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Climate Salad's Climate Tech Festival and Awards

Australia's innovative climate tech network is proud to present its inaugural Climate Tech Festival and sceond annual awards.
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Salad team welcomes Jared to the mix

You may know Jared from his previous role as Head of Sustainability at Canva, Climate Salad welcome a new team member.
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Blown away by our biggest showcase yet in Queensland

In partnership with the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur, Queensland Climate Tech Showcase impressed!
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Recovering engineer turned climate tech investor, meet Alezeia Brown

Recovering engineer turned climate tech investor Alezeia Brown talks to us about the upcoming Queensland Climate Tech Showcase.
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The Triple Win Opportunity of Climate Tech

We've published the inaugural Climate Tech Industry Report - and the Australian and New Zealand climate tech sector is growing strongly.
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Queensland Climate Tech Showcase is coming in hot!

We are excited to invite you to our Queensland Climate Tech Showcase hosted by Climate Salad and The Office of the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur (OQCE)
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The Inventors: The Climate Connection

On June 9, we're connecting researchers, entrepreneurs, and investors together for climate tech.
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Introducing Olivia Utharntharm, our Programs Manager

Please meet our Programs Manager, Olivia Utharntharm

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Australia's Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Research Roadmap

Developed with Australia's Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and leading research institutions, Australia’s Global Power System Transformation (G-PST) Research Roadmap details the research required to support Australia's transition to a stable, secure and affordable power system.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
How heat became the 'silent killer' stalking Australia

For all its new extremes, the weather we are experiencing is likely to be the most benign we will ever see. This is how climate change will affect where you live.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
The problems with HuskeeCup – and what they teach us about ethical consumerism

Here in Australia we pride ourselves on our world-class coffee. The only problem is that pang of guilt every time we throw one of those plastic-lined disposable cups into the bin – adding up to about a billion of them every year. So whenever a business comes up with an innovative way to reduce cafĂ© waste, we’re all interested.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
‘OK Doomer’ and the Climate Advocates Who Say It’s Not Too Late

A growing cadre of people, many of them young, are fighting climate doomism, the notion that it’s too late to turn things around. They believe that focusing solely on terrible climate news can sow dread and paralysis, foster inaction, and become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
US carbon rules may pin Australian banks to ‘financed emissions’

Australian banks could be forced to count the emissions of residential mortgagees, car financing and other debtors in their official carbon footprint if proposed climate disclosure rules in the United States are formalised later this year.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Two challenges, many solutions for investors: where biodiversity protection meets decarbonisation

As the world sizes up the twin challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss, new approaches are emerging that are set to address both.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Drones will help Telstra plant 158,000 trees for carbon credits

Frustrated by a lack of reliable and credible market supply of carbon offsets, Telstra says it will instead bolster its own stocks by planting 240 hectares of land in northern NSW to store greenhouse gas emissions.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Former watchdog goes public with carbon credit ‘fraud’ claims

Up to 80 per cent of the carbon credits issued by Australia’s clean energy regulator are flawed, leaving buyers holding “sham” assets that have failed to reduce the nation’s carbon burden, says Andrew Macintosh, the Abbott government’s former chair of a key market oversight integrity committee.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
‘Easiest thing to help the planet’: How grocery startups are tackling food waste

A variety of Australian startups are connecting customers and farms directly – removing the middleman and eliminating food waste in the process.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Taylor’s latest $50m gas subsidy splurge labelled as “slap in the face for flood victims”

Federal energy minister Angus Taylor has been slammed for channelling more than $50 million in new subsidies into the gas industry, just as Australia faces fresh international calls to strengthen its emissions reduction targets and emerges from its latest flood crisis.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
State of Climate Tech 2021: Can investment reduce code red?

Society will need a variety of tech solutions – that will help mitigate, adapt to, and understand climate change – in order to respond effectively to the climate challenge

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
NVIDIA to Build Earth-2 Supercomputer to See Our Future

NVIDIA has revealed plans to build the world’s most powerful AI supercomputer dedicated to predicting climate change.

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Climate tech investment boom offers hope

Funding for early-stage and brand new tech to help cut carbon emissions is surging

March 28, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
The hottest investment in 2021? Climate tech.

Corporate venture capital investments in climate tech businesses more than doubled in 2021, setting a new record. Last year, these types of funds funelled $23.2 billion into the sector, which includes renewable energy, energy storage and electric vehicles, among others.

March 21, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
As climate tech heats up, London impact fund doles out ÂŁ20 million for decarbonisation and sustainable energy

Impact investment company Elbow Beach Capital has launched a venture vehicle with an initial ÂŁ20 million of committed capital. It is looking to make investments both within the U.K., where it is headquartered, and globally

March 21, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Hydrogen under $2 in reach as Hysata develops revolutionary process

Hysata, an Australian hydrogen technology company, has developed an ultra-high efficiency electrolyser, a major breakthrough in the industry’s attempt to reach the commercialisation milestone of producing a kilogram of hydrogen for under $2.

March 21, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Queensland's electric vehicle subsidy scheme has been announced. Here's what you need to know.

Queenslanders are being offered a $3,000 subsidy from the state government to buy an electric car. However, the offer will not apply to all new electric vehicle sales. Here's what you need to know about how the program will work.

March 21, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
SEC plans to force public companies to disclose greenhouse gas emissions

U.S: From Coca-Cola to Tesla, companies report emissions in widely different ways. A new federal rule is expected to standardize climate disclosures, putting the U.S. on closer footing with other countries.

March 21, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm
Today’s energy crisis makes supporting clean energy start-ups more important than ever

IEAl: Periods of energy disruption, like the one we are seeing today, offer an opening for disruptive technologies. A helping hand for clean energy start-ups can help respond to the current energy crisis while also accelerating progress towards climate targets

March 21, 2022
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Olivia Utharntharm