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Clean technology start-ups vie for new $50,000 prize

Clean technology start-ups vie for new $50,000 prize

31 March 2021

31 March, 2021 – A huge $50,000 development grant, has just been announced for this year’s national ClimateLaunchpad competition, and cleantech start-ups using emerging technology across Australia are encouraged to enter.

ClimateLaunchpad is the world’s biggest cleantech and green business …

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Applications now open for world’s biggest green business ideas competition

Applications now open for world’s biggest green business ideas competition

9 March 2021

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 …

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How to net zero – policy vs tech

How to net zero – policy vs tech

9 February 2021

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 …

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A record year for Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements

A record year for Corporate Renewable Power Purchase Agreements

3 December 2020

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 …

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Climate-KIC Australia appoints a new board chair and two new board members

Climate-KIC Australia appoints a new board chair and two new board members

24 November 2020

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 …

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Fortescue, Cbus and Aurecon are the latest to join Australian industry initiative set up to tackle supply chain emissions

Fortescue, Cbus and Aurecon are the latest to join Australian industry initiative set up to tackle supply chain emissions

23 November 2020

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 …

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New report surfaces fundamental impasse in climate adaptation finance gap

New report surfaces fundamental impasse in climate adaptation finance gap

23 November 2020

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

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Climate-KIC Australia releases Impact Report for 2019-20

Climate-KIC Australia releases Impact Report for 2019-20

20 November 2020

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

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Australia wins big in the ClimateLaunchpad Global Grand Final

Australia wins big in the ClimateLaunchpad Global Grand Final

2 October 2020

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 …

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Aussie cleantech start-up wins place at prestigious EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator

Aussie cleantech start-up wins place at prestigious EIT Climate-KIC Accelerator

18 September 2020

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

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