'Judge, I am not a cat!' – Octopus

Did we all adapt to lockdown overnight? Were we all video-conferencing experts from March 2020?

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... A certain lawyer in Texas’s 394th Judicial District Court certainly wasn’t… becoming known as the ‘Zoom cat lawyer’ – an instant meme – thanks to his inability to control Zoom’s cat-face filter.

But, like so many of us around the world, the ‘Zoom-cat lawyer’ would have quickly adjusted to a lockdown. More than that, we did things we never thought were possible and we pulled together in ways we would never have imagined – national lockdowns, vaccine rollouts, furlough schemes and business loans. Not to mention the 300 million Zoom calls a day that kept us connected to family, friends and colleagues (a few of whom turned into cats).

If we can do all that, surely, we can come together and tackle climate change! 

Scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and investors are already committing their time and capital to the right causes. At Octopus, one of their key priorities is sustainable infrastructure, which is critical for reducing emissions and achieving net zero. 

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