A very disappointing decision today. And Gove's claim that this new coal mine can 'support the transition to a low carbon future' is so absurd We need to accelerate the transition, not invest in tomorrow's stranded assets

We're hiring! Zinc is recruiting two exciting new roles, focused on building & growing our platform to support researchers to apply and advance their skills in ventures. The first of these is a Managing Director for a new programme we will be developing: hubs.la/Q01vB-Hn0

Packing up my books to move flat and padding the boxes with unread copies of the LRB. Feels like I’m transgressing some taboo.

VC needs a New Year’s resolution to cease calling anything under 1000 words and two graphics a ‘deep dive’. The terms ‘summary’ or ‘overview’ will suffice instead.

Was great being back at UCL this afternoon to talk to these students studying eco-innovation and sustainable entrepreneurship. Thanks Will McDowall and David Bent @davidbent.bsky.social !

The UK Research and Innovation @HealthyAgeingUK Catalyst Awards call is now OPEN! The Awards support entrepreneurial researchers to create impactful products and services that improve later life. Visit our resource hub to apply - hubs.la/Q01zKjDz0 - closes 21st Feb, 4pm

Shock announcement: guy working in venture in his late 20s writes a newsletter. Been writing a newsletter for a couple of months on thought provoking things in climate tech. Moved it to substack! lukebevan.substack.com Check it out and let me know your thoughts!

Thrilled that our preprint detailing producing consensus estimates for an ensemble of COVID-19 models is now up online. The result of fantastic collaboration across government (UK Health Security Agency Dstl SPI-M )and academia. Thanks to all involved! medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

Zinc is thrilled to announce our newest mission to eliminate environmental threats to our health! We are looking to support 70 driven individuals to join the next 12-month Venture Builder starting in October 2023 Apply now! 🌍🌿 hubs.la/Q01FVtwR0

Up to 40% of UK start-ups and scale-ups use SVB. It's a vital part of our start-up success. If the UK wants a world-class tech sector, it has to act today to ensure it's open for business tomorrow. Else very many jobs at risk this week and hundreds of thousands in the future.

I really want to read this alt-history novel

Lots of well deserved remembrances of Ellsberg’s heroism today. I’ll just post my favorite passage from his incredible memoir, Secrets. He’s telling Henry Kissinger (who as many have noted is somehow still alive) what access to truly secret information can do to a person’s mind.

🏙️ How will we cool London in 2050? 💭 To mark #LondonClimateAction Week, Dr Luke Bevan, Senior Associate on Zinc’s Deeptech team, shares his thoughts about the solutions needed to cool cities like London and protect the health of citizens. hubs.la/Q01WlVx10

I don't want to single anyone out here, but it's important to realise that a sizeable share of people involved in public policy think you need some kind of formal expertise to judge whether £100m is an appropriate price to pay to protect a colony of bats from a train line.

"emergency"

In the seasonal spirit of everyone making lots of end-of-year lists, I rounded up some of my favourite books in 2024 over on my blog. Happy new year! open.substack.com/pub/lukebevan/…

“iconic Edinburgh scrapyard” “in operation for 30 years” Help my economy is dying we don't know what to do.

I wrote about the strange times climate tech is going through and the identity crisis at the heart of it. Check it out -> lukebevan.substack.com/p/climate-tech…

adam tooze letting out a sigh and closing his climate change book draft again to write his third market crash polycrisis book in 10 years