Climate Bridge KNY Weekly News Highlights (August 23, 2024)

Climate Tech Newsletter: Aug 23, 2024

Welcome to last week’s edition of the CBKNY’s Weekly News Highlights.

We bring you the latest updates, insights, and innovations in the world of climate technology. Here's what made headlines last week.

Latest News and Insights

  1. How Hydrogen Could Change the Future of Space Exploration
    August 22, 2024 - CNBC
    https://www.cnbc.com/video/2024/08/22/how-hydrogen-could-change-the-future-of-space-exploration.html


  2. Tingit Is Building a Marketplace for Zero-Effort Repairs, Starting with Fashion
    August 23, 2024 - TechCrunch
    https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/23/tingit-is-building-a-marketplace-for-zero-effort-repairs-starting-with-fashion/


  3. Cache Energy’s Mysterious White Pellets Could Help Kill Coal and Natural Gas
    August 22, 2024 - TechCrunch
    https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/22/cache-energys-mysterious-white-pellets-could-help-kill-coal-and-natural-gas/


  4. Climate Tech VCs Organize for Kamala Harris
    August 22, 2024 - The Wall Street Journal
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/climate-tech-vcs-organize-for-kamala-harris-e964cb93


  5. Life Sciences Investor Bevc Raising $25M Climate Fund
    August 20, 2024 - TechCrunch
    https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/20/life-sciences-investor-bevc-raising-25m-climate-fund/


  6. Northvolt Closes R&D Centre in US
    August 23, 2024 - Sifted
    https://sifted.eu/articles/northvolt-closes-rd-centre-in-us-news


  7. As CO2 Emissions from Supply Chains Come Into Focus, This Startup Is Aiming at Farms
    August 19, 2024 - TechCrunch
    https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/19/as-co2-emissions-from-supply-chains-come-into-focus-this-startup-is-aiming-at-farms/


  8. BNP and CIBC to Lead Financing of Major German Hydrogen Project
    August 21, 2024 - BNN Bloomberg
    https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/investing/commodities/2024/08/21/bnp-and-cibc-to-lead-financing-of-major-german-hydrogen-project/


  9. Inside China’s Climate Strategy: Pioneering DAC Technology, Expanding Carbon Markets
    August 22, 2024 - Climate Insider
    https://climateinsider.com/2024/08/22/inside-chinas-climate-strategy-pioneering-dac-technology-expanding-carbon-markets/


  10. Inside China’s Climate Strategy: Pioneering DAC Technology, Expanding Carbon Markets
    August 22, 2024 - US Department of Energy
    https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDOEOFE/bulletins/3afb446/


  11. Deep Dive: UK Plans to Introduce a Bill to Regulate ESG Rating Agencies
    August 19, 2024 - Climate Insider
    https://climateinsider.com/2024/08/19/deep-dive-uk-plans-to-introduce-a-bill-to-regulate-esg-rating-agencies/


  12. Port Electrification: A New Wave in Shipping
    August 2024 - IEEE Spectrum
    https://spectrum.ieee.org/port-electrification


  13. Enpal Sees Revenue Surge Amid Tech Adoption
    August 2024 - Sifted
    https://sifted.eu/articles/enpal-revenue-tech-latest-news


  14. Charting Texas’s Road to Becoming a Renewable Energy Powerhouse
    August 2024 - Cipher News
    https://www.ciphernews.com/articles/charting-texas-road-to-becoming-a-renewable-energy-powerhouse/


  15. Private Debt Finance for Net-Zero Climate Tech Startups
    August 19, 2024 - UK Tech News
    https://www.uktech.news/opinion/private-debt-finance-net-zero-climate-tech-startups-20240819


  16. Climate Tech Co. Root Global Lands $8.8M, Innovafeed Does Pet Food, Regrow Does Layoffs
    August 2024 - AgFunderNews
    https://agfundernews.com/climate-tech-co-root-global-lands-8-8m-innovafeed-does-pet-food-regrow-does-layoffs


  17. US Leads the Way in Climate Tech Funding as China Falls Behind
    August 2024 - Economic Times
    https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/sustainability/us-leads-the-way-in-climate-tech-funding-as-china-falls-behind/articleshow/112670249.cms


  18. Chiratae Ventures Unveils Third Cohort of Seed Investment Programme
    August 2024 - Economic Times
    https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/funding/chiratae-ventures-unveils-third-cohort-of-seed-investment-programme/articleshow/112679968.cms


  19. Activist in Serbia Receives Death Threats Over Rio Tinto Lithium Mining Protest
    August 22, 2024 - The Guardian
    https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/aug/22/activist-serbia-rio-tinto-lithium-mining-environment-death-threats


  20. Nepal Says China Withholds Essential Info on Bursting Himalayan Glacial Lakes
    August 22, 2024 - Climate Change News
    https://www.climatechangenews.com/2024/08/22/nepal-says-china-withholds-essential-info-on-bursting-himalayan-glacial-lakes/


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