This week’s run time is 30:12.
WEEK IN REVIEW (4:35)
VERGE NET ZERO HIGHLIGHTS (18:00)
A highlight on two audio system featured this week throughout the VERGE Internet Zero keynote program.
- Kaya Axelsson, Internet Zero Coverage Engagement Fellow on the College of Oxford, provides an in depth replace on the commitments of each nations and firms. On this excerpt, she describes what the Oxford group considers to be elements of a high-quality net-zero framework. They use the acronym SCORE to explain the standards.
- Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, has been intimately concerned in bipartisan efforts throughout a lot of coverage areas, together with rebuilding infrastructure and poisonous chemical compounds regulation. This week, he spoke Victoria Mills, managing director of the Environmental Protection Fund. One thread that actually resonated with the viewers was his name for firms to reveal what he describe as their “political footprint” — simply as they might report on monetary outcomes or local weather technique. We additionally appreciated Whitehouse’s feedback about why we must always extra intently monitor whether or not an organization’s political actions match what it markets to the general public — and ensuring they are not invited to boards such because the COP gatherings the place they’ll unfold misinformation.
Music on this episode
Lee Rosevere: “And So Then,” “I’m Going for a Espresso,” “Southside.”
DayFox: “Weeknds.”
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