And the Prize Goes to…incentive2innovate
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Incentives. Results. How to align incentives to achieve real results is one of my many takeaways from the past 2 days, which I spent at the incentive2innovate conference, a non-traditional gathering of big business types, entrepreneurs, policymakers and non-profits. Interestingly, the event wasn’t focused on a particular set of outcomes (end poverty; clean up the [...]
A Bright Green Argument for Geoengineering
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Jamais wrote an excellent opinion piece in the WSJ arguing for geoengineering research and experimentation.
While I disagree with his conclusion and find geoengineering a poor strategy for getting us out the the troubles we’re in, his piece is really worth reading. He manages to steer clear of offering political cover to denialists (who have been [...]
Climate Debate Overlooks Small Businesses
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As the United States debates how it should tackle climate change, “Big Business” has generally received the most political attention.
In the United States, small businesses employ more than half the private workforce. They provide 80 percent of inner city jobs and 66 percent of rural jobs, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration
Small companies [...]
