Let’s not jerk around (on solar panels, wind, and batteries). We need to urgently invest in and scale up early-stage energy technologies if we are going to halve global emissions by 2030. This will require a massive effort to fund hundreds of commercial demonstration projects.– Bill Gates, Breakthrough Energy Ventures Read more…
The U.S. is on the verge of making a historic investment in clean technologies through the Build Back Better Act and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. If the Congress passes these bills, the United States will be at the vanguard of powering a clean industrial revolution. To realize this version of Read more…
USA TODAY Climate Scientists Reach ‘Unequivocal’ Consensus on Human-Made Warming in Landmark Report The first major assessment from the UN-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in nearly a decade sees no end to rising temperatures before 2050. An epochal new report from the world’s top climate scientists warns that the planet will Read more…
Endangering our flora and fauna, one PV panel at a time – Smart Energy, June 2021 “How far are we willing to go in order to ensure the green energy transition? How many species and virgin lands are we willing to endanger in order to achieve our universal climate goals Read more…
February 18, 2019 by stopthesethings When the world’s richest entrepreneur says wind and solar will never work, it’s probably time to listen. Bill Gates made a fortune applying common sense to the untapped market of home computing. The meme has it that IBM’s CEO believed there was only a market Read more…
Strategic Committee Member, Prof. Tatsuo Masuda, presents on the economic and financial impact of COVID- 19. He is Permanent Member, World Federation of Scientists. Investment in environmental technologies for a green and resilient recovery. There are clear connections between COVID-19 and the climate crisis. Climate change increases the likelihood of Read more…
Prof. Tatsuo Masuda features on Japan’s major media outlet, Asahi, calling for The Energy Decarbonisation Revolution highlighting the critical role of next generation technologies to spur radical net-zero emissions.
RiskMinds 2019 – World’s leading risk management event. Manage emerging risks. Embrace technology. Challenge culture. (Learn more) Elion House CTO/CIO, Benjamin Khoo, made a keynote speech on the impact of climate-related risks and intensifying regulations on global investment portfolios. The 3 day conference in Hong Kong was attended by global Read more…
CEO/CIO, Benjamin Khoo, moderates a panel of institutional investors including Swiss Re, Peak Re, and IFC’s Asia Chief Investment Officer who estimates clean energy to be a $20 trillion opportunity. The panel highlighted a global trend by institutional investors who control around $90 trillion to decarbonise their portfolios away from fossil fuel investments Read more…