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Inside the climate-tech financing ladder: part I – the matchmakers

In the first instalment of our new series on the UK’s climate-tech start-ups, we examine firms who aim connect clean energy consumers with suppliers. How are these new firms climbing up the financing ladder?

By Atharva Deshmukh and Cian Samuels

“Unprecedented” private market demand for nature-based solutions

Investors are tapping into a once-in-a-generation wave to drive decarbonisation and halt biodiversity loss, AXA IM claims

CalPERS pushes back against greenwashing allegations

The Californian pension giant fires back at greenwashing critics, insisting its climate investments are rooted in real-world transition strategies

LGPS

Shia on London CIV’s new natural capital fund: ‘this is a product ahead of its time’

Insurance

Rethinking insurance to support a net-zero world

Defined Benefit

A drop in the ocean: scaling up the blue bonds market

Can Labour’s £22bn CCS pledge capture investor interest?

With the UK government pledging £22bn to Carbon Capture and Storage, what do investors think about allocating to the asset?

By Aysha Gilmore

Why are asset owners opting for climate investments in private markets?

Investor appetite for green steel is growing

Why asset owners are eyeing European biomethane

Australia’s green energy industry hits back against opposition’s push for nuclear

Shout it from the rooftop: how solar drives real estate’s decarbonisation

Nuclear energy: appetite growing but challenges remain

Sovereign Wealth

EV: should investors be worried about the current slowdown?

Defined Benefit

CalSTRS’Jenkinson on political headwinds and investing in hybrid climate solutions

LGPS

Green hydrogen: the ‘champagne’ of the energy transition?

US takes lead on carbon capture

Investors are taking advantage of the US’s enabling policy environment to fund the emerging technology

Insurance

Biodiversity credit markets: what are next the next steps?

Pensions

Is this the golden age of Climate AI?

Defined Contribution

Smart Pension’s Fiona Smith: “We’re looking to make a positive biodiversity impact”

Pensions

Setting a nature price: how does this work in practice?

Nuclear