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🔝Today’s Top Story: NAACP Capital introduces a $200 million fund dedicated to advancing financial equality and economic empowerment across key sectors, including edtech, fintech, healthtech, and climate tech.
📊 Today’s Data Point: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals mixed progress in decoupling economic growth from carbon emissions.
🌳 Climate Insider Intelligence: The Frontier of Nature-Positive Business.
NAACP Capital Launches $200M Fund to Drive Equity & Innovation Across EdTech, FinTech, HealthTech, and Climate
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Empowering Innovation for Equity
NAACP Capital introduces a $200 million fund dedicated to advancing financial equality and economic empowerment across key sectors, including edtech, fintech, healthtech, and climate tech. This initiative will co-invest in groundbreaking ventures, ensuring that traditionally marginalized communities have access to resources and advocacy, ultimately driving inclusive innovation.
Strategic Partnerships for Systemic Change
In collaboration with Kapor Capital and other prominent fund managers, NAACP Capital emphasizes impact investing as a means to dismantle systemic barriers. By focusing on inclusivity in fund management, the NAACP aims to foster new pathways for tech-driven solutions that align with racial and economic justice.
Building a Legacy of Inclusive Investment
With support from NAACP President & CEO Derrick Johnson, the fund reinforces the organization’s legacy of diversity and justice. Johnson highlights that by supporting forward-thinking fund managers and emerging founders, NAACP Capital is positioned to shape socioeconomics for generations, promoting both scalable impact and financial returns. Read More
Market Movers
- Redaptive secured a $100 million equity investment from CPP Investments to expand its energy efficiency and decarbonization services for corporate clients, addressing rising emissions from the buildings and construction sector through end-to-end energy solutions. Read More
- Brisbane-based Earthodic raised US$4 million in Seed funding, led by FTW Ventures, to expand its recyclable bio-based waterproof coatings for paper packaging in the U.S., aiming to reduce landfill waste and microplastic pollution. Read More
- Microsoft has partnered with Ebb Carbon to remove up to 350,000 tons of CO2 over the next decade using Ebb’s Electrochemical Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement technology, marking the largest marine carbon dioxide removal agreement to date. Read More
Innovation Spotlight
- Professor Chiyoung Park’s team at DGIST, in collaboration with Professor U-hyeok Choi, has developed a recyclable high-sensitivity sensor with a self-healing dynamic polymer network that combines durability and environmental sustainability, addressing performance degradation issues in existing sensors. Read More
- ZeroAvia and PowerCell Group have signed an MOU to advance next-generation fuel cell technologies for aviation, focusing on high-temperature applications for larger aircraft, with PowerCell’s fuel cell stacks integral to ZeroAvia’s 600kW powertrain for up to 20-seat aircraft. Read More
Today’s Climate Data Point
New research from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) reveals mixed progress in decoupling economic growth from carbon emissions. While 30% of analyzed regions have fully decoupled, net-zero by 2050 remains unlikely for many.
Key Findings:
Decoupling Success
Regions with high incomes and established manufacturing sectors lead in emissions reduction while sustaining economic growth. Anders Levermann of PIK notes that “economic growth must decouple from CO2 emissions to stabilize global temperatures.”
Role of Local Climate Actions
Subnational efforts, especially in Europe, are pivotal, with EU cities showing continuous decoupling, outperforming regions in North America and Asia. Recent trends in these areas show gradual improvement, adds lead author Maria Zioga.
Net-Zero Challenges
Fewer than half of subnational regions are on track for net-zero by 2050, with developed countries advancing faster. Co-author Max Kotz emphasizes the need for enhanced support for energy transitions, particularly in developing regions.
Climate Insider Notes:
Achieving net-zero globally will require intensified decoupling strategies, targeted investments, and stronger collaboration between developed and emerging economies. Read More
Climate Insider Intelligence: The Frontier of Nature-Positive Business
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🌍 At COP16 a new blueprint for business is taking shape: nature-positive strategies. In Cali, Colombia, global leaders spotlighted the urgency of reversing biodiversity loss—an issue that now sits at the heart of business strategy as much as it does environmental policy. 🌱
With over 55% of global GDP—roughly $58 trillion—reliant on natural systems, moving towards a nature-positive economy isn’t just ethical; it’s essential. At COP16, Target 15 emerged as a pivotal step, calling for mandatory biodiversity impact reporting—a game-changer for accountability and progress.
As nature-based solutions rise, companies integrating these strategies will not only drive ecological restoration but also unlock up to $10 trillion in new opportunities by 2030. Read More