The Climate CEO Coach — I post on startups, finance, productivity, mindfulness — Investor, founder, board member, professor, podcaster, newsletter author, "monk"
Did you miss Climate Week NYC? If so, here are 6 of my insights from 45 hours and 18 miles of networking. :) 👇 First, it was great to meet many of you readers of my Entrepreneurs for Impact newsletter while in NYC — Daniel, Peter, Ed, Cindy, Jane, and so many more! 🙏 OK, here is a super short version of my much longer notes: #1 The enthusiasm around climate tech startups and investment this year was 20x the power and density of last year. Next year, I’ll probably attend all five days. #2 “The era of the climate scientist is over. It’s now the era of the climate storyteller and climate salesman.” — Provocative! While not entirely true, the last half is. To mainstream this stuff, we all need to use more stories and talk of co-benefits (e.g., jobs, health) versus relying on data and a climate focus alone. #3 “95% of all GHG emissions between now and 2100 will come from outside the U.S.” — While the U.S. is a big player and our actions have ripple effects beyond our borders, the real work is to be done overseas. Thanks to friends like Nicole Poindexter, CEO at Energicity, who are blazing this trail. #4 “We’re lucky to be alive now in order to have a fighting chance to reverse the worst of climate change.” — As daunting as it can feel sometimes to do this hard work right now, it would be much worse to fast forward 50 years where our ability to make changes was smaller and even harder. #5 “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) proposes that Adoption Readiness Levels (ARL) should be a new measure to complement Technology Readiness Levels (TRL) metrics.” — Good idea. Once a project achieves TRL 9 (top of the scale for new tech), it’s not yet bankable at scale for project financiers. #6 Just Climate, a $1.5B private equity fund by Generation Investment Management, will focus on industrial climate solutions and have 100% of its fund manager profit share (aka, carried interest, promote) tied to hitting climate metrics, not just financial metrics.” — This is huge and should make all fund managers quiver. Thanks for sharing Colin le Duc! -- ⭐ If you liked this, then check out my 2-minute weekly newsletter on climate, startups, productivity, and leadership via Entrepreneurs for Impact -- https://lnkd.in/gpzAhjkP #climatetech #podcast #startups #entrepreneurship #entrepreneurs #cleantech #vc #sustainablefinance #impinv #esg #esginvesting #leadership
Crystal Collins
11mo
#2 is too real. Chris Wedding. Thanks for the quick and dirty. For those who aren't following his newsletter, I recommend it!
Katherine Williford
12mo
Hope Mills Voelkel - #2!
Chanda Thakur, MBA
12mo
#5 is such a good idea!
Partner, 103 Ventures
12moLove this and especially the adoption readiness levels. I’ve long thought the TRLs stop 3 levels too short in order to be properly embedded into market and even drafted a set way back when. Will definitely take a look at this.