Pique Action and Keeling Curve Prize Announce a Strategic Partnership Supporting Climate Solutions
Together the two organizations will ramp up storytelling on innovative climate changemakers
LOS ANGELES, CA. (January 19th, 2022) - Pique Action and the Global Warming Mitigation Project (GWMP) are announcing a strategic partnership. The collaboration will center around the Keeling Curve Prize, an annual prize that awards $250,000 distributed to 10 recipients working on climate solutions that bend the Keeling Curve.
The partnership will focus on the amplification and storytelling of climate solutions, aiming to inspire and attract others across the globe to take action on climate change. Pique will produce and distribute micro-documentaries highlighting the finalists and laureates. Past Keeling Curve laureates include notable climate leaders Twelve, Takachar, and WattTime.
The recipients are selected amongst five categories: Carbon Sinks, Energy, Finance, Social & Cultural Pathways and Transportation & Mobility. The laureates move through a rigorous and complex analysis and scoring process by a team of expert analysts, led by Aven Satre-Meloy. Of the hundreds applications reviewed annually, 20 finalists will be selected and sent to a group of international judges who select the 10 laureates based on a voting system.
Pique Action, a new media company focused on climate solutions, uses the power of storytelling to accelerate the transition to a more sustainable world. Since its launch four months ago, Pique has released 13 micro-documentaries on climate tech startups that have amassed over 2 million cross-platform views.
“The Keeling Curve Prize profoundly impacts the development and deployment of climate solutions,” explains Kip Pastor, Founder and CEO of Pique Action. “We are honored, humbled, and motivated by our partnership with the Global Warming Mitigation Project to amplify the stories of the changemakers, innovators, and problem-solvers working to stop and reverse climate change.”
"GWMP is proud to partner with Pique Action, a company whose mission is so aligned with our own,” adds Jacque Francis, Executive Director of the Global Warming Mitigation Project. “We are incredibly energized and excited by the content Pique Action is creating, and are inspired to see innovative climate solutions being amplified through creative media. Pique Action will undoubtedly help us amplify our annual Keeling Curve Prize and increase the visibility of our laureates."
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About Pique Action
Pique Action is a new media company aiming to change the conversation on climate change by creating positive, solution-oriented content. It’s the opposite of doomscrolling. By capturing attention and stimulating curiosity through micro-documentaries, Pique is able to drive action and accelerate impact.
About Global Warming Mitigation Project
The Global Warming Mitigation Project (GMWP) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that is identifying, activating, and accelerating projects and programs worldwide that are reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing carbon uptake. The Keeling Curve Prize is a GWMP program that awards $250,000 annually to projects that display proven carbon uptake, drawdown, or sequestration efforts.
