Left to right – John Loughhead, Anna Krzyzanowska, Patrick Child, Alvaro Beltran, Olga Rio Suarez, Laurent Bochereau At the launch event, which took place on 10 December at COP25, Patrick Child, the EC’s Deputy Director General for Research and Innovation said: “The European Commission is proud to support the 2020 Mission Innovation Champions programme. Today, […]
NEWS RELEASE Madrid, 11 December 2019 –This week, Mission Innovation (MI) members profiled progress in clean energy innovation and launched new initiatives at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25). COP25 marks the beginning of a year to build ambition toward a second phase of Mission Innovation. It was announced that a decision on the […]
Today, the Mission Innovation (MI) Secretariat published “Mission Innovation Beyond 2020: Challenges and opportunities,” summarising the current status and future trends in clean energy innovation to help inform discussions about the future of Mission Innovation. MI was launched by twenty Heads of State at COP21 to respond, with government commitments, to the urgent need to […]
This year’s UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) takes place in Madrid and is a stepping stone to 2020, the most important year for global climate efforts since the Paris deal was agreed in 2015. Mission Innovation (MI) members and partners are organising a wide-range of events on clean energy innovation, which this newsletter showcases. Members are […]
Canadian MI champion helping to decarbonize the concrete industry For the first edition of the Champions Corner, we caught up with Canada’s Champion, Sean Monkman. Sean is the Senior Vice President of Technology Development at CarbonCure Technologies, a company at the forefront of a movement to turn waste carbon dioxide (CO2) into a valuable commodity: […]
Smart Grids Pitch Competition Panel discussion The Bridgestone World Solar Challenge is a biennial solar-powered car race which held its 30-year anniversary event in October 2017. As part of Australia’s commitment to Mission Innovation and the Smart Grids Innovation Challenge (MI IC1) in particular, the Australian Government formed a partnership with the Bridgestone World […]
The eight finalists of the Global Cooling Prize were announced on 15th November 2019. This international innovation competition led by the Government of India alongside the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Mission Innovation is spurring the development of super-efficient and climate-friendly residential cooling solutions for homes. The finalists have been awarded US$200,000 each to develop […]
Mission Innovation (MI) is pleased to support the Sustainable Innovation Forum as the largest business-focussed event at COP, facilitating direct engagement between private and public sector leaders to accelerate action on issues including clean energy, energy access and climate change. Mission Innovation will work with the organisers, Climate Action, to drive positive, proactive engagement […]
(Front row): Daniele Poponi, Stephanie Klak, Jennie Dodson; (Middle row): Helen Fairclough, Julie Anderson, Joonhyung Ahn; (Back row): Lindsay Brown, Sharon Kearney, Jia Zhang (joined by phone: Irmgard Herold) The Mission Innovation Secretariat provides a stable, enduring resource to drive forward MI activities and achieve the vision and impact outlined in MI’s Enabling Framework and […]
Moroccan delegation with Amarjeet Sohi, Canadian Minister of Natural Resources (second from left) at MI-4: Rachid El Mrabet, IRESEN; Aziz Rabbah, Minister for Energy, Mines and Sustainable Development; Badr Ikken, IRESEN Morocco officially joined Mission Innovation (MI) at the Fourth Mission Innovation Ministerial meeting (MI-4) in Vancouver, Canada, on May 28, 2019 and was […]
