
2030: from technology optimism to technology realism
Harnessing technology is no silver bullet, but the Fourth Industrial Revolution could be fundamental to achieving the SDGs. It’s time for us to back the promise of technology.
BA (Hons) in Economics, University of Toronto; Master’s in Environmental Planning, Policy and Regulation, London School of Economics. Formerly: Deputy Director, Energy and Climate, World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Geneva; worked in Bhutan as an adviser on environment and clean energy programmes and at the International Energy Agency (IEA), responsible for IEA’s work on monitoring and evaluating clean energy policy and deployment progress as input to the Clean Energy Ministerial and G-20 processes. Currently, Head of the Circular Economy Initiative, World Economic Forum. 2006, selected for the Young Canadian Leaders for a Sustainable Future programme, International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Harnessing technology is no silver bullet, but the Fourth Industrial Revolution could be fundamental to achieving the SDGs. It’s time for us to back the promise of technology.
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