From The Energy Transition To Inclusive Innovation, 6 Ways To Help Our Fragmented World


Foundation: Rockefeller Foundation

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The World Economic Forum's Global Shaper community, made up of young people who are "driving dialogue, action, and change," is meeting in Switzerland this week, and Time asked some of them to share their solutions for the world's problems.

Among them: A clean-energy future: "This transition involves much more than technology investments toward a carbon-neutral society and a fertile policy space.

Investing in people's skills, putting gender equality at the forefront, prioritizing energy security are the vital underlying conditions for enabling a just transition where everyone can thrive," says Carla Gómez Briones, power and climate summer associate at the Rockefeller Foundation.

A clean-energy future: "With fragile political systems and limited fiscal capacity, there is a risk that entire communities could be stranded," says G'mez.

" Investing in people's skills, putting gender equality at the forefront, prioritizing energy security are the vital underlying conditions for enabling a just transition where everyone can thrive."

A clean-energy future: "With limited means, leaders may opt for decisions that don't prioritize sustainability, at least not in the short run," says Gómez Briones.

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