Finalists for 2020 Keeling Curve Prize announced during Earth Optimism Summit

"We are thrilled to present this year's finalists," said Jacquelyn Francis, founder and director of the Keeling Curve Prize. "They have strong potential to curb global warming emissions and demonstrate that game-changing solutions to this crisis are well underway." "We are thrilled to present this year's finalists," saidJacquelyn Francis, founder and director of the Keeling Curve Prize. "They have strong potential to curb global warming emissions and demonstrate that game-changing solutions...

"We are thrilled to present this year's finalists," said Jacquelyn Francis, founder and director of the Keeling Curve Prize. "They have strong potential to curb global warming emissions and demonstrate that game-changing solutions to this crisis are well underway."

Every year, the Keeling Curve Prize awards $25,000 to 10 projects around the globe with significant potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or increase carbon uptake. The prize is named after scientist Charles David Keeling's famous Keeling Curve, which has been showing an increase in carbon dioxide levels in the Earth's atmosphere since 1958.

"We aim to bend the Keeling Curve by identifying and supporting the world's most promising global warming solutions projects," said Francis.

Four finalists were vetted by a team of research analysts and selected by the advisory council for each of this year's five prize categories:

An international panel of judges from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors will select two winners in each category. The winners will be announced in June. 

"The Keeling Curve Prize adds enormous value to the effort to curb global warming," said Dan Kammen, a KCP advisory council member and Distinguished Professor of Energy at UC Berkeley. "It identifies emerging climate solutions, funds them directly, and raises their profile among other potential funders. And the award process is designed to move prize money to these important projects quickly and efficiently."

The following is a list of the finalists and where they are headquartered.

Capture & Utilization

Energy

Finance

Transport & Mobility

Social & Cultural Pathways

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