideas that pave the way to a sustainable future in the mountain region, focussing on tourism. We called all changemakers to hand in their ideas on: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟? And here they are, our 7 finalists for the Pitch Night: ⛺️ natourli promotes climate protection by offering sustainable nature experiences. They build simple wooden shelters in natural locations, allowing travelers to spend the night in harmony with nature. 🎿 Cirkel Supply Co. offers premium ski wear rentals, delivered directly to your hotel, reducing waste from rarely used gear. They deliver directly to the customer's preferred location and pick it up afterward. Partnering with hotels and local businesses, they ensure tourists know about their offer upon arrival. 🚞 YOALIN provides Interrail Global Passes to up to 150 young people (18-27) each year, enabling them to explore the Alps using climate-friendly public transport. Participants join a growing community and share sustainable travel tips and ideas. 🎶 PALP promotes cultural tourism in mountain regions through eco-friendly events that support the circular economy and local, seasonal gastronomy. 🏔️ Alpine Regenerative Hubs help tourism stakeholders transition to nature-positive practices through data-driven tools, regenerative travel experiences, and environmental impact assessments. 📲 Localiti creates sustainable, regional tourism itineraries through an interactive web-based map, highlighting local heritage, geography, and knowledge for visitors. 🚌 Twiliner - Night Bus Lines for Europe to the Alps offers a convenient and eco-friendly travel solution for holidays in the Alps. Instead of flying or driving, tourists can travel comfortably by bus, including their bulky luggage. These 7 were the ones with most votes in the Public Voting that decided which projects from the Wall of Fame will step into the spotlight. We, along with the jury, can't wait to see them pitch their ideas on stage and compete for a chance to win up to CHF 50,000. Next up: Pitch Night on October 24th! ✨ #pitchnight #futuretourism #climateaction Patagonia Graubünden Ferien BKW AG Impact Hub Zürich One Planet Lab Schweiz Nathalie Moral Anna Alexandra Staubli Marco Schneider Maurin Rüegg Claudia P. Martin Meili Daniel Meili Franziska Heidenreich Ruedi Gerber Martina Hollenstein Stadler Vanessa Rueber Beth Thoren Marc Zuberbühler Sandy Lanz Regula Adank (- Bärtschi) Lara Mogge Laurène Descamps Protect Our Winters Switzerland Nicholas Bornstein Carmen Carfora Andermatt Swiss Alps Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG

🚀 Our portfolio company Planeteers is among the selected ventures to receive Frontier Climate's $4.5M of carbon removal pre-purchases! 🌍🌊 This marks an great step forward for the carbon removal industry, highlighting the growing demand for robust #CDR solutions that integrate into large-scale industries. 🎉 Planeteers is one of three companies in Germany and one of only three within the OAE sector worldwide to have received the contract from Shopify and Stripe as part of the Frontier Climate community. They have been awarded $0.5M in pre-purchases. This is another fantastic milestone for Planeteers! 👏 Congratulations to the team: Florian Brinkmann, Florian Birner, Frank Rattey, and Jens Hartmann! We are happy to be on this journey with you! 💫 Nathalie Moral Marco Schneider Maurin Rüegg BonVenture Energie 360° Anna Alexandra Staubli Claudia P. #CarbonRemoval #ClimateAction #ImpactInvesting #Frontier

Next week, Malmö goes climate tech! ♻ Investors, founders and scientists meet at the The Drop conference, and we are going to be there, too. 🗓️ Monday & Tuesday, September 16-17 📍 Malmö, Sweden If you want to say hi, reach out to Nathalie Moral and Marco Schneider 👋

🎉 Congratulations, Planeteers! 🏆 Our latest investment Planeteers won the 𝐇𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 2024 in the start-up category! The award recognises companies that combine entrepreneurial success with social responsibility. Founded in 2022, Planeteers received its funding this summer and is already making waves with its impactful work. We are proud to be part of this journey and were honored to witness your success firsthand yesterday. Here’s to many more milestones ahead! 🚀 More about Planeteers: https://lnkd.in/etYxR_YR. #Entrepreneurship #Sustainability #Impact #Startups Nathalie Moral Marco Schneider Florian Birner Frank Rattey Florian Brinkmann BonVenture Energie 360° Maurin Rüegg Anna Alexandra Staubli Claudia P. Martin Meili Tina Dreimann Dirk Muench

As part of their Biodiversity Weeks, Inyova Impact Investing invited us to talk about how we can all make a difference individually. 🌱 Inyova offers various investment solutions to drive the green transformation in Europe. Clima Now believes in solutions and promotes them through startup investments, but also through #climanowspotlight with the call for ideas and public voting. 🤝 We're excited to bring together our communities and talk about how you can make real impact. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 2 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 11. What to Expect: 🔵 We give a look behind the scenes of the Spotlight process and why we chose the focus on the Alps 🔵 Discover how to drive change through green project investments with Inyova. 👉 Register here for the event: 🗓️ Date: Thursday, 11 September 2024 ENGLISH 🕔 Time: 5:00 PM (CET): https://lnkd.in/ex9J5m4x GERMAN 🕔 Time: 6:00 PM (CET): https://lnkd.in/eS4AZeus Carmen Naida Ibrahim Claudia P. Nathalie Moral Marco Schneider Maurin Rüegg Anna Alexandra Staubli Tillmann Lang

🔔 Now, it’s your turn: Help us decide who takes the next step into the #climanowspotlight! We’ve been on the lookout for innovative ideas on: 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐥𝐩𝐬 𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟? 🏔 We’ve gathered 15 visionary projects, each offering a unique approach to sustainable tourism in the Alpine region. 👉 Now, it’s up to you! Cast up to 3 votes for the projects you want to see on stage for a chance to win exciting prizes. You can also enter our raffle to win a Patagonia down jacket, a duffle bag, or a stay at the only hut in the Swiss National Park in #Graubünden. 🗳️ Public Voting is open until September 16th on our website: https://lnkd.in/eh9ivmgU. #futuretourism #climateaction #publicvoting Patagonia Graubünden Ferien BKW AG Impact Hub Zürich One Planet Lab Schweiz Nathalie Moral Anna Alexandra Staubli Marco Schneider Maurin Rüegg Claudia P. Martin Meili Daniel Meili Franziska Heidenreich Ruedi Gerber Martina Hollenstein Stadler Vanessa Rueber Beth Thoren Marc Zuberbühler Sandy Lanz Corinna Fröschke Regula Adank (- Bärtschi) Eliane Albrecht Lara Mogge Laurène Descamps Eva Aschwanden Protect Our Winters Switzerland Nicholas Bornstein Carmen Carfora Andermatt Swiss Alps Andermatt-Sedrun Sport AG natourli MYBLUEPLANET Arosa Tourismus Systemic Cycles Twiliner - Night Bus Lines for Europe Cirkel Supply Co. Sébastien Olesen

With the energy transition, energy storage is becoming essential for decarbonizing the electricity sector. In our Deep Dive, we explore Long-Duration Energy Storage (LDES) and how it tackles the challenges of integrating renewable energy, ensuring sustainable power delivery over extended periods. 🍃 Discover the various emerging LDES technologies, their potential applications, and the key requirements for their long-term success. This is not only a compelling opportunity for investors but also a crucial area for government focus. ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eWWJZr4r Our next #deepdive will be published next week. By subscribing to our monthly newsletter, you receive it directly to your inbox 📬 https://lnkd.in/eK9vQWCd #EnergyTransition #LDES #SustainableEnergy #RenewableEnergy #Decarbonization Maurin Rüegg Marco Schneider Nathalie Moral Anna Alexandra Staubli Claudia P.