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Key Learnings from FT Climate Capital
We have the capital. We have the technologies. We need the policies.
Last week I had the privilege to be able to attend the FT Climate Capital conference. Yet, to be candid — being back at such an event was bittersweet.
Finding yourself in a room full of fascinating people after hearing “Can you see my screen?” and “Are those your pyjamas?” for so long was inspiring. However, at the forefront of everyone’s minds was not only the climate crisis, but Ukraine.
Seeing seasoned journalists and titans of industry with catches in their throats was incredibly moving. In fact, I cannot remember another event with an atmosphere like it.
In such an environment, it’s hard to distil the key takeaways, yet this is what I took from a highly educational and informative three days.
1. We have the capital. We have the technologies. We need the policies.
If there is one thing the war in Ukraine has clarified, it’s the urgency for the need to move to renewables. Gonzalo Sáenz de Miera in a panel about how big energy companies can successfully transition their business compellingly advocated:
“If we were thinking about a renewables only system in the 2040s, we are now thinking about it in the 2030s. We have the capital. We have the technologies. We…
