Climate

The climate crisis is shifting, systemic, and stubbornly complex. There is no tecnnological 'magic bullet' that can solve it.

The real barrier to climate impact isn’t missing money or tech; it’s the distance between funders and the people who live with the outcomes. Brink closes that gap by co-designing with local decision-makers, wiring behavioural insights into the solutions and systems (and that includes us), and building finance that rewards learning.

Three critical  challenges we're committed to tackling

Solutions must work today and scale tomorrow

Climate solutions must be capable of surviving outside of donor projects and innovation labs.

The solutions we support are financially viable, compatible with government procurement systems, and able to deliver measurable results at scale.

Person in a blue shirt harvesting dry maize in a field under a clear sky.

Solutions must work today and scale tomorrow

Climate solutions must be capable of surviving outside of donor projects and innovation labs.

The solutions we support are financially viable, compatible with government procurement systems, and able to deliver measurable results at scale.

Person in a blue shirt harvesting dry maize in a field under a clear sky.

Tech needs to fit in and gets the job done

The most effective solutions are those that can fit seamlessly into local infrastructure and constraints.

We are finding wys to support technologies that are robust, context-aware, and built for durability over novelty.

Man wearing a colorful shirt plowing red soil using a wooden-handled plow pulled by a black ox in a rural farm setting.

Initiatives must be owned locally and shaped by reality

Our climate work is driven by those living the challenge; from frontline communities to local governments and innovators.

We believe that local relevance is the difference between a pilot and a movement.

Four smiling women standing outdoors with their bicycles on a dirt path in Luyaba, Zambia.

Explore our work

GO Muhazi

Supporting climate-smart agri-tech ventures to scale.
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Repair & Reuse Kenya

Imagining a better future for the repair and reuse economy in Kenya.
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Logos of organizations including USAID, Ubora Bora, UK International Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EdTech Hub, Jacobs Foundation, UNICEF, AfriLabs, AI Observatory, Utopia, The World Bank, UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Transform.
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Logos of organizations including USAID, Ubora Bora, UK International Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EdTech Hub, Jacobs Foundation, UNICEF, AfriLabs, AI Observatory, Utopia, The World Bank, UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Transform.
Row of logos including Hanga Pitchfest, UN Environment Programme, Frontier Tech Hub, Youth Innovation Lab, Tiko, Ampersand, Uganda emblem, Unilever, Climate Robotics, Omdena, Qhala, UNICEF, WWF, UK aid, and Makerere University.
Logos of organizations including USAID, Ubora Bora, UK International Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EdTech Hub, Jacobs Foundation, UNICEF, AfriLabs, AI Observatory, Utopia, The World Bank, UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Transform.
Row of logos including Hanga Pitchfest, UN Environment Programme, Frontier Tech Hub, Youth Innovation Lab, Tiko, Ampersand, Uganda emblem, Unilever, Climate Robotics, Omdena, Qhala, UNICEF, WWF, UK aid, and Makerere University.
Logos of organizations including USAID, Ubora Bora, UK International Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EdTech Hub, Jacobs Foundation, UNICEF, AfriLabs, AI Observatory, Utopia, The World Bank, UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Transform.
Row of logos including Hanga Pitchfest, UN Environment Programme, Frontier Tech Hub, Youth Innovation Lab, Tiko, Ampersand, Uganda emblem, Unilever, Climate Robotics, Omdena, Qhala, UNICEF, WWF, UK aid, and Makerere University.
Logos of organizations including USAID, Ubora Bora, UK International Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EdTech Hub, Jacobs Foundation, UNICEF, AfriLabs, AI Observatory, Utopia, The World Bank, UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Transform.
Row of logos including Hanga Pitchfest, UN Environment Programme, Frontier Tech Hub, Youth Innovation Lab, Tiko, Ampersand, Uganda emblem, Unilever, Climate Robotics, Omdena, Qhala, UNICEF, WWF, UK aid, and Makerere University.
Logos of organizations including USAID, Ubora Bora, UK International Development, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, EdTech Hub, Jacobs Foundation, UNICEF, AfriLabs, AI Observatory, Utopia, The World Bank, UK Foreign Commonwealth & Development Office, and Transform.
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