We’ve just about cooled down from a week catching up with good friends, celebrating London Climate Action Week, and exchanging notes with the world’s top climate innovators at #BESummit24 — which coincidentally took place during a UK heatwave.
It was a privilege to be part of so many inspiring chats, and a grounding reminder of the very real collective effort going into accelerating meaningful climate solutions.
Our top highlights include:
Heartening words from Bill Gates:
- Breakthrough Energy was founded to do whatever is necessary to bring about the green industrial revolution, paving a clear path for ideas to grow in the #climatetech industry.
- ”We subscribe to deep realism” — a reminder that climate solutions have to fit into the industrial picture that exists today (and will keep existing tomorrow).
- The next ten years are about scaling globally where we can make the biggest impact — not just in wealthy countries.
- To achieve all of this we need to ”have a clear voice”, bringing others with us rather than pushing them away.
Conversations from our ecosystem:
- Talking with those who supported us early on in our journey, we reflected on how the strides we’ve already taken together are serving the next wave of climate pioneers.
- Taking time to celebrate the success of friends and fellow leaders in the carbon revolution, sharing lessons learned and how they translate to mutual growth.
- Putting our ear to the ground to learn how we can shape our direct air capture technology to deliver maximum positive climate impact.
Thank you to everyone who made our week — including our incredible investors and partners, and the whole team at Breakthrough for putting on such a valuable gathering. Mark Hartney, Allegra Kowalewski-Ferreira, Olivia Oo, Yvonne Tee, Jonathan Eckart, Mario Fernandez, Sandra Chavez, Deep Sky, Phil De Luna, Deep Science Ventures, Adam Tomassi-Russell, 2150 👏