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We are just a (very small) dot… Didier Queloz - Nobel Prize winner, physics, 2019 - That's him in the picture below, pointing to a very small dot...which is we, the earth, in the solar system. Not in an imposing position, are we? An engrossing 2 hours of a...

Should Tim Cook cut down new iPhone launches to reduce emissions? A large portion of a smartphone's lifecycle carbon footprint is in its production - could be as high as 80%. Which implies that, if all smartphones were to be used for twice the number of years as they are...

 150+ Indian Climate Startup Snapshots CLIMAFIX launches a curated, complimentary climate startup guide India - as is rest of world - is agog with climate tech innovators and startups. From insignificant numbers just a few years back, India has over 3000 startups in the field of climate solutions - Renewable...

While researching many successful Indian climate tech startups for our upcoming CLIMAFIX India Climate Startup Summit (Nov 25/26, 2022, Chennai, 200+ climate tech startups expected, organized along with IIT Madras - I also came across stories of dozens of startups shutting shop in the past five years (estimates suggest...

Are VCs short-sighted in their climate tech startup valuations? A few days back I had written a brief post on how even in today's situation where climate tech is red hot, the valuations of climate tech firms appear to be mediocre compared to their mass market cousins (TikTok, Shein...) -...

Welcoming Suhas Baxi of Biofuel Circle to CLIMAFIX Summit 2022, India's largest climate startup summit, 200+ startups, Nov 25 & 26, Chennai - . Co-organized with Energy Consortium - IIT Madras. Solar and wind power are the cynosure of all eyes in the renewable energy energy, but neither can...

It has been contended that humans have a tendency to over-value short term gains and severely underestimate long term potential. Climate tech firms have come some distance given their deplorable status during their first avatar - when they were called cleantech firms (which makes me wonder if they should have...

Cutting your AC carbon footprint using digital Welcoming Rohith Pallerla of Zodhya to the CLIMAFIX Summit 2022, India's largest climate startup summit - In most countries (including India), buildings consume 30-40% of all electricity generated. And within buildings, ACs are the single largest consumer of power. So if one...

Welcoming Sidharth Arora of Fermentech Labs to CLIMAFIX Summit 2022, India's largest summit for climate tech startups, 200+ startups - The true value of biomass - be it the main crop or the so called agricultural waste - is slowly but steadily being deciphered. And what is being realized...

Welcoming Sivaram Pillai of Proklean to the CLIMAFIX SUMMIT 2022, Nov 25 & 26, Chennai - Globally, the chemicals industry is a sizable contributor to greenhouse gas emissions, and so it is in India too. But the chemicals sector is complex, not just from technology and process perspectives, but...