Extreme Weather Poses a Challenge for Heat Pumps
August 13th, 2024 Via Wired, a look at how stronger winds, bouts of extreme low temperature, and higher humidity pose difficult but surmountable challenges for heat pumps: Andreas Bangheri knows how to read the wind. [...]
Solar Panels Over Highways Could Significantly Cut Emissions and Boost Road Safety
August 12th, 2024 Via Energy Daily, a report on how solar panels over highways could significantly cut emissions and boost road safety Covering highways worldwide with solar panel roofs could greatly reduce carbon [...]
How The 2024 Paris Olympics Handled The Heat — And Didn’t
August 12th, 2024 Via Grist, a look at how the summer games can’t compete with rising temperatures. Here’s what that means for the future of the Olympics: Curled up on a small, white rectangle of fabric on [...]
The Promise Of Paint-On Solar Cells
August 12th, 2024 Via Clean Technica, an article on the promise of paint-on solar cells: Fossil energy stakeholders have been ginning up opposition to large-scale solar farms, but they should have been watching their [...]
These Cities Will Be Too Hot For the Olympics By 2050
August 12th, 2024 Via CNN, an article on cities that will be too hot for the Olympics by 2050: The Paris Olympics opened with rain on its parade, then blistering heat and, finally, a week of pleasant sunshine. As it [...]
Revolutionary AI Heat Pump Water Heater Aims to Enhance Home Efficiency and Reduce Carbon Emissions
August 12th, 2024 Via One Green Planet, a look at a revolutionary AI heat pump water heater that aims to enhance efficiency and reduce carbon emissions: In a bid to modernize home heating solutions and reduce carbon [...]

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BLACK SWANS GREEN SHOOTS
Black Swans / Green Shoots examines the collision between urbanization and resource scarcity in a world affected by climate change, identifying opportunities to build sustainable cities and resilient infrastructure through the use of revolutionary capital, increased awareness, innovative technologies, and smart design to make a difference in the face of global and local climate perils.

'Black Swans' are highly improbable events that come as a surprise, have major disruptive effects, and that are often rationalized after the fact as if they had been predictable to begin with. In our rapidly warming world, such events are occurring ever more frequently and include wildfires, floods, extreme heat, and drought.

'Green Shoots' is a term used to describe signs of economic recovery or positive data during a downturn. It references a period of growth and recovery, when plants start to show signs of health and life, and, therefore, has been employed as a metaphor for a recovering economy.

It is my hope that Black Swans / Green Shoots will help readers understand both climate-activated risk and opportunity so that you may invest in, advise, or lead organizations in the context of increasing pressures of global urbanization, resource scarcity, and perils relating to climate change. I believe that the tools of business and finance can help individuals, businesses, and global society make informed choices about who and what to protect, and I hope that this blog provides some insight into the policy and private sector tools used to assess investments in resilient reinforcement, response, or recovery.