CHICAGO , Sept. 19, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- S2G Ventures ("S2G"), a multi-stage investment firm focused on the food and agriculture, oceans, and energy sectors, today released a new report - The Climate Finance Relay Race . The report examines how asset owners are approaching climate investing, the reasoning behind their strategies, and potential pathways to increase capital flows.
A future ten billion person planet and the corresponding thermodynamic demand for resources is outpacing supply; 1.7 planet Earths are required to sustain the current rate of human consumption. Increasingly complex geopolitics is creating significant commodity price volatility and uncertainty about future food and energy security.
This unsustainable trajectory highlights the urgent need for innovative solutions that can improve resource efficiency and shift us toward more sustainable production systems. A review of historical leaps in productivity - from the steam engine and railroads to chips and computing power - shows that innovation in capital markets has been critical to these transitions. S2G believes investment in this "climate megatrend" offers an unprecedented opportunity to drive resource productivity, reduce volatility, and generate sustainable economic growth in a world of climate adaptation.
However, climate investing is relatively new, siloed, and underrepresented. The lack of "fit for purpose" capital markets to finance new sources of resource productivity or reduce climate volatility i.