UNICEF Innovation’s Post

The demand for climate finance is vast, yet current funding flows fall drastically short for many underinvested entrepreneurs who are driving innovative change. That’s why we’re excited to showcase tonight at our annual Innovation Insights Dialogue networking event, 4 climate entrepreneurs who are illustrative of the global pipeline of talent and investment ready solutions:    🔵 Achim Haug, Founder and CEO, AirGradient Ltd.   🔵 Beren Kayali, Co-Founder, Deploy™   🔵 Kyle E. Cordova, Founder, AquaPoro.  🔵 Mohamed M. Khaled, Co-Founder, NoorNation. By having our UNICEF division headquartered in Stockholm, UNICEF Innovation has the unique privilege of convening these 4 founders alongside key actors in the Swedish and global climate ecosystem- including key partner the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden. By bringing together government representatives, social impact organizations and climate finance leaders to share and learn, together we can truly unlock climate innovation at scale. Kicking off the two-day event focused on unlocking innovative climate financing, Diana Janse, State Secretary to Minister for International Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade, at Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Sweden, in her opening remarks highlighted innovation and entrepreneurship as a key part of taking climate action. She noted that climate smart solutions are about driving sustainable economic development, job creation and poverty reduction in communities most affected by the climate crisis and that we need to spend more time talking about the impact of what is working. These “four heroes” … communicate good stories that cut through the clutter.