Climate Solutions and the Entrepreneur: Innovating Energy
About the Webinar
When will we finally start to halt global climate change? When money tempts us. Explore the role energy entrepreneurs and accompanying market forces will play in transforming our economy to a greener, more sustainable one. Innovative ways to generate and more efficiently use energy will not only emit fewer greenhouse gases, but will also provide the monetary incentive to revamp the systems that fuel our world. From harnessing the power of water and waste, to revolutionizing transportation, hear from a leading expert on energy and entrepreneurship about today’s most promising technologies and how they won’t just solve a global problem, but will make money doing it.
Jigar Shah is an entrepreneur and visionary committed to leveraging the next economy by solving the challenging issues of our time. Shah has recognized this as “The Impact Economy" - one in which mainstream investors team up with corporations, entrepreneurs, and governments at scale to solve the big environmental and social problems of our time while generating compelling financial returns – not just average returns. After founding SunEdison in 2003, Jigar served as the first CEO of the Carbon War Room from 2009 to March 2012. Today he acts as CEO of Jigar Shah Consulting and is a board member of the Carbon War Room. He works closely with some of the world’s leading influencers and guides policy makers around the globe on key issues to implement solutions for global warming and sustainability that will unlock that next trillion dollar impact economy.