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Gerrit Jan Schaeffer

General Manager @ EnergyVille

What if the economy could run on green hydrogen?

June 20, 2022

Without green hydrogen it will not be possible to achieve a sustainable global economy. Because it can be used for so many applications, it will become a scarce commodity in the coming decades – no matter how much we produce.

Peter Adriaens

Professor of Engineering, Finance & Entrepreneurship @ University of Michigan

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How fintech can help fight global warming

June 6, 2022

Fintech has to be integrated in the value proposition of technology solutions as an operational efficiency gain. The integration of IoT in products and systems builds data oceans, which leads to insights that create value as monetizable data streams.

Tomasz Chruszczow

UNFCCC COP24 Special Envoy for Climate Change @ Ministry of Environment in Poland

Cross-thematicHabitat Post 2030

Global mechanisms for implementation of Agenda 2030 and beyond

May 16, 2022

Developing countries lack financial resources as well as institutional capacity to implement policies, plans and action for reaching the Sustainable Development Goals. This is why cooperation between countries are key to making progress.

What if the economy could run on green hydrogen?

Gerrit Jan Schaeffer

General Manager @ EnergyVille

Energy

What if the economy could run on green hydrogen?

June 20, 2022

How fintech can help fight global warming

Peter Adriaens

Professor of Engineering, Finance & Entrepreneurship @ University of Michigan

Cross-thematic

How fintech can help fight global warming

June 6, 2022

Global mechanisms for implementation of Agenda 2030 and beyond

Tomasz Chruszczow

UNFCCC COP24 Special Envoy for Climate Change @ Ministry of Environment in Poland

Cross-thematicHabitat Post 2030

Global mechanisms for implementation of Agenda 2030 and beyond

May 16, 2022

Urban inclusion in Middle Eastern cities

Nasser Golzari

Researcher @ University of Westminster, London, UK

Cross-thematicHabitat Post 2030

Urban inclusion in Middle Eastern cities

May 9, 2022

Cities in the Middle East are experiencing civil war, destruction and occupation. Sustainable redevelopment is only possible when socio-cultural inclusion is considered. The most effective way is to promote inclusive societies through urban integration.

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The G-STIC conference is hosted jointly by VITO (the prime research and technology organization on cleantech and sustainable development in Belgium) and 7 other not-for-profit independent technology research institutes: CSIR (The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, South Africa), FIOCRUZ (Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Brazil), GIEC (Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, China), GIST (Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea), NACETEM (National Centre for Technology Management, Nigeria), TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute, India) and SDSN (the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network).