Making Better Climate Bets

The efficient allocation of time and capital is more critical than ever. Deciding which scientific advances should receive resources requires a clearer, shared practice for assessing commercial viability early. This working session brings together universities, funders, scientists, and coalition builders for focused, small-group conversation. Breakout tables will work through identified pain points across themes such as: the trust and scalability of commercial viability analysis, building commercial fluency among scientists, and improving how decision-makers adopt these assessments. A report capturing each table's takeaways will be shared with all participants within three weeks following the event. RSVP required, seats are limited. Lunch and refreshments will be served. Hosted by: TEA Commons (Techno-Economic Analysis Commons) is a nonprofit working to make techno-economic and commercial viability analysis more rigorous, shared, and accessible. TEA Commons is co-convening and facilitating this session. CLEAR (Consistent Lifecycle and Economic Assessment Recommendations) is a cross-institutional initiative hosted by MIT developing shared standards for lifecycle and economic assessment, represented by Elsa Olivetti (MIT). CLEAR is co-convening this session. Bakar Labs for Energy & Materials is a global incubator supporting promising science spinouts across compute, materials, energy infrastructure, and food systems. Bakar Labs is supporting this convening. Event Strategy, Creative Direction, and Production by External Affairs.