A special deepdive into methane for angels, VCs, and startup investors looking for insights into underserved opportunities. By Carbon13 CEO Nicky Dee.
Methane is responsible for around 30% of observed global warming to date. It’s one of the few climate problems where the physics, the technology, and the urgency already align.
We know where large volumes of emissions come from. We know how to reduce them. And because methane is a short-lived climate pollutant, cutting it now delivers rapid climate benefits this decade, not just in 2050.
We even have the politics.
- China has explicitly included methane and nitrous oxide in its updated climate commitments.
- The EU has introduced methane regulations covering measurement, leak detection, venting and flaring, with growing implications for energy imports.
We have all this certainty, and yet capital deployment remains patchy. Many of the lowest-cost, highest-impact methane interventions are still under-implemented.
The reason is not technology. It’s economics and market design.
And this is why as investors, we care.
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About the author
Dr Nicky Dee is CEO and Co-founder of Carbon13. With a BA in Natural Sciences and a PhD from the University of Cambridge, and as a Fellow of the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership, Nicky brings two decades of hands-on experience translating science into climate ventures.
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