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2024 WA Climate Tech Investor Connect

We were excited to meet with investors in Perth!
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Australian Women in Climate Tech? Count Her In.

Regardless of next year’s International Women’s Day theme, we know that this message will need to be repeated.
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Navigating Self-Doubt in Climate Jobs

Exploring self-doubt or 'imposter syndrome' in climate jobs
Industry

Bold Predictions for 2024

We ask the experts for their insights on the 12 months ahead.
Industry

The 10 Keys to Scaling in Climate Tech

Founder & CEO of CIM, David Walsh, shares key learnings from his journey

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EU targets 40% of clean tech to be made within the bloc by 2030

Draft regulation is response to US subsidies and Chinese state support for green-tech sector

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
EV battery recycler hits 95% recovery rate in world-first collection program

The company founded by Tesla cofounder and former chief technical officer J. B. Straubel, has a mission to “build a circular supply chain to power a sustainable world and accelerate the reduction of fossil fuels.”

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
EVs are far cleaner than gas-powered cars — even if batteries require more mining

Fossil fuel cars emit 12 times more carbon dioxide per mile than electric ones

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Ocean treaty: Historic agreement reached after decade of talks

Nations have reached a historic agreement to protect the world's oceans following 10 years of negotiations. The High Seas Treaty aims to help place 30% of the seas into protected areas by 2030, to safeguard and recuperate marine nature.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
NSW puts $64 million into two green hydrogen hubs amid $1.5 billion in incentives now on the table

The NSW government is investing $64 million into the state’s the first two green hydrogen hub projects, in the Illawarra and Moree, as it also opens up applications for $1.5 billion in concessions for large-scale green hydrogen producers.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Paris, Stockholm, London: Europe’s climate tech hotbeds

Climate tech startups in those three cities raised over €1bn in 2022, and each is home to at least one green unicorn

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Queenslanders to be banned from dumping solar panels in landfill under new recycling program

More than 25m panels are expected to be installed across the state over the next decade

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
The polluting flaw in the safeguard mechanism

The Greens and David Pocock seek big changes to the safeguard mechanism, and a climate trigger. In the meantime, the policy allows companies to entirely offset emissions with sham credits. By Mike Seccombe.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Mike Cannon-Brookes backs new battery investment fund through his family VC Grok

Atlassian cofounder and renewables advocate Mike Cannon-Brookes has backed a new fund to finance grid-scale battery projects via his family fund, Grok Ventures.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
‘Greenwashing’ firms face steep new UK fines for misleading claims

Legislation could see companies fined millions of pounds for making unproven environmental assertions to sell their products

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone

Nokia has announced one of the first budget Android smartphones designed to be repaired at home allowing users to swap out the battery in under five minutes in partnership with iFixit.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Nature based solutions: how nature can help prevent flooding

With climate change driving more and more extreme flooding events, engineers are increasingly turning to nature for solutions.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Conservation efforts celebrated as 26 Australian species no longer need threatened listing

Australia may be the world’s leader in mammal extinction, with accelerating threats to native biodiversity in a changing climate – but successful conservation efforts may provide a glimmer of hope

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Australia to make area the size of Germany a marine park in Southern Ocean

The Australian government plans to make an area about the size of Germany in the Southern Ocean a marine zone, strengthening protections around Macquarie Island for millions of penguins and seals.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Six Australian startups that landed $178 million this week

It’s been a spicy week for raises this week with a whopping $178 million being split across six startups, with the largest sitting at $105 million on its own.

March 22, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Don’t kid yourself. The climate wars ain’t over yet

All sides are busy trying to figure out who would have more to lose if the safeguard mechanism dies in the Senate.

February 21, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Why are BP, Shell, and Exxon suddenly backing off their climate promises?

It wasn’t long ago that oil giants were trying to outdo one another with promises to cut carbon emissions and take on climate change.

February 21, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
London ULEZ: Emissions cut in central London by 46% - City Hall data

The capital's Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) saw harmful pollution decrease in central and inner London, according to a new City Hall report.

February 21, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm
Climate change agtech startup Loam raises $105 million Series B

Decarbonisation startup Loam, which uses microbes to sequester carbon in farm soils, has raised $105 million in a Series B.

February 21, 2023
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Olivia Utharntharm