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The State of Climate Change in 2025: Setbacks, Solutions and Silver Linings
“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.” Dickens might well have been writing about 2025. Looking at the headlines, you could be tempted into thinking the world of climate change response is all the latter and none of the former right now.
Climate Venture Capital Fund Invests in Mara Bio
Climate Venture Capital Fund leads a $1M investment in Mara Bio, a biotech start-up transforming food by-products into Flexitein®, a clean, climate-positive protein ingredient. Learn how this circular solution is reshaping sustainable nutrition.
Decarbonisation can be a national investment
Much of the resistance to rapid decarbonisation makes the claim that countries cannot afford these new technologies.
This may have been true once, but the falling costs and growing advantages of cleaner technologies have flipped this around. Many nations are now seeing this transition as cost-neutral, or even beneficial, with a recent OECD-UNDP report laying out the evidence that “accelerating climate action is not only feasible, it also makes economic sense. What do the costs look like for New Zealand?
Investing in Dot Ingredients: Sustainable Chemistry for a Greener Future
Investing in Dot Ingredients: Sustainable Chemistry for a Greener Future
Climate Venture Capital Fund is proud to announce our latest investment in Dot Ingredients, a New Zealand start-up set to transform the global surfactant industry with its pioneering sustainable Celluspheres technology.
NZ’s Unambitious Emissions Reduction Plan: Why Bold Climate Action Matters
With 2024 on track to be the hottest year on record—and carbon dioxide levels now at 425 ppm—it’s easy to feel discouraged about NZ climate action. Yet building a 21st-century clean economy has never been more critical or full of opportunity. The latest New Zealand Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP2), alongside our updated Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC), points to an underwhelming commitment from the Government. In this post, we explore why these targets are “shockingly unambitious,” how they limit our potential for growth, and what bold climate action could look like instead.
New Zealand’s Second Emissions Reduction Plan could be pushing harder
This August the New Zealand Government consulted on their proposed second Emissions Reduction Plan (ERP2), covering the period 2026 to 2030. This plan shows the thinking and approach of the new Government to New Zealand’s climate change challenge. It is excellent to note that emissions in Aotearoa have fallen for the past three years. While this is in part due to COVIDrelated effects, it also appears to represent the Zero Carbon Act and climate-related policies starting to move into implementation. Here are some of our reflections on the draft ERP2.