Reading PitchBook's report on Female Founders in the European VC Ecosystem in 2023, and my takeaway so far is that last year women got way less VC money, but did better with it (stronger valuation growth, lower % of down rounds, lower burn rates than avg across ecosystem)

Disappointing that the final #SEC rule doesn't include Scope 3, but still - it will mean that 2.8K US companies, only half of which already disclose, will need to start disclosing their 'material' Scope 1 and 2 emissions

More: ctvc.co/sec-scopes-dow… via Sightline Climate (CTVC)

The resulting agreement from #COP28 is not perfect, but having been in this space 16+ years, I know enough to take any wins!

Excerpt from Bloomberg Green's Will Kennedy 👇

In case you need an MC for your next event, I am available and I can even wear a cape

📍Tech & Innovation Stage, Green Zone @ #COP28

Had a fab time at #COP28 on the accidentally all-woman panel talking about how #blockchain can scale #climatefinance .

Shoutout to Meghan Edge from Ripple for kicking off the panel with a toast, and Dave Fortson for keeping our glasses full!

📍 Blockchain x Climate (BxC) @ Hope House, Dubai

Welcome to Week 2 of #COP28 and Day 8 of “Collective Learnings from #COP28 ”! 🌱

How are we going to reach our 1.5C goals? Let’s talk skills ⚒️

The International Labour Organization estimates that by 2030, the green economy could create 24 million jobs worldwide, with climate tech playing a vital role in…

If you’re on the ground in the #GreenZone at #COP28 today, swing by and see me at the Tech & Innovation Hub stage, where I’m MC all day!

Amazing chat with Sue Duke from LinkedIn + Nouf Abdulla Alsowaidi from Bapco Refining - بابكو للتكرير Energies about how much younger people are prioritizing green jobs over titles and pay. Let’s see that green jobs revolution! #COP28 #TechInnovation

📍 Tech & Innovation Hub Stage in the #GreenZone

Awesome to hear Laura Lane on how UPS uses #AI for decarbonization:
- optimizing routes, including of service providers (tracking Scope 1, 2 & 3 since 2022)
- tracking emissions per package
- partnering with electric aviation like BetaTechnology

📍 @Axios House at #COP28

.Ali Zaidi from The White House talking with Niala about the importance of tech to tackle methane emissions - alongside policy and enforcement. Great to see this massive coordination effort to tackle a key #GHG

📍 Axios House at #COP28

Reps from Heineken, Salesforce + Amazon talking #VCM from buyer’s side. Key points:

- importance of transparency on how much $$ goes to landowners
- less emphasis on claims than on progress/ the journey
- general bullishness on the market

📍 #GoalsHouse at #COP28 Nicolas Clerget

Mars Corp CEO @PoulWeihrauch on what responsibility businesses have on climate: It’s our job as corporations to make purpose driven investments in our supply chain

Another tidbit: “we see the consumer is very sensitive to good messaging”

📍 The Wall Street Journal Journal House at #COP28

Interesting intel from Google CSO Kate Brandt on how #AI is being used for climate action:
🌱 eco travel on Google maps
🌱 reducing contrails from aircraft

And powering AI models with carbon free energy to account for the energy use of AI

📍 The Wall Street Journal Journal House at #COP28

Kind of love this super on-brand photo from The Europas of me and Ben from UNDO │ Carbon Removal entering the awards venue (which was in the middle of a botanical garden)

Just perusing the #TIME100Climate list and so delighted and proud to see my old pal Mark Watts on there! Congrats, Mark!!!

Today’s the day! We’re here on the ground at The Europas Startup Awards - where we find out which company will be crowned Europe’s Hottest Climate Tech Startup 🤞 #EuropasAwards