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An overview of why Europe’s clean mobility transition is entering a decisive phase, and how vehicles, charging infrastructure, grids and clean power must scale together to decarbonise transport.
Published by
Amy MarshallOrigination Knowledge Partner & Chair Sector II
An analysis of how Europe’s mobility and transport systems must evolve to meet climate targets, address energy security, and enable low- and zero-carbon solutions across transport modes.
Published by
Marcus HögblomOrigination Knowledge & Technology Partner Sector II
An investment agenda outlining how food, water and health systems must be repositioned as long-term public and private goods to secure future generations.
Published by
Gunhild StordalenOrigination Knowledge Partner & Chair Sector IIII
Christian Rynning-Tønnesen outlines why global clean energy investment must scale faster, and how systemic reforms, stable policy, and coordinated action are critical to reaching net zero by 2050.
Published by
Christian Rynning-TønnesenOrigination Knowledge Partner & Chair, Sector I
Risto Siilasmaa explores how technological sovereignty, trusted governance, and Nordic cooperation can strengthen resilience and defense in an era of fused economic, security, and digital dependencies.
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Risto SiilasmaaOrigination Knowledge Partner & Chair Sector IIICurated highlights from ongoing pilots, convenings, and data releases shared with our global community.
The mitigation of climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and other grand societal challenges has historically been primarily financed through public funding and private philanthropic giving. Yet, a large financing gap remains, especially in the Global South. The question: how can we crowd in more private capital to finance innovative solutions in climate tech, renewable energy, nature-based solutions, social inclusion, and others, especially in the Global South? To better understand the challenges and opportunities in mobilizing more private capital investments, the Sustainable Investing Research Initiative (SIRI) is bringing together a carefully curated set of key leaders in the public and private sectors, policymakers, and academia.
Published by Columbia University, Origination as Knowledge Partner
Read more →Sung to Ode to Joy from the Ninth Symphony by Ludwig van Beethoven A Tribute From Leonard M.Levie, American Industrial Acquisition Corporation(AIAC), to Osvald Bjelland, Founder and Chairman, Origination AS
Published by Leonard M. Levie, American Industrial Acquisition Corporation(AIAC)
Read more →Deep dives, playbooks, and frameworks authored with our partners to advance radical productivity and resilient growth.
The 2025 SIRI Blended Finance Conference began with a high-level panel on investing in sustainable (economic, environmental, and social) development, with a particular emphasis on mobilizing more private capital to finance innovative solutions in emerging and developing countries.
Published by Columbia University, Origination as Knowledge Partner
The 3rd SIRI Decisionmakers Blended Finance Roundtable Discussion held in June 2025 focused on Brazil. Brazil is among the most critical economies in this world in terms of both economic growth potential, and in regard to being the food basket and lungs of our world. Financing sustainable development in Brazil is not only critical for the country itself but also the world to mitigate climate change, biodiversity loss, and to ensure food security, and inclusive prosperity.
Published by Columbia University, Origination as Knowledge Partner
To better understand the challenges and opportunities in mobilizing more private capital invest- ments and the potential role of academia, the Sustainable Investing Research Initiative (SIRI) brought together a carefully curated set of key leaders in the public and private sectors, policy- makers, and academia, including ministers of finance, corporate leaders, leading investment managers and asset owners, United Nations (UN), World Bank Group (WBG), Development Fi- nance Institutions (DFIs), multi-lateral development banks (MDBs), philanthropies, family offices, rating agencies, and others.
Published by Columbia University, Origination as Knowledge Partner
The 2nd SIRI Decisionmakers Blended Finance Roundtable Discussion held in September 2024 focused on India. Specifically, we discussed whether and how Blended Finance can help foster sustainable (economic, environmental, and social) development in India?
Published by Columbia University, Origination as Knowledge Partner
The roundtable discussion was under Chatham House rules. We have prepared a high-level summary of key insights of this roundtable discussion. Our hope is that these insights are helpful in informing future plans and actions of each participating organization and hereby help scale up the global marketplace for blended finance and catalytic capital. Similarly, they inform SIRI's research activities and educational programming.
Published by Columbia University, Origination as Knowledge Partner
