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Berkeley Yeast, S2G dish on the future of beer, meat and more at TC Disrupt 2023

TechCrunch

On the bright-ish side, research shows that 69% of Americans want our nation to become carbon neutral by 2050. ” You’ll find it cooking on the Sustainability Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 , which runs September 19–21 in San Francisco. TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 takes place in San Francisco on September 19–21.

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Breakthrough Energy Fellows announces 3rd Cohort to accelerate Climate-tech Innovation

American Entrepreneurship

With the goal of getting the world to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, Breakthrough Energy’s fellows program seeks to help innovators accelerate their clean technology. “ B reakthrough Energy’s Fellows program ensures that innovators and entrepreneurs working on transformative climate solutions receive the vital support they need.

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Accelerating Sustainable Food Business Solutions to Reshape Our Cities

Impact Hub

The UN predicts that by 2050, this proportion will rise to more than two thirds. In 2018, Impact Hub King’s Cross kicked off an incubation program for UK-based social entrepreneurs aiming to combat the key challenges in our urban food systems. More than half of the world’s population now lives in cities and urban areas.

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The house is on fire: the multi-faceted problem of climate change

Impact Hub

By 2050, it is estimated that 140 million people (from Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Mexico, for instance) could become climate migrants if we don’t take action very soon. So, what exactly is the fundamental problem at hand when it comes to climate change, and how can entrepreneurs and other individuals do more to make progress in this area?

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TechCrunch: Where top VCs are investing in construction robotics

Dream It

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. Over the last few years, we’ve seen many entrepreneurs begin to tackle challenges in the construction world using robotics and AI, ranging from data-collection to completion of actual construction tasks like electrical wiring, drywall installation, concrete pouring, pad leveling and much more.

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Mistaking performance for competence

TechCrunch

Rodney Brooks (Rethink Robotics) at TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2017. It’s something he’s promised to update at the start of every year until 2050, “as I will then be 95 years old, and I suspect I’ll be a little too exhausted by then to carry on arguments about why I was right or wrong on particular points.” Fair enough. Do me proud.