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Join Tailwind among 6,000+ leaders at #VERGE 24 (Oct. 29-31. 2024) hosted by @GreenBiz_Group. VERGE 24 is the center of gravity for professionals deploying climate tech at scale! This year, we're excited to return to #VERGE and continue building community around the topic of #climateadaptation and #innovation Together, we will explore emerging trends, take stock of new technologies, and work to accelerate the speed and scale of impact. Join us! Register before August 9 to get $400 off the Final Rate of an All-Access Pass and use our discount code V24TW for an additional 20% off: https://buff.ly/3XJbP2e

It is #NationalHeatAwarenessDay! Check out this post from Tailwind Co-Founder Katie MacDonald on a new 'Heat and Health' tool launched today by the Biden-Harris Administration 🌡 Emilie Mazzacurati

What a week! This week our team was delighted to participate in Adapt Unbound in #NYC alongside some pioneering leaders, innovators, and practitioners in the climate adaptation and resilience innovation space! Tailwind Highlights Included... 💫 💡 - Our Co-Founder and Managing Partner Emilie Mazzacurati participated in a panel focused on Closing the Capital Gap for solutions in the space featuring some of our favorite thought leaders including Louie Woodall and Sonam Velani 💰 We heard some amazing advice from Jay Koh and Peter J. Hall on how to think about the *enormous* and unavoidable financial opportunity that is resilience investment 🔥 + 🌊 - We heard from some amazing investors, public sector leaders, and innovation program leads on the state of innovation and scale-up for solutions in the fire and water spaces including Tom Ferguson, Jay Stalnacker, and Alan Cohn 🏗 - We learned about the importance of insurance innovation and new funding opportunities to the infrastructure deployment space from Nakita Devlin, @Ana F Gonzalez Guerrero, Calvin A. Cupini and others 🏙 - We heard from community leaders like Caleb Smith policymakers like Erika Jozwiak, innovation ecosystem leaders like Austin Evarts, and entrepreneurs like Sissi Liu on how to ensure our urban spaces and built environment are resilient to all climate hazards HUGE thank you to Oliver Katz, Rupert Walker, Kat Turner and the whole Adapt Unbound team for developing this event, including Tailwind on the Advisory Board, and executing an incredible event!

We are excited to announce the Tailwind Taxonomy for Adaptation and Resilience Investments! This pioneering classification and exploration framework is designed to empower philanthropic and early-stage public and private investors to identify and support adaptation and resilience projects and companies 🌏   The Taxonomy distills the complexities of climate adaptation and resilience into 8 overarching themes and 35 sectors, and provides over 400 examples of investable solutions, financial instruments, and philanthropic interventions 🛠   The Taxonomy was developed by Tailwind with funding and support from ClimateWorks Foundation and with input from Climate Policy Initiative, Climate Bonds Initiative, Vibrant Data Labs and many other expert reviewers.    Learn more at https://lnkd.in/eNyVktgp  #climateresilience #climateadaptation #adaptationfinance  

A deep dive into 15 of #adaptation, #resiliency and #STEM’s most impactful pioneers. 🌐 Emilie Mazzacurati, Co-Founder, Tailwind 🌐 Sonam Velani, Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Streetlife Ventures 🌐 Zinta Zommers, Working Group II Vice-Chair, IPCC 🌐 Sissi Liu, Co-founder & CEO, Metalmark Innovations 🌐 Ana F. Gonzalez Guerrero, Senior Manager of Climate & Cities, MaRS Discovery District 🌐 Katie MacDonald, Co-Founder, Tailwind 🌐 Anna Isabella Akker, Portfolio Manager, American Forests 🌐 Kaitlyn A. Suarez, Co-Founder & CEO, Terra Watts 🌐 Erin Davis, Co-Founder & COO, Enduring Planet 🌐 Linda-Eling Lee, Managing Director, Global Head of ESG & Climate Research, MSCI Inc. 🌐 Clare Newman, President & CEO, Trust for Governors Island 🌐 Catherine Wallace, Associate Director, Strategic Partnerships & Advocacy, Arsht-Rock Resilience Center 🌐 Nakita Devlin, CEO & Co-Founder, Ric Platform Services 🌐 Mary Claire Morris, Senior Sustainability Associate, Siemens Financial Services 🌐 Andrea Santy, Program Director, XPRIZE Wildfire Some of the brightest minds in Adaptation will speak at #AdaptUnbound USA on 21 May 2024. These women lead the charge towards a more resilient climate future: sharing actionable insights, scaling innovative solutions and unlocking the critical capital needed to adapt our urban and natural environments to the changing climate. Secure your place today - https://lnkd.in/ej9HZuXb #WomenInScience #WomenInSTEM #SustainabilityLeaders #Empowerment #LeadershipSummit

💡 Tailwind co-founder and managing partner Emilie Mazzacurati is featured on this month's Oxford Economics podcast, Greenomics, alongside Jane Gilbert, Chief Heat Officer for Miami-Dade County. 🏨 Emilie and Jane discuss the risks that extreme heat poses for our economy and the landscape of solutions available to help cities, communities and individuals adapt to a changing climate. 🎙 Listen to the podcast here: ttps://okt.to/ZePapW

We can't believe that Adapt Unbound is less than a month away! Please join our Co-Founders Emilie Mazzacurati and Katie MacDonald at this first of a kind summit on climate adaptation innovation alongside some of Tailwind's amazing friends and partners Azolla Ventures Autodesk Foundation The Ad Hoc Group Streetlife Ventures The Lightsmith Group Elemental Excelerator and many more! For 10% off your ticket, use promo code: TAILWIND10 👍

We're hiring! We're looking for a talented research associate to come work with Katie MacDonald and Emilie Mazzacurati to advance Tailwind's mission and support thought-leadership publications. All the details are on our website: https://lnkd.in/gQMbFDjc Share and re-share!

Rockstar panel this morning at Battelle's Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference, featuring Tailwind's co-founder Katie MacDonald, ISeeChange's founder and CEO Julia Kumari Drapkin, Streetlife Ventures's co-founder Sonam Velani and Kettle's new head of partnership Alex Laplaza. Key takeaways 🤓 👉🏻 We need more hard tech innovation in adaptation and resilience: There are some physical solutions that are starting to be deployed, like BurnBot, Inc. wildfire management robots, but we need more of them. 👉🏻 Last mile delivery is critical! Researchers, scientists and innovators need to develop their product with the end customers in mind, and work with frontline communities for most impact. 👉🏻 Pick you source of financing carefully: Venture Capital is the most expensive type of financing, compared to grants and other non-dilutive awards. There are many federal programs to support climate-related R&D right now, lean on those as much as possible. 👉🏻 Other ways government can help: make procurement easier and more accessible, give access to testbed for new technologies in real-life settings, point researchers towards the greatest needs for innovation. 👉🏻 Don't let the better be the enemy of the good: data may not be perfect, but it can already help save life. Share findings early and often, start deploying measures that can help protect residents from extreme heat, floods and other climate hazards. Much remains to be done, but it was exciting to hear from thought-leaders in the field about their work! 🚀

Check out what we're up to at Tailwind in this new interview with our Co-Founder Katie MacDonald from Adapt Unbound and please join our team at this event! Promo code: TAILWIND10 for 10% off tickets 🎟 ! #climateresilience #climateadaptation #innovation