AGP Executive Report
Last update: 9 hours agoClimate Finance: Forest carbon took center stage at Climate Week NYC as Brazil’s Tropical Forest Forever Facility targets $10B (now $7.3B) and Guyana, Ecuador, Bolivia and Costa Rica pushed Article 6-style funding tools like debt-for-swaps and results-based payments. Biodiversity Science: Bolivia researchers announced the first new cat species in over a century—tilcayo (Leopardus tilcayo)—based on genomic work on museum specimens and living animals. AI Weather: Google DeepMind’s WeatherNext Cyclones won a science prize for an AI model that can give forecasters about an extra day of warning, including high-confidence calls for Hurricane Melissa’s Jamaica landfall. Ocean & Climate Risk: Scientists warn a slow-moving planetary-scale kelvin wave, supercharged by El Niño, could raise California sea levels by up to a foot for months. Energy Tech: Photon Marine won a $1M NSF MegaBoost award to build a marine electrification ecosystem in New York, linking electric workboats, fast charging, and floating energy storage. Film/Media Industry: Iberseries & Platino Industria in Madrid is pivoting toward more B2B dealmaking, pitching and writer meetings, with AI and microdramas in the spotlight.
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