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Solving Climate Anxiety with Elemental Impact | Dawn Lippert | Shangri La x HumanizeHer
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- May 6, 2026
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HumanizeHer x Shangri La "Visionary Voices" brings HumanizeHer's signature conversations to Shangri La, a Center of Cultures & Ideas and Museum of Islamic Art in Honolulu, Hawai'i, featuring three special episodes with visionary women leaders from Hawai'i. In this episode of HumanizeHer, we sit down with Dawn Lippert - and this conversation might just change the way you see the planet. It started with a childhood instinct, charging her family a quarter for leaving the lights on. Two Yale degrees later, that instinct is a global mission. Today, Dawn leads as the CEO of Elemental Impact , her non-profit platform that has deployed over $105 million into climate innovation, while also leading Earthshot Ventures , a $94 million private fund. Together, these two engines have unlocked more than $11 billion in additional funding for global solutions. To date, her portfolio has created 17,200 jobs and avoided 20 million metric tons of CO2. We caught up with her in Hawai'i - her home and the testing ground for everything she believes about clean energy, community, and the relentless belief that we can build a better world. Key Highlights Include: Power of Entrepreneurship: How the non-profit, Elemental Impact, has invested in over 160 companies to bridge the "capital gap" for risky but essential climate solutions. The AI x Climate Paradox: A deep dive into how AI is simultaneously increasing energy demand and providing the "three-fold" acceleration needed to solve complex problems in energy, materials, and infrastructure. A "Circular" Future: Insights into groundbreaking startups like Super Circle (fashion recycling) and Nth Cycle (domestic mineral recycling) that are making sustainability profitable. Action as the Antidote: Addressing "climate anxiety" by empowering individuals…