Bending the Curve Towards a Future
Jonah 
If you’re building a climate tech company in the U.S., or thinking of starting one, you are fighting a government increasingly hostile to your mission. While the crisis grows more urgent and the technology more mature, American policy is regressing and climate deniers are once again writing the rules. Countries around the world recognize the climate … Read more
Weekly Response is a podcast with a simple thesis: Mitigating climate change requires policies that harness creativity and dynamism of capitalism. The climate crisis is accelerating — and U.S. climate leadership is in retreat. Our science is being undermined and climate initiatives are being dismantled by a government captured by fossil fuel interests. While the … Read more
A Los Angeles firestorm went from a warning to out-of-control fires spreading across 4,500 acres, destroying hundreds of buildings and threatening tens of thousands of homes and businesses. Tens of billions of dollar up in smoke in less than 24 hour delivering yet another clear signal that climate change has made America uninsurable. Bloomberg summarized … Read more
The U.S. Senate budget committee just released report entitled Next to Fall: The Climate Driven Insurance Crisis is here – and Getting Worse. Included is a map of non-renewals for 2023, showing that the crisis in the American home insurance market has spread beyond well-known problems in Florida and California. The jump in non-renewals now … Read more
Visualization of the global growth of renewable energy generation, measured in terawatt hours (TWh), by country from 1965 to 2023. It highlights the adoption of various renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, hydroelectric, geothermal, and biomass, over nearly six decades. The visualization illustrates the progression of renewable energy deployment across different regions, driven by advancements … Read more
Over the past decade, the world has witnessed the growing specter of climate-induced migration, with nearly 20 million climate refugees reaching Europe and the United States. This mass displacement, fueled by environmental collapse and its cascading effects of drought, destruction, and civil war, has strained the social fabric, intensified political polarization, and driven a sharp … Read more
The green revolution has no shortage of slick sales pitches promising solutions to climate change and breakthroughs that will slash carbon emissions to zero or sequester a gigaton of carbon every year. If someone is selling an idea that seems too good to be true without providing an analysis of the energy requirements, it might … Read more
The unfolding crisis in Florida and California is a stark reminder that climate change isn’t just an environmental issue—it’s an existential threat to the American Dream of home ownership… and the U.S. Economy.
Help Deliver Visceral Storytelling with Imminent Impact An existential threat to humanity is being largely ignored while hundreds of millions of people suffer the consequences of climate change every day. From weather driven disasters and property destruction to crop failure, civil war, and climate refugees, the impact is being seen and felt by people around … Read more