Here's how governments can mobilize technology for the SDGs

Jan 27, 2021

Brazilian forestry student Mateus Sanquetta separates material collected in the Amazon to check how much climate-warming greenhouse gas a small plot of the rainforest can contain, at the Center of Excellence in Research on Carbon Fixation in Biomass at the Federal University of Parana in Curitiba, Brazil, December 1, 2020. Picture taken Decemer 1, 2020 REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer - RC2O5L9AW3LH

Using technology to measure greenhouse gases in samples collected from the Amazon is an instance of leveraging tech to create impact at scale for the world's big challenges. Image: REUTERS/Rodolfo Buhrer

Dr Celine Herweijer

Group Chief Sustainability Officer, HSBC

Antonia Gawel

Head, Climate; Deputy Head, Centre for Nature & Climate Member of the Executive Committee, World Economic Forum

Jessica Shannon

Global Government & Public Sector Leader, PwC

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