Corporate climate action, now!
banner
karisyrja.bsky.social
Corporate climate action, now!
@karisyrja.bsky.social
Helping companies with green transition and climate impact. Do you have a sustainability solution? Let's get it to #COP28 United Nations Climate summit! Senior corporate advisor @ www.wedonthavetime.org Ex-Techstars mentor, former JCI Stockholm president
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
My latest column for the @IrishTimes: Two degrees is too high for the planet's ice.

"It is too easy to become desensitised to this bad news, but if we collectively continue to ignore it, we will become the proverbial frogs in a boiling pot, unable to jump out.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
December 7, 2023 at 8:45 AM
Is #AI ethical? Invest fund managers asked at #jciwc2023
November 17, 2023 at 10:43 AM
7 sins of #greenwashing presented at #jciwc2023 #jci
November 16, 2023 at 6:19 PM
Too many #sustainability frameworks create confusion
November 16, 2023 at 6:14 PM
Who is coming to #slush2023? #slush worlds largest Start-up conference in Helsinki, Finland?
November 11, 2023 at 8:23 AM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
November 10, 2023 at 10:41 AM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
And perhaps its just not possible. They were getting the research money. Like carbon capture.They tried.

"For almost the entire period covered by the data set, nuclear energyhas received the most R&D budget of any technology. It began with nearly $8 billion of annual public R&D in the mid-1970s..."
Nuclear Is Out, Hydrogen Is In: Where Countries Put Energy R&D Money
Combined government spending on energy research and development is higher than it’s been for 50 years.
www.bloomberg.com
November 9, 2023 at 1:52 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
Oil industry has fought regulation on methane for years, arguing that voluntary industry efforts would be sufficient.

But look what happens in lightly regulated Texas-side of Permian
November 9, 2023 at 5:08 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
Webinar "Ultra-long-duration energy storage anywhere: methanol with carbon cycling" at Engineers Ireland now on 📺

Slides: nworbmot.org/energy/brown...

Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.jo...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_4w...
Ultra-long-duration energy storage anywhere: methanol with carbon cycling
In this webinar Tom Brown outlines the use of methanol with carbon cycling in ultra-long-duration energy storage.
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2023 at 8:36 AM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
In this new post,@cplusc fellow Kira McDonal builds on our work about decarbonizing transportation with less mining, showing how reduced car dependency is also essential for climate change mitigation & looks at some of the policies needed to get there 🧵 www.climateandcommunity.org/blog-transpo...
Blog: transportation decarbonization is a US blindspot
Cimate scientists have consistently stressed that EVs alone are inadequate to decarbonize transportation on the necessary timeline. The US must enact transportation policy that incorporates better lan...
www.climateandcommunity.org
November 2, 2023 at 5:09 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
12 ways to reduce cars in cities that have *already worked*, ranked by effectiveness, from screening nearly 800 papers.

Key takeaways:
1. combine carrots for sustainable mobility + sticks to restrict cars
2. govt must lead
Our recent research led by Paula Kuss
theconversation.com/12-best-ways... 🧪
November 2, 2023 at 4:34 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
Bit of an odd story this one - the main analysis says women don't use AI because they lack STEM skills, confidence and value in the workplace. Yet the anecdotes suggest that women excel at communication, whether writing or interpersonal, and can spot ChatGPT's flaws
www.bbc.co.uk/news/busines...
Why are fewer women using AI than men?
The use of artificial intelligence appears to have a significant gender imbalance.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2023 at 7:14 AM
Did you know? Global fisheries pollute as much as the global aviation industry 🤯#climathon2023
October 31, 2023 at 10:47 AM
We all become plastic? Every minute 1 truck load of Human produced plastics are dumped into the seas. Animals eat these, and in the food chain we then later eat those animals. Urgent need to grow more organic bio plastics before it is too late
October 31, 2023 at 10:16 AM
City of #Stockholm is investigating #beccs Carbon capture & storage as means to reach climate positive Stockholm by 2030(that is in 6 years in reality!). How is your city plans to address #climatechange ?
October 31, 2023 at 9:21 AM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
20. Electrification of transport is far better than biofuels; for example, as Dan Lashof says on this podcast with @drvolts.bsky.social, it would take about 300 acres of farmland to run a petrol car on corn ethanol, vs an electric car running on about one acre of PV.

www.volts.wtf/p/whats-goin...
What's going on with biofuels?
The EPA is currently considering new production mandates for biofuels. That presents a good opportunity for a wide-ranging look at exactly where biofuels stand today. Have they lived up to their promi...
www.volts.wtf
October 28, 2023 at 3:41 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
Australia's new dawn: becoming a green superpower with a big role in cutting global emissions
Australia's new dawn: becoming a green superpower with a big role in cutting global emissions
Australia has a massive opportunity to reduce global emissions by as much as 9%, all while renewing its heavy industries and economy. But to seize the opportunity, government needs to move fast.
theconversation.com
October 29, 2023 at 7:30 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
China's 9-month surge in new Wind and Solar generation eclipses the combined output of its 26 nuclear reactors under construction - yes, capacity factor is considered
October 29, 2023 at 7:08 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
What is white hydrogen? Scientists say the clean-energy gas could save the world.
What is white hydrogen? Scientists say the clean-energy gas could save the world.
White hydrogen, the newly discovered clean energy gas, could be key in mitigating the climate crisis, experts say.
www.businessinsider.com
October 29, 2023 at 9:40 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
The world has made real progress in bending down the curve of future emissions.

While we remain far from on track to meet our climate goals, the positive steps we’ve made should reinforce that progress is possible and despair is counterproductive.
carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...
October 26, 2023 at 4:40 PM
Reposted by Corporate climate action, now!
#hydrogen infrastructure 🇪🇺🇳🇱🇧🇪🇩🇪

🔸to connect major industrial users to production, storage, ports and international supply
🔸30 km to be operational by 2025
🔸1200 km by 2030, consisting "largely" of repurposed natural gas pipelines, with construction cost of 1.5 billion €

@gnievchenko.bsky.social
Netherlands Starts Construction of Its National Hydrogen Pipeline, Inaugurated by King Willem-Alexan...
On Friday 27 October, his Majesty the King of the Netherlands performed the official ceremony to start work on the construction of a national hydrogen network
fuelcellsworks.com
October 27, 2023 at 8:18 PM
Känner du en ung kreativ #entreprenör i Sverige?
Junior Chamber International har en tävling för unga företagare. Vinnaren firas med potentiella kunder, investerare & samarbetspartners 14-19 November i Zürich. Alla förslag välkomna! Deadline 1st Nov #JCI www.jci-wc23.ch
October 27, 2023 at 3:29 PM
How to invite relevant people to Bluesky? How to get invitation codes? Tomorrow Gaynoso founder of IMCI magazine & futures.tv should be here to contribute value, like wise Ingmar, founder of wedonthavetime.org climate action movement
October 27, 2023 at 11:08 AM