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Climate Change

Climate Action: How Smart Farming Can Cool the Planet Down

The best way to reverse greenhouse emissions is to rethink agriculture and food production from the ground up, experts agree – because earth knows how to keep its temperature down.…

Eradicating Greeenwashing

Getting to net zero ranks high on the agenda of many corporate leaders. But first, companies need to measure their carbon footprint accurately – and buying carbon offsets typically is…

The Untold Story of Space

The satellite business is booming, with ever more data becoming available that used to be exclusive to governments and big corporations. In this DLD Munich session, former NASA engineer Will…

Insurance Companies: The Last Line of Defense Against Climate Change?

By incentivizing sustainable behavior, insurance companies have emerged as allies in mitigating the climate crisis. Moderated by Ellen Jorgensen (Aanika Biosciences), this panel discussion with Jon Shieber (FootPrint Coalition), Stephen…

Accelerating Clean Tech

Keeping global warming below 1.5 degrees Celsius is an enormous task. In this DLD Munich session, Ann Mettler (Breaktrough Energy), Philipp Furler (Synhelion), Heike Freund (Marvel Fusion) and Rafael Laguna…

On the Path To Net Zero

Transforming the global economy to become carbon neutral requires systemic change. This can only be achieved when all stakeholders in an economy work on the same goals, as this panel…

The Digital Decade: All. Together. Now.

Angie Gifford, Vice President EMEA at Meta, and Hannah Helmke, founder of right. based on science discuss the digital transformation of business and society – and how it can help…

Qbits For Climate

How can quantum computing have a gigaton impact on decarbonization? This expert discussion moderated by Deborah Berebichez (VTT) highlights the most promising applications for next-generation supercomputers. The panelists are Philipp…

How to Reach Climate Neutrality in Europe

In their DLD Circular presentation, McKinsey analysts Solveigh Hieronimus and Stefan Helmcke analyze in detail how Europe can reach its stated goal of becoming carbon neutral by 2050. There are…

“We’re Not Using Our Best Weapons To Fight Global Warming”

MIT researcher Andrew McAfee explains what should be done to battle climate change, how to regulate innovation and why intuition often leads us astray…

Fighting Climate Change – A Global Challenge

The Covid-19 pandemic “has reached every continent, taking close to four million lives … and there are even bigger shocks waiting”, EU Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius warns in his opening statement…

DLD Summer 2021 Preview: Speakers and Topics

Find out what the future holds: DLD Summer on July 1, 2021, brings together top speakers from science, business and politics for a free online conference anyone can join…