From risk to resilience: bridging the ‘missing middle’ in climate technologies

Mar 18, 2026

A collaboration between IFM Investors, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund and Cambridge Consultants, this whitepaper maps a way to bridge the ‘missing middle’ in climate technologies The published paper will address the fundamental challenges involved in scaling first of a kind (FOAK) to Nth of a Kind (NOAK) technologies.

Our authors describe an integrated approach that aligns technology readiness, capital structures, offtake certainty and execution capability, demonstrating how new technology solutions can be scaled with confidence and at a pace that meets global energy and resource security goals.

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