Debatable: Green is the new brown

​Join this lively debate. Renewable energy promises economic growth and freedom from fossil fuels, but demands unprecedented mining of rare minerals. Can we harness clean energy while respecting human rights and protecting ecosystems? Or will decarbonization repeat extraction patterns under a green guise?

​Host: Quadrature Climate Foundation and Kite Insights

​Speakers:

• ​Marcelo Behar, Special Envoy for Bioeconomy for COP30 Brazil, Co-Founder of Ambition Loop, and Senior Advisor at WBCSD and CEBDS

• ​Tzeporah Berman, Chair and Founder of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and Co-Founder of Stand.earth

• ​Bruce Douglas, Chief Executive Officer of Global Renewables Alliance

• ​Fiona Howarth, Founder and Director of Octopus Electric Vehicles

• ​Fatou Jeng, Former Climate Advisor to the UN Secretary and Founder of Clean Earth Gambia

• ​Farhana Yamin, Climate Lawyer, Author and Climate Justice Activist