Alex Harbour

Climate & VC. @ForbesUnder30 and @PreludeVC alum. Learning how to be a student @MITSloan. Chasing the ever evolving definition of #climatetech.

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

A working thesis at the intersection of #carbon #climate and #web3. Curious for thoughts and pushback 🧵

[Green Climate Fund @theGCF]

At the #HSC2024 side event on climate innovations in emerging markets, GCF's @MafaldaDuarte spoke about how GCF deploys financing instruments to enable investment ecosystems that help new #ClimateAction solutions take root and thrive. @ataylorharbour @EIB @daluscapital @miroger_

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

My great Uncle Cal was more than a student of history— he lived it. I’m grateful for his legacy and his decades of effort not just to illuminate the story our own family, but also the stories of countless of other Black families and the City of New York as a whole ✨

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Celedonia "Cal" Jones kept us connected to our roots.

Born and raised in Harlem, he served in city government and as Manhattan's public historian, inspiring others to research and share forgotten stories.

We thank him for all his service to New York City. https://t.co/6ksh9SruXl

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@itsmeeraclark This is fantastic, thanks for sharing.

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@dfirgs @debra_kahn @politico Thanks Dan 🙏

[Debra Kahn @debra_kahn]

.@ataylorharbour on climate tech's momentum through the downturn:

"The interesting thing ... is other industries waking up to the fact that climate is a part of their operations, whether or not they acknowledge it."

https://t.co/Fw9jGA7Zsv

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@TheValuesVC @HBO Not a raffle 🫠🫠🫠

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@FormEnergyInc @appodlachia really big news out of the climate tech world today. Think we'll see a lot more of this post-IRA.

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@ShanuMathew93 Of course there are valid legal risks around net-zero targets. But the issue is the law, not the goal to reduce carbon emissions.

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@ShanuMathew93 Some legal advice has even gone as far as implying that being explicit that 'expanding coal production is not a part of any credible scientific scenarios to achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement' violates anti-competition law.

https://t.co/Ufvfd26Rxn

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

Still many iterations/evolutions on the horizon. Greenwashers should get on board, or exit the voluntary tent and wait for the inevitable compliance wave still to come.

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

Especially surreal to hear from Mark Carney on today of all days…

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

This development shows me that GFANZ is doing exactly what it set out to achieve: forcing accountability through credible decarbonization pathways + #disclosure.

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@natvancleve Hey @natvancleve— have you seen a decent amount of philanthropic conservation/climate DAOs emerging? Which ones are worth knowing about IYO?

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@dfirgs @aaronrutkoff @robinsonmeyer @dieterholger @tancopsey @JMPyper @debra_kahn @andrewrsorkin @joefassler is mulling it over! He's written some of the best-researched climate thought pieces that I've read.

https://t.co/OwQdTSm4zY

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@ReFiPodcast @tmoindustries @VerraStandards Pls send 🙏

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@RyanDionTaylor @ryancmann Yay📢

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@RyanDionTaylor @ryancmann Its comparable to web3 in that it's a technology that can be applied to a specific use case (in this case, AI/ML is much more commercially mature). However, it's the application that makes the technology transformational-- not the other way around!

[Alex Harbour @ataylorharbour]

@RyanDionTaylor @ryancmann AI/ML can essentially be applied to any challenge involving large-scale datasets be they related to energy and grid reliability, the built environment, transportation, catastrophic risk, heavy industry, supply chains, agriculture, carbon markets, etc.