Business Innovation to Fight Climate Change and Poverty
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WELCOME TO THIS RESOURCE SITE THAT DRAWS TOGETHER MATERIAL FROM A MAJOR EVENT HELD IN LONDON ON 2 DECEMBER 2009 THAT FOCUSED ON BUSINESS INNOVATIONS FOR THE GLOBAL SOUTH THAT HELP MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACT ON THE POOR. The event, held on the eve of the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen, looked at questions such as: what types of innovative models are emerging? how can these be brought to scale? what is the role of governments and donors to encourage innovation? The event was sponsored by the United Nations Development Programme’s (UNDP) Growing Inclusive Markets initiative (GIM), and co-hosted by Business Fights Poverty, the Overseas Development Institute, the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development. For the agenda and list of registered attendees, click here.
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| Panel Discussion, Chaired by Adam Leach, CEO, International Business Leaders Forum (1:20:59) | ||
| Welcome Remarks by Bruce Jenks, Assistant Secretary-General and Director, Partnerships Bureau, UNDP (13:01) | Final Reflections by Bruce Jenks (4.43) | Event Photos |
| Interview with Jeroen Blum, Deputy Director, Shell Foundation (07:58) | Interview with Anand Narayan, Manager, Incubation Labs, Selco Solar Private (05:41) | Interview with Ernest Kwasi Kyei, Co-Founder / Director of Toyola Energy (06:45) |
| Interview with Michael Anthony, Senior Microinsurance Manager, Allianz SE (07:36) | Interview with John Marsh, Founder and Executive Director, Prosperity Initiative (03:46) | Interview with Peter Guest, Editor, This is Africa, FT Business (06:21) |
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