Rocky Mountain Institute

Study: 'Radical collaboration' required to clarify climate impact of contrails

Report urges aviation industry to enable better collective understanding of contrail impact, even if uncertainty over exact warming effect 'may always be present'

29 July 2024 • 3 min read

'Battery minerals are not the new oil': Report predicts peak virgin mineral demand for batteries in mid-2030s

Rocky Mountain Institute details steps towards a fully circular battery minerals and metals by 2050 worldwide

26 July 2024 • 4 min read

Battery 'domino effect' could put net zero goals within reach

Battery demand could increase eight-fold by 2030, according to Rocky Mountain Institute report

15 December 2023 • 4 min read

Boeing, Microsoft, and JP Morgan join sustainable aviation biofuels alliance

Netflix, Deloitte, Boston Consulting Group, and Salesforce also among founding members of Sustainable Aviation Buyers Alliance (SABA)

20 April 2021 • 3 min read

'Economically feasible': New study maps how China could shift from coal to green energy in the 2020s

Green electrification drive over next 10 years critical to the world's largest emitter decarbonising its power grid by mid-century, according to new analysis from Energy Transitions Commission and Rocky Mountain Institute

15 January 2021 • 4 min read

Technology

Third Derivative: Blue chips team up to launch climate tech accelerator

Rocky Mountain Institute and New Energy Nexus launch climate technology accelerator launches to help fledgling companies scale, attract investment, and forge partnerships, with backing from some of the world's largest corporates

01 December 2020 • 2 min read

Investment

Green Finance Institute spearheads drive to scale up national green banks worldwide

UK's Green Finance Institute and US NGOs to develop Green Bank Design Platform in order to help governments set up financial vehicles to support climate and environmental solutions

24 September 2020 • 2 min read