Presentation on how startups could contribute to climate change mitigation and how to present that contribution in a pitch. It was delivered for the ClimateLaunchpad Moldova competition.

2. WHO IS ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE?

3. CLIMATE CHANGE IN “ANTHROPOCENE”

4. WHAT DOES CLIMATE CHANGE DATA TELL US?

5. WHAT DOES CLIMATE CHANGE DATA TELL US?

6. WHO IS YOUR CUSTOMER?

7. THE CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT OF YOUR STARTUP
Your WOW-ish
product or service
Your Super-duper-
rockin’ startup
Sacks of “green”
revenue
Your Hyper-happy
customer
Climate change
impact
Job done and
“pain” relieved
Your investors’
“bounty”

8. HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR CUSTOMER CREATE IMPACT?
CLIMATE-FRIENDLY
PRODUCTION
CLIMATE-FRIENDLY
RESOURCE (INPUT)
CLIMATE-FRIENDLY
END PRODUCT

9. HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR CUSTOMER CREATE IMPACT?
CLIMATE CHANGE
ADAPTATION
CLIMATE CHANGE
MITIGATION

10. CUSTOMER MAY NOT CARE ABOUT CLIMATE IMAPCT

11. HOW CAN YOUR STARTUP ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE?
● Inputs
● Manufacturing
● Packaging
● Distribution
● Use and Disposal

12. IMPACT FORECAST
https://impact-forecast.com

13. CARBON FOOTPRINT CALCULATORS
Calculate CO2 or CO2eq savings;
Compare your product with existing solutions.
● www.carbonfootprint.com/calculator.aspx
● footprint.wwf.org.uk
● www.footprintcalculator.org
● www.co2list.org/files/carbon.htm
● www3.epa.gov/carbon-footprint-calculator
● www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator

14. PITCH YOUR CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT

15. KISSES
(Keep It Short, Simple & Environmentally Sustainable)

16. KEEP IT ALSO REALISTIC

17. NO BULLSH#T -> USE DATA AND THEIR SOURCES

18. CREDIBILITY + CHARISMA

19. EXAMPLE: ARBORETUM

20. EXAMPLE: COMPOST ENERGY

21. EXAMPLE: NIDA

22. NEXT SATURDAY: OUT-OF-COMFORT-ZONE PITCHING

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