Author: Emilie

  • Tailwind Playbook Launch Webinar

    Tailwind Playbook Launch Webinar
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    Join the Tailwind team and partners for a lively discussion of key findings from the Playbook on Adaptation and Resilience Innovation. The Playbook will provide a first of a kind view into the state of innovation on climate adaptation and resilience globally. 🗞 🌍 Webinar: Dec 12 at 12pm Eastern / 9am Pacific. Register here. The… Read more

  • As Disasters Strike, Investors Turn to Adaptation Tech

    As Disasters Strike, Investors Turn to Adaptation Tech
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    As the southeastern U.S. recovers from hurricanes Helene and Milton, the destruction the storms have left behind serves to underline the obvious: The need for technologies that support climate change adaptation and resilience is both real and urgent. And while nearly all the money in climate finance still flows into mitigation tech, which seeks to… Read more

  • Catalyst: The Rise of Adaptation Tech

    Catalyst: The Rise of Adaptation Tech
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    Cutting emissions is essential to avoiding the worst of climate change, but we also have to deal with the impacts of climate change happening now. Fortunately, there’s a growing list of technologies that could help us adapt — and potentially turn a profit for investors, too. Will these emerging adaptation and resilience (A&R) technologies take… Read more

  • Bakar ClimatEnginuity Hub Symposium on Climate Change Technology

    Bakar ClimatEnginuity Hub Symposium on Climate Change Technology
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    Join Emilie at the Bakar ClimatEnginuity Hub Symposium on Climate Change Technology on Sep 6, 2024 at UC Berkeley. The recently announced Bakar ClimatEnginuity Hub (BCH) will serve as a nexus for excellence in climate and energy innovation and entrepreneurship, lowering the barriers to the translation of impactful discoveries into companies that can create scalable solutions for… Read more

  • Climate Week NYC 2024 – Tailwind’s Roundup of Events

    Climate Week NYC 2024 – Tailwind’s Roundup of Events
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    Meet the Tailwind team at Climate Week NYC! Here’s a list of events our team will attend. (Events not hyperlinked are by invitation only.) Monday September 23rd  Tuesday September 24th  Wednesday September 25th  Thursday September 26th  Read more

  • Innovating Climate Conversations – Ep. 1

    Innovating Climate Conversations – Ep. 1
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    Robert Kay, Co-Founder of 319Climate, sits down with Emilie Mazzacurati, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Tailwind, to discuss taxonomies, adaptation, climate funding, and more. Read more

  • Extreme Heat & Health Innovation (Tailwind Climate Week NYC Event)

    Extreme Heat & Health Innovation (Tailwind Climate Week NYC Event)
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    Extreme heat is the number one weather related killer in the United States. With temperatures breaking new records this summer, the country and the world are facing a sizzling hot present and future that is guaranteed under all climate scenarios. This reality demands that innovators, investors, and experts from the medical community converge to envision… Read more

  • VERGE 2024: Deploying Climate Tech at Scale

    VERGE 2024: Deploying Climate Tech at Scale
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    VERGE 24 (Oct. 29-31, San Jose, CA) is the center of gravity for professionals deploying climate tech at scale. Join Emilie Mazzacurati for a panel on Innovation to Accelerate Resilience in the Built Environment on Wed, Oct 30th at 10:45am (Meeting Room 210D, Convention Center) Regist with our discount code V24TW for 20% off: https://buff.ly/3XJbP2e Read more

  • Closing the Adaptation Finance Gap

    Closing the Adaptation Finance Gap
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    In May, climate proofers from across the world gathered in New York for Adapt Unbound USA, a pioneering conference on the emerging adaptation economy. Experts from tech, finance, and policy held forth on topics ranging from how to prepare cities for climate change to building industry-wide collaborations. ClimateProof’s Louie Woodall moderated the last panel of the… Read more

  • The ‘relentless optimism’ of investing in adaptation

    The ‘relentless optimism’ of investing in adaptation
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    “We need adaptation and resilience solutions not only to protect ourselves, but to envision how humanity can thrive on the planet.”  Read the full story, quoting Katie MacDonald. Read more