Question - will the CSRD help us address all these nine boundaries? Where in the economy is there the greatest need to implement a framework like the one described below - where other frameworks can't reach? Fredrik Moberg any thoughts?
Co-Director Albaeco and researcher/comms advisor at Stockholm Resilience Centre
How can the planetary boundaries framework be applied to businesses? Downscaling the global framework to the scale of a company and assess its whole value chain’s impact on all nine boundary processes is, to say the least, a complicated endeavor. Lack of specific and reliable data is still a problem. But even though it is difficult to come up with exact numbers, it is better to be ‘generally right’ than ‘precisely wrong,’ I argue in this piece from Suston Magazine: https://lnkd.in/gHzKJaKY
That's exactly the question I'm thinking a lot about right now... My thinking is that the CSRD/ESRS and all the datapoints/requirements for disclosure could in the best of all possible worlds actually help ambitious companies to address most, if not all, PBs in a constructive and comprehensible way. But the jury is still out...
How can the planetary boundaries framework be applied to businesses? Downscaling the global framework to the scale of a company and assess its whole value chain’s impact on all nine boundary processes is, to say the least, a complicated endeavor. Lack of specific and reliable data is still a problem. But even though it is difficult to come up with exact numbers, it is better to be ‘generally right’ than ‘precisely wrong,’ I argue in this piece from Suston Magazine: https://lnkd.in/gHzKJaKY
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SCIENCE FEATURE: Using an adaptation pathways approach to explore the solution space and accelerate adaptation
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is experiencing continual and often rapid change, making it challenging to predict and prepare for the future. Traditional data and models are no longer adequate to foresee future conditions, and this uncertainty cannot be resolved by simply gathering more data. Decision-making becomes complex when stakeholders hold differing views on the consequences of actions.
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SCIENCE FEATURE: Using an adaptation pathways approach to explore the solution space and accelerate adaptation
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is experiencing continual and often rapid change, making it challenging to predict and prepare for the future. Traditional data and models are no longer adequate to foresee future conditions, and this uncertainty cannot be resolved by simply gathering more data. Decision-making becomes complex when stakeholders hold differing views on the consequences of actions.
#Decisionmakingunderdeepuncertainty#Structureddecisionmaking
Some may find this useful in the early climate tech business. Right now, we have a grand London Climate Action Week on #LCAW2024, including the Breakthrough Energy Summit 2024, a Bill Gates-run climate tech accelerator catalyzing climate tech to reduce emissions.
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#Foresight50: As extreme weather events become more frequent, billions are being spent on damage repairs. With project finance emerging as the main source of funding, innovative risk management is crucial to unlocking large-scale capital for cleantech deployment.
In today’s session, Expediting and Scaling Climate Tech Deployment for Industrial Decarbonization, Maryam Golnaraghi, Ph.D. from The Geneva Association shared insights on a groundbreaking "Insurability Readiness Framework" that’s reshaping how we approach climate tech funding.
This innovative model is gaining traction with major players like the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Breakthrough Energy , and it promises to be a game-changer for industrial decarbonization.
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📉 global #equity funding into climate tech declines for the second consecutive year (no surprise there😓)
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Keep grinding through, there is #hope ahead! And never more certain: the world needs to see more climate tech solutions scale 🌎 Thanks for sharing your insights, fellow #Tundra#mentorPia Erkinheimo - I look forward to sharing past experiences of scaling a cleantech startup together later this week 🤝
It’s fascinating—but not surprising—to see that investment in climate tech targeting the built environment lags behind other sectors, out of sync with its share of emissions.
The chart below, from PwC’s "State of Climate Tech 2024," highlights this emissions-funding mismatch: while the built environment contributes substantially to global emissions, it receives only a fraction of the investment seen in mobility or energy.
Scaling climate tech in real estate is challenging due to fragmented ownership, long investment cycles, high upfront costs, and misaligned incentives between stakeholders. Success requires aligning business models, leveraging partnerships, and creating solutions that deliver measurable ROI while addressing the industry’s risk-averse, slow moving nature.
There is immense potential for innovation in real estate, such as scaling energy-efficient retrofits, electrifying fossil-based systems, deploying renewable energy, and integrating smart technologies to cut emissions and reduce operating costs. To close the funding gap, stakeholders need to prioritize pilot projects, leverage performance-based financing models, and align incentives to accelerate adoption at scale.
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Scaling smart building software since 2011 | Trusted diligence advisor to leading investors and acquirers | Expert in IOT, facility management, energy
As most of our readers know, we cover a lot of transaction activity in our newsletter - and just saw a good graphic from PwC that summarizes ONE of the challenges in the market...
This is from the "State of Climate Tech 2024" - I had noticed this trend generally, but the data here is much better than my "sense" or "intuition"
That said - there are MANY other reasons that I think built environment climate tech is not being funding in line with the opportunity (on an emissions basis).
I'm going to continue to share my insights and analysis - in addition to continuing to report on the state of the market!
Thanks for the reference Thomas Kay !
Co-Director Albaeco and researcher/comms advisor at Stockholm Resilience Centre
10moThat's exactly the question I'm thinking a lot about right now... My thinking is that the CSRD/ESRS and all the datapoints/requirements for disclosure could in the best of all possible worlds actually help ambitious companies to address most, if not all, PBs in a constructive and comprehensible way. But the jury is still out...