⭐ #110: Salaries in climate tech: How much do you earn?
2-minute read: Climate, startups, productivity, leadership
Good morning, folks.
In today’s 1-minute read, we’ll cover these 4 nuggets below — as delightful as a nap in a hammock after a long day’s work.
Climate Startups & Investment:
#1 — 🌳 Report: 99 pages on costs and benefits of nature-based projects
#2 — 💸 Data: 2023 Salaries in Climate Change Survey
Productivity & Leadership:
#3 — ⌛ The only time that matters: 10 years and 1 hour
#4 — 🗻 Chase after fewer things
Onward and upward,
Chris
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#1 — 🌳 Report: 99 pages on costs and benefits of nature-based projects.
The United Nations estimates that we’ll need a cool $8 trillion invested “in nature” between now and 2050 to address our climate, biodiversity, and land degradation crises.
That implies $586B invested per year in 2050, compared to just $133B in 2020 — that’s a 4.4x increase.
But we’re not going to get there by hugging pandas. (They may not hug back.)
We’ve got to speak the other “green” language — dolla’ bills, y’all.
In this 99-page report, the UN tries to do just that:
Assessing the Benefits and Costs of Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Resilience: A Guideline for Project Developers
Here’s the table of contents. And they cover eight case studies, too.
And if you like this, you might also want to learn more about World Tree (I’m on the Board) and Space Intelligence (my podcast with the CEO here). 👍
#2 — 💸 Data: 2023 Salaries in Climate Change Survey.
How much do folks in climate tech earn based on company size, race, years of experience, and type of sector?
Below is a teaser.
Get more charts and data from the “Salaries in Climate Change Survey” by our friends at Women in Climate Tech.
#3 — ⌛ The only time that matters: 10 years and 1 hour.
10 years = Think longer term than you have in the past.
1 hour = Prioritize every hour in pursuit of bigger goals than you ever have.
Everything in the middle will work itself out.
#4 — 🗻 Chase after fewer things.
Sometimes people who live alone in the woods build bombs.
Or times they drop bombs, metaphorically.
And so it is with Ryokan, an 18th Century Japanese monk and poet. *
The last line below is the punch line.
My hut lies in the middle of a dense forest;
Every year the green ivy grows longer.
No news of the affairs of men,
Only the occasional song of a woodcutter.
The sun shines and I mend my robe;
When the moon comes out I read Buddhist poems.
I have nothing to report, my friends.
If you want to find the meaning, stop chasing after so many things.
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P.S. If you see a contradiction between this post (i.e., “stop chasing after so many things”) and the prior post (i.e., “pursue bigger goals than you ever have”), I hear you. All I can say is that: Two opposing things can be true at the same time. 🤨
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* For more on Ryokan, via The Zen Universe:
After completing rigorous training in a monastery for ten years, Ryokan chose to live mostly as a hermit and a beggar. He was never head of a monastery or temple. He drifted back to his native place, and remained there the rest of his days, living quietly in mountain hermitages. He spent his time meditating, gazing at the moon, playing games with the local children and geishas, visiting friends, drinking sake with farmers, dancing at festivals, and composing poems brushed in exquisite calligraphy.
That’s all, y’all.
Make it a great week, because it’s usually a choice.
Cheers,
Chris
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(As evidenced by these photos, I’m a real human. Not an AI. I promise. 🤫)
