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Real estate owners and occupiers: are you overwhelmed 😨 by the various innovation levers to pull on your decarb journey? Sales teams are calling everyday talking about their innovation and how it will not only save the world but generate returns to your business. And while these options seem appealing, you don't want your organization to be the lab rat🐁, and how can you be sure that you've picked the right horse 🐎 or even are operating from a complete list of horses 🐴 🐴 🐴? One misstep in picking a climate innovation that doesn't fulfill its promise could mean that you lose the license internally to advance other strategies. 😭 Our Deloitte GreenSpace team can help you better understand the broader ecosystem of players and ultimately, help you pick the best solution at the right time ⏰ for your business. Whether you seek to be on the leading edge of built environment sustainability or you want to be a fast follower, sober and thorough due diligence is vital. Let us help you scope your priorities and give you the necessary information to get going! 📲 https://lnkd.in/ezfn-mQ6

There are 784 Israeli companies developing technologies or products addressing climate challenges, according to the “Climate Technologies in Israel – 2023 Status Report” released by the Israel Innovation Authority and PLANETech - Climate Change Technologies, a joint initiative of the Israeli Innovation Institute and the Consensus Business Group of Vincent Cheng. The report found that the number of climate-focused startups increased by 13 percent in the past year. Learn more: https://bit.ly/46U5lOI

We’ve supported market-leading corporations in their successful climate innovation initiatives. This wouldn’t have been possible without understanding the latest climate innovations. 👇 Thus, we mapped the top 10 funded European startups for each of our 5 Pioneers.Climate areas of sustainable innovation. Here a preview of the full map: 1. Clean Energy and Electrification  Aira HH2E  Voltan Lähienergia 2. Resources and Circularity Woola Cling Systems YASAI 3. Green H2 and Clean Molecules NovaMea Nium Eternal Power GmbH 4. Greenhouse Gas Management  BeZero Carbon  Carbonfuture Dioxycle   5. Green Living and Mobility ecoplanet Monta Predium Want the full map with 50 cutting-edge startups in the climate space? ✉️ 𝗗𝗠 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 “𝗖𝗟𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗘” 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲. #climateinnovation #sustainability #climatetech #innovation Keen on diving deeper into Climate Innovation? 👉 Download Pioneers.io’s latest Climate Tech Landscape Report: https://lnkd.in/dMEK4CHh

"We must do more than sustain. We must thrive." - Jed Anderson, Environmental Futurist & CEO of EnviroAI Read why my vision is higher than life merely sustaining itself at this link: https://lnkd.in/gCi6Z7gU And come see our progress at building "Environmental Thriving Technology" at www.enviro.ai

How new investments and innovation in green tech are addressing climate … Vinod Khosla, founder of Khosla Ventures, Sara Menker, founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence, and Arcady Sosinov, founder and CEO of FreeWire Technologies, join Washington Post Live to discuss the role of technology in creating opportunities for a greener future.

Innovation is on a downward trend for Dutch companies, with explorative activities reaching a record low, indicating a retreat from new products and market exploration. Climate ambitions for 2030 have also fallen. Professor Henk W. Volberda, who leads the research for the Dutch Innovation Monitor, has pointed out that major changes in the economy are making it challenging for Dutch companies to achieve their climate goals. Read more via the link in the comments. #dutcheconomy #innovation #climateambitions

After plenty of positive feedback on our initiative here on LinkedIn, we decided to bring the project to the next level. In exactly three months from today, we will host the ADAPT YOUR WORLD 2024, the 1st venture conference on Climate Adaptation to accelerate the deployment of solutions for a climate-resilient future. It will take place in Munich on the 25th of April. Stay tuned for further information on the location and program. 👉 For now, we kindly ask you to save the date. :) Joanna Eyquem PGeo. ENV SP. CWEM. CEnv., Greg Zavorotniy, Sebastian Frech, Yvonne B. E., Jochen Hauff, Stefano Cruccu, Ben Hart, Richard Delevan, Claire Brady, VentureCapital Magazin, Olaf Günther, David Hunt, Ivonne Briceño, Doerte Hirschberg, Felix Ferstl, Nicola Meyer, Simone Riebel-Adam, Dr. Erwin Stahl, Julien Fredonie, Yair Reem, Eshel Lipman, Colin le Duc, Dr. Carolin Althoff, Joško Bobanović, Lisa Liu, Jil Lindau, CFA ESG, Christian Reitberger, Patrick S. Schloter, Chris Sacca, Julián Ucrós 🚗⚡️🌎, Carol Cueva Camacho, Luke Mills, Martin Schwab, Dr. Terhi (TJ) Vapola, Tom Pakenham, Arye Shabtai, Alan MacLeod FRSA FICRS MEI, Christopher Burghardt, Claire Curry, Yingxi Chen #climateadaptation #climateresilience #desalination #reflectivecoatings #floodprevention #foodsecurity #soilhealth #climatetech #climatejustice #wildfireprevention #adaptationgap #regenerativeagriculture #biodiversity #adaptayourworld

I was absolutely stoked to hear from McDonough Innovation's legendary William McDonough during this first week of the Climatebase Fellowship! What an inspiration for all of the fellows passionate about #climatesolutions. Some top takeaways and quotes: 🌎 "Nature wants to be celebrated for what it is, not taken for the single-use sources we use it for." Nature doesn't have natural resources--it has sources. It's our jobs as humans to turn them into perpetual resources so we can use them over and over again without having to go back to nature to take the sources. 🌎 "Being less bad is not being good." If you think about it, net zero goals (while noble and worth having) work toward a state that is "less bad," or a world that is less unsafe, unhealthy, unjust, polluted, driven economically. However, eco-effective goals suggests actions toward being *more good*, or a world that is delightfully diverse, safe, healthy and just world--with clean air, soil, water and power--economically, equitably, ecologically and elegantly enjoyed. 🌎 "Design at all scales. Think galactically and act molecularly as opposed to think globally and act locally." McDonough's right--as a human race, we're operating at such an impressive level and awesome, unprecedented access to scientific advancements. We have the power to be highly intentional in our designs toward a better planet. 

We need a climate for change. People and the ecosystems we live in, in this Digital Age, have great capabilities to improve and sustain the quality of life for all. If we, public, private and otherwise, interact and team up. As we face and urgently need to deal with many societal challenges, we need a climate for change. This new, open access book is quite relevant, to start understanding how to address various Societal Challenges in a multimodal and intermodal manner: Automated Vehicles as a Game Changer for Sustainable Mobility (and Logistics), published by Springer Nature: https://lnkd.in/e5yW6S6s What are the benefits, which are the challenges to achieve those, and how to get the right stakeholders onboard and ecosystems, infrastructures, values and interests aligned? Congratulations on the editors, in particular Guy Fournier, Adriaan Boos, Dimitri Konstantas and Danielle Attias, as well as the other contributors to this book. I am honored to have been requested and able to write one of forewords, where I elaborate on The Five Ts: Transparency, Trust, Teamwork, Try & Transform. I welcome you to enjoy reading this - free - publication, use its valuable content, and join an ever-increasing community that is determined to foster the climate for change and focus on making the difference, for the short, mid and long term, whether local, regional, global or otherwise. #TypicallyArthurArthur's Legal, Strategies & Systems, ULTIMO project, Avenue Project, #InstituteForFutureOfLiving & #Flyve

Curious about how we can tackle complex #sustainability challenges while engaging in an interactive and enjoyable way? 🌱   Recently, some #BCGVienna office colleagues and I participated in BCG's ‘Roads to Net Zero’ workshop, organized and facilitated by our BCG Vienna #GreenTeam. This serious game, developed by BCG, explores #NetZero pathways for all major economic sectors through a challenging #climate puzzle. ♻️   We use this interactive tool to initiate discussions and enhance our understanding of the sustainability issues facing various sectors. The workshop focuses on the drivers of emissions, the technical and behavioral levers to reduce them, and the planetary bottlenecks we encounter. 🌍 In line with the educational approach of #ClimateFresk, we continue to deepen our knowledge of existing levers and their complementarity. 📚   A big thank you to our Paris colleagues for creating this outstanding game. At BCG, we are committed to deepening our knowledge on this critical topic through such innovative workshops. 🚀   #BCGinAustria #BCGinCentralEurope #ClimateAction