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Alec Turnbull

@alecturnbull.bsky.social

Climate NYC

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McKinsey: Companies are expanding their environment/nature-related targets to beyond carbon and the proportion of companies focusing on multiple dimensions of targets is increasing. Biodiversity saw the largest percentage increase.

07.01.2025 17:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2024 Award Winners β€” Climate Film Festival 2024

Seconding all these - Evil Does Not Exist, The End, The Wild Robot on the narrative side and a whole host of incredible docs. We had 60 films at CFF this year, award winners here www.climatefilmfest.com/2024-award-w...

05.01.2025 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm currently building a starter pack on a critical topic: the role of finance in driving climate resilience, mitigation, and a circular economy.

Investors, financial experts, development banks, researchers, innovators: who’s leading the charge in this space? Give me your top recommendations!

31.12.2024 01:12 β€” πŸ‘ 987    πŸ” 261    πŸ’¬ 125    πŸ“Œ 21
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Stand Insurance Stand Insurance protects high-value homes with science-backed wildfire solutions. Tailored coverage for discerning homeowners in California’s wildfire-prone areas.

Definitely interesting to see www.standinsurance.com announce a big raise but there’s so much more to do

18.12.2024 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Insurers Are Dropping Homeowners as Climate Shocks Worsen Without insurance, it’s impossible to get a mortgage; without a mortgage, most Americans can’t buy a home.

Been chatting with a lot of people about insurance this week

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

18.12.2024 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ‘‹ Hello from NYC!

13.12.2024 23:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Join the Climate Studio Creators Fund group for updates on deadlines, announcements, and opportunities for future funding rounds.

🌟 Join the community here: chat.whatsapp.com/FAK3Eqrr7HW0...
🌟 Apply to the fund here: www.climatestudio.eu/creators-fund

04.12.2024 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gorgon carbon capture and storage project: The failure of the world’s largest CCS facility After decades of abject failure, these days even the most enthusiastic proponent of carbon capture and storage can at best mount a muted…

And a fascinating deep dive by @timbaxter.bsky.social on the failures of the Gorgon carbon capture project in Australia - I’d heard bits and pieces but never the full story timinclimate.medium.com/gorgon-carbo...

30.11.2024 17:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fara Dabhoiwala Β· A Man of Parts and Learning: Francis Williams Gets His Due The only certainty about the picture is that it shows Francis Williams. No one has ever been able to discover who...

Wonderful weekend read on forgotten histories, art, race, and astronomy in the Carribbean www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

30.11.2024 17:26 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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NY Climate Tech: December Preview The holidays are here! Plan ahead with 27 events next month.

Looking for climate community next month? We just posted 27 events in NYC - come join us! open.substack.com/pub/nyclimat...

27.11.2024 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Preaching to The Choir, by Rebecca Solnit

Per @aoc.bsky.social and co., I'm here to celebrate echo chambers and preaching to the choir. Which sings back, beautifully. "The primary assumption behind the idea that we shouldn’t preach to the choir is that one’s proper audience is one’s enemies, not one’s allies." harpers.org/archive/2017...

24.11.2024 02:13 β€” πŸ‘ 3162    πŸ” 645    πŸ’¬ 94    πŸ“Œ 139

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