At the Semafor 2024 World Economy Summit ( #WES24 ), Tim McDonnell moderated a discussion with Carnegie Africa Program dir. Zainab Usman & World Resources Inst CEO Ani Dasgupta on how the world can better integrate developing countries into clean energy supply chains.
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In today's Semafor Net Zero, last week's World Bank meetings missed an 'elephant in the room' on climate finance, a first look ahead at COP29, & taking suggestions on how to reboot #EarthDay semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

Last week at @Semafor’s World Economy Summit 2024, Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez joined Tim McDonnell and discussed how how the existing nuclear fleet can meet growing power demand and solve siting challenges for advanced nuclear.
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'There's the very extractive dimension of Chinese engagement in the minerals and metals sectors of African countries ... But also there are refineries that are being built,' Zainab Usman tells Tim McDonnell.

'It's not something that people like to talk about in D.C.' #WES2024

'When we walked into office, the U.S. was a laggard — China was leading the world in private investment into EVs,' Ali Zaidi tells Tim McDonnell. 'The U.S. today is the number one single nation destination for private investment — $210 Billion.' #WES2024

Great to see Tim McDonnell at #WES2024 ! Thanks for inviting Jigar Shah to share how the Biden-Harris Administration is onshoring and reshoring the EV supply chain to benefit American workers and communities. Semafor #DeployDeployDeploy

'Old habits die hard,' Jigar Shah tells Tim McDonnell when asked about the biggest obstacles to EV adoption in the U.S. #WES2024

'I don't agree with [Trump's] views on climate but ... he was right in saying that the nation was putting too many eggs in the basket of intermittent resources to run a power grid that has to be reliable 24/7,' Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez tells Tim McDonnell #WES2024

🟡Scoop in today’s Semafor Net Zero: Private equity giant The Carlyle Group is courting AI data centers to buy power from big solar farms it’s building in the Arizona desert semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

Looking forward to the sessions over the next couple of days... #WES2024

Very cool to see this coming together!!

Delighted to be participating in Semafor’s World Economy Summit this week. I’ll be speaking on “bringing developing countries into the clean energy supply chain” alongside Ani Dasgupta, President of World Resources Inst on Ap 18 from 10.30am. More info. below. events.semafor.com/wes2024/global…

At the annual Center on Global Energy Policy annual conference in New York, the moderator asks for a show of hands about whether limiting climate change to 1.5 C is realistic anymore.

In an audience of ~250 people, I saw a couple of hands up. Maybe three.

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Happy Friday

In today's Semafor Net Zero: Why EV shoppers in China have buyers' remorse, why former Navy officers support Biden's LNG pause, & why energy wonks should learn to stop worrying and love AI. Hear more from Constellation's CEO at our Summit next week! semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

this is a pretty amazing thing we put together. I'll be in DC for it next week, come join us!

In today's Semafor Net Zero, few climate tech startups have reached a big (and actually successful) 'exit' — and that may start to choke off what has up to now been a strong wave of fundraising. With Sightline Climate (CTVC) data 🙏 semafor.com/newsletter/04/…

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