Nature and Biodiversity
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New technologies that suck greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and reduce heat by reflecting sunlight will soon be within our grasp. Are we ready?
Nishan Degnarain
Degrees in Economics, Cambridge University and Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Formerly with the UK Prime Minister's Strategy Unit; then management consultant advising governments and companies in Asia and Africa on strategy and economic growth. Former Chair, World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Oceans. Economic Adviser to Mauritius on the development of a long-term economic transformation programme to move Mauritius from a middle-income to a high-income country, as well as on the Africa Strategy. Author of “Soul of the Sea in the Age of the Algorithm”, on how the Fourth Industrial Revolution can heal the oceans.
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