WORKWEEK

Firstly, if you’re a bit confused about all the different IPCC reports, you’re not alone. There was a highly covered IPCC report release last year. And another earlier this year already. And now there’s a third one! Aren’t IPCC reports released on a 6-7 year cycle? Why have there been three in the past year?  The…

What’s up:  Russia invaded Ukraine, shocking most of the world and even expert analysts, in whose estimation Putin was mainly posturing.  A ton has happened since. As far as climate tech is concerned, the things I’ve most keenly been watching are countries’ short-term responses and medium-term plans. For countries dependent on Russian oil & gas…

In one of my popular newsletters this quarter (sent on 3/1; based on total open ratio), I wrote: It took Russian aggression going from warm to hot for Western Europe to get serious about de-Russifying their energy sources. It’s important that the trend reaches beyond just diversifying where countries get their natural gas, however. Climate…

If you cannot measure it, you cannot improve it. – Lord Kelvin Two newsletters in a row feature this quote. This email is about Greenpixie, a company whose mission is to lead the world to digital sustainability.  And their CEO, John Ridd, is the one who actually put me on to the quote above, as it’s…

It’s official. It’s been in the works for a while – yesterday the SEC approved a new proposal that will require publicly traded companies in the U.S. to disclose significantly more data on their operations’ climate impact. Specifically, the proposal, if it goes through as it stands, will require companies from Apple to Ralph Lauren to report their…