TED Climate - Community investment is the missing piece of climate action | Dawn Lippert

Community investment is the missing piece of climate action | Dawn Lippert

12/29/21 • 11 min

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There's been explosive investment in new technologies aimed at decarbonizing the planet. But climate investor Dawn Lippert says something key is missing from this strategy: investment in the local people these solutions would most affect. She shares how she's bridging the gap between investment in new tech and local communities -- by getting closer to the places where these ideas are being put into action.

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