CLIMATE TECH : HARNESSING THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
“ Technology is among the critical enablers for accelerated climate action , along with finance and international cooperation ,” Andrillon , Capgemini ’ s Global Head of Climate Tech , begins . “ We have less than six years to halve global greenhouse gas emissions and reduce methane emissions by a third if we are to limit global warming to 1.5 ° C . To get there by 2030 , we need to go beyond incremental innovations and behaviour change . We must make systemic changes in technologies , institutions and practices on a huge scale . We need a new industrial revolution .”
Capgemini ’ s report surveyed 1,350 senior executives from large organisations and 500 VCs across 13 countries and 16 industries on their climate tech financing plans . As well as this , in excess of 15 experts were interviewed .
It established that as organisations look for ways to urgently address the current environmental crisis , climate technologies – including renewables , batteries , low-carbon hydrogen , carbon capture and alternative fuels – have emerged as an important means of doing so . energydigital . com 149