When I started to hear about fossil fuel divestment movements, I simply thought that was a moral argument; Fossil fuels are major drivers of climate change, which imperils our future and therefore endowments and pension plans should divest from the fossil fuel companies to align their investments with shareholders’ values.

Minerva Ventures was on the organizing committee of the Silicon Valley Energy Summit at Stanford University in June. The videos are now available from the event which included a lively debate on nuclear power featuring 2 Nobel Laureates.

I urge you to experience this amazing performance that marries music, art and climate data for a visceral understanding of the future we have set in motion. Come to the Tech Museum of Innovation in San Jose on July 19.

CEM7 is the follow-up meeting to the COP21 U.N. Convention of Parties climate change talks last December in Paris. The participating energy ministries include Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, India, Japan, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

The water system in the U.S. and in California was designed with an assumption of abundance. As climate change progresses, the amount and distribution of water is changing, while California's population is growing.

2016 promises to be a breakthrough year for global action to address the challenge of climate change. In December 2015, representatives of many of the world's countries gathered in Paris and agreed to significant action for both developed and developing countries. Now the challenge is to make the changes to our energy systems and how we design, make and distribute products and services. This is the year to push for dramatic advances in the way we manage and use water and how effectively we protect natural resources and ecosystems, including forests and oceans.