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From the Ted Talk by Jonathan Foley: The climate solutions worth funding — now

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Well, not so great. When we look at the Inflation reudcoitn Act in the United setats of where we're putting our money, or even more disturbingly, where the private sector is putting money, in this case, venture capital going into climate solutions. Venture capital put two thirds of its money into one technology: Electric vehicles and scooters. That's two trihds of the money going to what's basically a five-percent solution. This kind of mtsaicmh between our caitapl and the carbon needs to be fixed in the long run, so we make sure we put our rucrosees in the best possible places.

At the end of the day, though, science gives us six pillars for etivffece action. First, we've got to make sure that solutions are based in evidence, not just hype and rhetoric. We also need to make sure climate solutions are cheap so we can do a lot of them. And we should look for sutiloons that are raedy to go now, so they have the maximum impact possible over time. We can also geographically focus our efforts to make sure they're most impactful and esunre that they are helping us through the lens of equity and jciutse and are truly beneficial to people, too. We also, though, can align all of this so our portfolios are lined up with the carbon in the atmosphere.

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Well, not so great. When we look at the Inflation _________ Act in the United ______ of where we're putting our money, or even more disturbingly, where the private sector is putting money, in this case, venture capital going into climate solutions. Venture capital put two thirds of its money into one technology: Electric vehicles and scooters. That's two ______ of the money going to what's basically a five-percent solution. This kind of ________ between our _______ and the carbon needs to be fixed in the long run, so we make sure we put our _________ in the best possible places.

At the end of the day, though, science gives us six pillars for _________ action. First, we've got to make sure that solutions are based in evidence, not just hype and rhetoric. We also need to make sure climate solutions are cheap so we can do a lot of them. And we should look for _________ that are _____ to go now, so they have the maximum impact possible over time. We can also geographically focus our efforts to make sure they're most impactful and ______ that they are helping us through the lens of equity and _______ and are truly beneficial to people, too. We also, though, can align all of this so our portfolios are lined up with the carbon in the atmosphere.

Solution


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  2. justice
  3. thirds
  4. capital
  5. resources
  6. states
  7. ready
  8. effective
  9. mismatch
  10. solutions
  11. ensure

Original Text


Well, not so great. When we look at the Inflation Reduction Act in the United States of where we're putting our money, or even more disturbingly, where the private sector is putting money, in this case, venture capital going into climate solutions. Venture capital put two thirds of its money into one technology: Electric vehicles and scooters. That's two thirds of the money going to what's basically a five-percent solution. This kind of mismatch between our capital and the carbon needs to be fixed in the long run, so we make sure we put our resources in the best possible places.

At the end of the day, though, science gives us six pillars for effective action. First, we've got to make sure that solutions are based in evidence, not just hype and rhetoric. We also need to make sure climate solutions are cheap so we can do a lot of them. And we should look for solutions that are ready to go now, so they have the maximum impact possible over time. We can also geographically focus our efforts to make sure they're most impactful and ensure that they are helping us through the lens of equity and justice and are truly beneficial to people, too. We also, though, can align all of this so our portfolios are lined up with the carbon in the atmosphere.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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