(Reference Materials, Case Studies, Reports, White Papers)
The internet is literally full of great articles on climate tech and the climate mitigation problem. Below are only some that we found as being very helpful in our work.
Closing the net-zero financing
“The transformation of the global economy needed to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 would be universal and significant, requiring $9.2 trillion in annual average spending on physical assets, according to McKinsey Global Institute research. The decarbonization and growth of green businesses and technologies requires an unprecedented shift in how the world allocates capital.”
What would it take to scale critical climate technologies
“Our analysis suggests that, collectively, 12 categories of climate technologies could potentially reduce as much as 90 percent of total man-made greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions if deployed at scale“
Addition for CO2 subtraction
“To meet 2050 net-zero goals, as much as $16 trillion in cumulative investment in CO2 removal may be needed—but investment so far is only $5 billion to $13 billion. The gap between expected investment and what is need by the end of this decade to achieve 2050 targets is $400 billion to $1.6 trillion.”
Funds Committed
Across the world it is as yet only a small amount of funds committed; in simple terms the world needs $100B committed per annum—we see announcements speaking of $100M or $3B being heralded as the biggest.
Thus… a different level of muscle is required.
Yield superior on ClimateTech
deployment
Conventional wisdom has had it that investment returns and yields have been superior in traditional technologies and dirty industries. There is evidence to suggest the industry has reached an inflection point.
Climate-positive yields can be superior.
