LA wildfires push California’s insurance market to the brink
Editor’s Note: This article was co-published with Climate Proof, a publication on climate adaptation tech and policy. Los Angeles is burning, as it has been …
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Finding impact alpha in climate: Betting on the low-carbon transition, against the odds
If not a miracle, it’s going to take something close to reach what scientists say is a crucial milestone for climate action by …
Amazon and Google pre-purchase nuclear energy to kickstart ‘small modular reactors’
Big Tech is going all-in on nuclear power. This week, Amazon inked new agreements to build small-scale nuclear reactors known as SMRs to …
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After Helene, climate insurance models look to close the ‘disaster protection gap’
With Hurricane Helene’s damage estimates as high as $160 billion, US homeowners and municipalities face an increasingly stark reality: Traditional insurance models are …
Easing the way for asset owners to scale climate finance
Asset owners want to invest in climate solutions, but capital markets need to make it easier to do so, a new report from S2G Ventures says.
Green bank and community lending plans shift into high gear with release of $27 billion in federal climate grants
As the EPA releases $27 billion in grants to jumpstart America’s green transition, it’s creating hurdles and challenges for lender and project developers.
Low-carbon cement and solar-powered steam startups tackle decarbonization with new funding
Heavy industry, such as steel, aluminum, cement and chemical manufacturing, makes up a quarter of US emissions, and 20% of global emissions. Those industrial processes, which rely on high heat generated by fossil fuels, are notoriously difficult to decarbonize. But clean tech startups Cambridge Electrical Cement and GlassPoint are making headway.
US SIF President Maria Lettini and Mamadou-Abou Sarr of V-Square Quantitative.
As the vibe shifts, Agents of Impact ask: What do we do now?
Impact investors have growing concerns over the coordinated, conservative attacks on environmental, social and governance, or ESG, factors, as well as diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI.
AeroShield Materials lands $14.5 million for energy-saving windows and doors
Startup AeroShield Materials lands $14.5 million “moonshot” grant from DOE for energy-saving windows and doors
A Kenyan farmer uses his phone to access data to help him manage his crops. Source: Mercy Corps
How Web3 can shift power to the climate-vulnerable
Innovative financial services and blockchain/Web3 solutions are a passport to greater climate resilience, writes Scott Onder, Mercy Corps’ chief investment officer
Gregory Landua, co-founder of Regen Network. Photo: Dan Keeler
Building and musing about blockchain-based regenerative finance in Medellin
ImpactAlpha, Oct. 6 – Blockchain eco-warriors descended on Medellin, Colombia last week to stake a claim for the role the technology can play in …