climate and Environment

Our focus centers around global investments and innovative technologies committed to address the modern-day challenges of our planet.  We also focus on political movements, policies, migration of populations, and conflict around the world that are a result of unprecedented environmental challenges. It is a common goal at Create Matter to focus on some of the challenges and opportunities that have evolved around these topics.

Technology as a Solution

Climate change is the greatest challenge to ever face humanity.  Part of what makes this challenge so daunting is how quickly the problem of greenhouse gas emissions was created, taking less than 200 years from the invention of the technology and machines that drove the global industrial revolution.  At the same time, the most likely solutions to climate change lie in the science and technology fields that helped create the problems.  Climate change is an adverse side effect to a massive leap in science and technology, but those advances also provide the type of solutions that can scale globally to stop and reverse the warming of the planet.  The climate crisis is not just about polluting the atmosphere with greenhouse gases; it is also about the cascading effects caused by a warmer climate, like changes in the oceans, soil, surface ice, and the other species living on the planet.  Again, we see that technology is the central topic, both as part of the problem and the most likely solution..

Migration Around the World

Populations have always moved to areas that are more hospitable to specific lifestyles, hospitable climates, political leaning, and environment.  However, voluntary migration has been reserved for economic groups with the means to relocate.  Additionally, conflict, resource scarcity, political instability, and criminal groups have caused migrations of large populations.   Climate change and global health challenges are an increasing threat to communities and nations at an alarming rate. Technologies are being invented and implemented to track migration patterns of people and make predictions. Resource availability and sustainability is causing migration around the world today and will continue to grow as climate challenges progress.  For many, the things that we are seeing today were once just theories of scientist and projection models, lacking the urgency in the public.  Criminal networks are using resources and goods to control populations and exert more power over its citizens. As climate changes put more pressures on these systems, migration will continue to ebb and flow in response.

Preparedness

Natural phenomena like wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes are increasing in strength and frequency as the climate changes on our planet.  Technologies are improving to better model, predict, and prepare for these evolving challenges.  Notification systems, detection instruments, mobile technologies, and infrastructure advancements are helping change they way governments and non-government organizations address these natural disasters.  Early detection systems give people the time they need to make the right plan. Detection and prediction are important to preparedness, but technology is also helping to mobilize people when events occur.  Technology can be even more effective in evacuations and logistics management, providing better responsiveness.  Communicating to populations through mobile devices, television, radio, and localized evacuation systems, simultaneously, has never been more far reaching than it is today.

World Cooperation

Every county and every industry on the planet will be impacted by climate change and massive innovation and adaption will be required to change the way we consume resources to drive modern living. Humanity is entering a phase of massive change, in part as a reaction to the changing climate and from adoption of new approaches to produce energy, grow food, manufacture goods, and operate a global logistics and communication system in a sustainable, scalable way.  Trade among nations will be more necessary and require even greater cooperation to address shortcomings in supplies.  There is a league of scientists, inventors, innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors working the problem, incrementally creating solutions to the greatest challenge in human history.  What topic could be more interesting and relevant to the world today?

  • innovation

    Patents, Industry, Law

  • investment

    Grants, International Cooperation, Funds

  • technology

    Climate Cleaning, Energy, Sustainability