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Act II: Lowercarbon Capital
Many forecasters of the future simply haven’t been to the lab in a while – there are feasible opportunities in the pipeline to make a positive impact on climate according to Chris
Harry Stebbings • 20VC: Chris Sacca on Coming Out of Retirement To Unf**k The Planet with Lowercarbon, How Chris Evaluates His Relationship To Money Today, Why We Have Bred a Generation of Ass****...
This idea—that by committing to buy a product early, you can help bring it to market faster —was first pioneered in the field of medicine. In 2010, a set of donors committed $1.5 billion to buy doses of a vaccine for Streptococcus pneumoniae before it had been invented. That “advanced market commitment,” as it’s called, spurred the rapid invention ... See more
Robinson Meyer • We’ve Never Seen a Carbon-Removal Plan Like This Before
One is by using public policies to create demand for clean products—for example, by creating incentives or even requirements to buy zero-carbon cement or steel. Businesses are much more likely to pay the premium