ClimateLaunchpad is looking for emerging startups with innovative ideas to combat climate change. Sydney, 8 March 2021 – Applications are now open for ClimateLaunchpad, the world’s biggest cleantech and green business ideas competition. Aimed at researchers, students and new startups and anyone else with an innovative business idea, ClimateLaunchpad is set up to help aspiring …
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Finally, some good news. With the vaccine rollout on the near horizon and the economy trending upwards, it feels like we can all take a breath, take a break from doom scrolling, and start thinking (again) about our collective future on this planet. And it’s well and truly time. The World Economic Forum’s recent Global Risks …
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December 3 2020, Sydney – The Business Renewable Centre Australia’s annual State of the Market report has found 2020 will be a record year for Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements (Corporate PPAs) in Australia, with governments and businesses investing $2.4B and buying over 1,000 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy. Under Corporate PPAs, governments and businesses agree …
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Sydney, November 24, 2020 – Climate-KIC Australia is pleased to announce that three new members are joining its Board of Directors, including a new Board Chairperson, Dominic McGann. With rich expertise across policy, research and private industry, the new Board members bring years of experience and leadership to help catalyse climate action in Australia through …
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November 23 2020, Melbourne – Mining company Fortescue Metals Group, industry superfund Cbus and professional services firm Aurecon are the most recent companies to sign on to the Australian Industry Energy Transitions Initiative. The initiative is a collaborative effort for industry and business leaders to collectively learn, develop research and take actions that move broader …
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19 November 2020, Sydney – The Adaptation Finance Gap is real. Although governments and the finance sector alike recognise the opportunity in creating more resilient regions and cities, a lack of tangible financial flows into adaptation projects persists. A new report from Climate-KIC Australia explains why this gap is so intransigent and hence, how to …
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20 November 2020, Sydney – 2020 has been unprecedented. Off the back of catastrophic bushfires that devastated large tracts of Australia’s east coast, we have been thrown headfirst into a global pandemic the likes of which we haven’t seen in over a century. Over this past year, and despite the unprecedented disruption of a global …
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October 2 2020, Amsterdam – More than 3,000 entrepreneurs from 56 countries participated in the ClimateLaunchpad 2020. This year’s global climate competition took place online from 30 September to 2 October. Two Australian start-ups, Elevenstore and Localcycle, made it to the final round of the competition, securing themselves a spot in the coveted EIT Climate-KIC …
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Friday September 18 – For the first time, an Australian ClimateLaunchpad entry has made it through to the EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator, by winning the Southeast Asian final of the world’s biggest cleantech competition. Elevenstore, an all-female entry from Melbourne, won the ClimateLaunchpad Southeast Asia and Oceania final on Friday night, moving into the semi final and …
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Sydney, September 14th, 2020 – An Australian-first collaboration between climate scientists, insurers and the finance sector has produced new guidance for assessing the physical risks – such as tropical cyclones, bushfires and floods – of climate change to homes, buildings and critical infrastructure. The Climate Measurement Standards Initiative (CMSI) has developed a set of open-source …
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