Thanks for this update, it’s been great to follow the progress on climate research from the FP team!
I want to highlight and give props for your strategic decisionmaking around Biden’s victory:
Shortly after the Climate Fund’s inception, we estimated there was a unique window of policy opportunity after Biden’s victory in the US and, putting our money where our mouth was, made large grants from the Climate Fund in response (see discussion above). With major climate policy having been passed in the form of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act, and the midterms having ended the Democratic trifecta, it is now time for an updated analysis on future innovation advocacy priorities.
I think the “window of opportunity” prediction you made has proved prescient, and is a great example of what thoughtful, strategic, high-context grantmaking looks like. It should give people even more confidence in the team going forward!
Looking forward to seeing what your review of the new landscape turns up. And hoping to see the globalized grantmaking continue!
(Minor note: your visualizations aren’t showing up, at least not on my screen.)
(Also, for me, the fact that an EA team is doing what is likely the best climate grantmaking around makes recent criticisms about the community’s approach to climate change particularly foolish.)
Thanks for the kind words, Stephen, this is certainly what we are aiming for!
Yes, we will very likely continue strongly globalized grantmaking given the Biden opportunity window closing and the innovation space becoming more crowded.
We’d be happy to help re public perception of EA on climate (and do so where it clearly makes sense), but also keen to hear if you think there are other opportunities we should engage on. My perception is that most of this criticism is not very thoughtful, using the non-prioritization of climate as a clear flag that EA cannot be possibly serious rather than engaging with what is a much more nuanced position about the best use of marginal resources.
(Graphics work for me on laptop & mobile, unsure what is going on there).
Thanks for this update, it’s been great to follow the progress on climate research from the FP team!
I want to highlight and give props for your strategic decisionmaking around Biden’s victory:
I think the “window of opportunity” prediction you made has proved prescient, and is a great example of what thoughtful, strategic, high-context grantmaking looks like. It should give people even more confidence in the team going forward!
Looking forward to seeing what your review of the new landscape turns up. And hoping to see the globalized grantmaking continue!
(Minor note: your visualizations aren’t showing up, at least not on my screen.)
(Also, for me, the fact that an EA team is doing what is likely the best climate grantmaking around makes recent criticisms about the community’s approach to climate change particularly foolish.)
Thanks for the kind words, Stephen, this is certainly what we are aiming for!
Yes, we will very likely continue strongly globalized grantmaking given the Biden opportunity window closing and the innovation space becoming more crowded.
We’d be happy to help re public perception of EA on climate (and do so where it clearly makes sense), but also keen to hear if you think there are other opportunities we should engage on.
My perception is that most of this criticism is not very thoughtful, using the non-prioritization of climate as a clear flag that EA cannot be possibly serious rather than engaging with what is a much more nuanced position about the best use of marginal resources.
(Graphics work for me on laptop & mobile, unsure what is going on there).