G-Force

Pre/Seed investment program for mission-driven climate-tech startups that have the potential to lower world’s greenhouse gas emissions.

[G-Force @UseGForce]

The pandemic surprised us with how badly we were prepared. It's probably a good idea to do our best to prepare for #climatechange.

[Founders Factory @foundersfactory]

🌎 Founders Factory in Climate: A brief history

Over the past eight years, we’ve built & invested in climate and sustainability across multiple verticals, from low carbon cargo logistics (@dronamics) to reusable packaging infrastructure (Again).

More recently, we’ve actively invested in the climate tech sector with @UseGForce, Blue Action Accelerator, and @FASTWEB, as well as launching our @nesta_uk Mission Studio to tackle home decarbonisation, among other themes.

💡 So what have we learned about climate founders, and the unique challenges they face?

Today, we’re excited to publish our Thesis on Climate, our perspective on the climate opportunity, what founders need to succeed, and an overview of our comprehensive climate investment platform. This is an essential resource for anyone building or investing in climate tech.

Read the full Thesis here: https://t.co/IeoUCeC3ga

#climate #climatetech #climatefounders #startups #sustainability

[G-Force @UseGForce]

In partnership with @EIT Raw Materials, G-Force mentors startups.

🧲🔎 We are now calling all AI and Big Data startups within Environmental Science, Sustainability, and Circular Economy who would like mentorship on growth, strategy and scale 🔎 🧲

[G-Force @UseGForce]

Singapore plans to quadruple its solar energy deployment by 2025, reduce its waste to landfill by 30 percent and drastically limit water consumption.

Source: Green Queen, "Singapore Appoints Its First Chief Sustainability Officer"

[G-Force @UseGForce]

Here is the ugly side of global warming!

[New Scientist @newscientist]

Seven viruses that have lain frozen in the Siberian permafrost for thousands of years have been revived – and one is 48,500 years old https://t.co/SquBB4hFgP

[Marian Gazdik @mgazdik]

Don't do new on top of new, do new of top of familiar! - James Vincent sharing a memory of working with Steve Jobs at #FFNY

[G-Force @UseGForce]

Greece was entirely powered by renewables for the first time in its history.

Greece is leading by example, as it targets 25GW of installed renewables capacity by 2030, up from circa 10GW currently.

https://t.co/TxMhIKtJIn

[G-Force @UseGForce]

Nutrition is responsible for 30% of CO2 emissions.
- People eat 3X too much meat
- 75% of crops are for animal sustenance
-1/3 of food is wasted

We must change our relationship with food.

#ClimateCatastrophe #Sustainability #Urgent #ClimateTech #Unsustainable

[G-Force @UseGForce]

New research finds rising ocean temperatures are leading to a decrease in omega-3 fatty acid production in plankton.

While G-Force is on a mission to reduce GHGs and stop the root cause of sea-level rise, making daily changes to your life will reduce your own carbon footprint ❗️

[G-Force @UseGForce]

The IEA states that air conditioners and electric fans account for 10% of global electricity consumption.

Three eco-friendly ways to survive the Summer:
1) Insulation to limit the flow of hot air from outside
2) Improved windows to limit solar energy entering
3) Ventilation

[G-Force @UseGForce]

Seaweed 🌿🌊🧜🏻‍♂️🧜🏼‍♀️
1) fights climate change
2) contributes to a healthy ocean
3) creates healthy soil
4) seaweed farming doesn't need land, fertilizer, or water
5) virtually zero-waste
6) abundance of untapped ocean to farm seaweed efficiently
7) sequesters carbon in the deep sea

[G-Force @UseGForce]

WILDFIRES ARE A GLOBAL PROBLEM. A problem caused by climate change.

🆘 Climate change brings more drought and higher temperatures that act as a catalyst for fires to start and spread, and in turn those blazes release more climate-changing carbon into the atmosphere as they burn.

[G-Force @UseGForce]

Code red 📛

We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do anything about it.

IPCC experts warn that changes have already been caused that will be "irreversible for centuries or millennia".

[G-Force @UseGForce]

“We are running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.” - Elon Musk

#ElonMusk #ClimateChange

[G-Force @UseGForce]

Global heatwaves are coming in hot.
Climate change makes them more intense, as per the World Weather Attribution (WWA).

The World Economic Forum suggests ways to cope...
https://t.co/xMQTTC1aPO

[G-Force @UseGForce]

BORIS JOHNSON OUT, GREEN ENERGY ANNOUNCEMENT IN!

Thanks to record-breaking investment in renewables, the UK has the capacity to power 12 million homes.

Read this interesting article to find out more....
https://t.co/sVd8CZSlpU

#RenewableEnergy #Sustainable #Energy #GreenEnergy

[G-Force @UseGForce]

👇🏿 51 billion tonnes of CO2e emissions need to be reduced each year to reach net-zero by 2050.
👉🏿 46% of such technologies are still under development and urgently require funding to be market-ready.
👆🏿 37% is how much VC funding of climate tech increased in recent years.

[G-Force @UseGForce]

"In today’s context of the global energy crisis, skyrocketing fossil fuel prices, energy security challenges and ambitious climate commitments, I believe nuclear power has a unique opportunity to stage a comeback," says IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol. 💡

#NuclearPower

[G-Force @UseGForce]

A heat pump is used to create a heat exchange by moving energy.
✅ Don't require fossil fuels
✅ Don't release harmful gases
✅ Produce 3-5X more heating energy than the electricity put into it!
❌ Upfront costs
❌ Reduced efficiency in very cold climates
❌ Lack of regulations

[G-Force @UseGForce]

“They are lying. It is time to stop burning our planet.” Antonio Guterres

Earth stands ‘50:50’ chance of passing 1.5 degrees warming within 5 Years.

The amount of energy that the Earth retains from the Sun has risen yet again (NASA)

NOAA measured record high ocean heat content

[G-Force @UseGForce]

Every year, the world adds approximately 51 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere.

This traps heat.

This drives up global temperatures.

The consequences for human life will be catastrophic.

We must transform the way we do almost everything to get to Net Zero.