In the transition away from fossil fuels, entrepreneurs and investors are finding inspiration in technologies that have existed for hundreds of years.
If scaled, nature-based solutions have the potential to account for 37% of necessary climate mitigation goals. Carbon offset trading holds the key.
CalPERS, CalSTRS, CPP, PSP and NYSCRF are among the largest public pension funds with target allocations or siloed capital buckets for climate-themed investment opportunities.
Pensions with dedicated buckets or targets for climate investing are clustered in US coastal states, Eastern Canada and Europe.
'Flexible investing' funds come in all shapes and sizes - but, as fund managers recognise the need to scale new solutions to mitigate climate change, almost every 'flexible' climate fund has a private equity component.
The firm has raised €200m, with Australian superannuation fund Rest a cornerstone investor.
The new hire replaces Lora Brill, who left Orchard Street at the start of the year to join sustainability consultancy Ramboll.
Cathy Zoi's previously served in the Obama administration.
Canada lags behind other countries in climate venture funding, a 2022 report by the Business Development Bank of Canada found.
Only a handful of investors are entirely excluding all forms of fossil fuels for new private markets investments.