With UN Meeting, Sharper Focus on CC
New Initiatives at UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow Source: COP26 & Stock Images VC Money Pouring into Climate-Tech Startups At the United Nation's Climate Conference COP 26 in Glasgow, world leaders have renewed their vow to accelerate the fight against Climate Change in a concerted and united fashion. The remedies include cutting greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050, implementing a $19 billion plan to end deforestation by 2030 and investing in innovative, new technologies to fight Climate Change. Fortunately, VC money has already started pouring into the climate-tech innovation sector. Climate Cash Investments in climate-tech startups during the first 3 quarters of 2021 are already 30% higher than in all of 2020. It amounts to $32 billion. While that $32 billion is only 6% of all VC money invested this year, it is rapidly growing. The types of climate-tech include electric vehicles, new battery technology, electric mob