In our world we are governed by money and wealth. The Wellbeing Economy Governments (WEGo) partnership – currently Scotland, New Zealand, Iceland, Finland and Wales – represents an alternative to growth-based power structures like the G7. WEGo is a partnership of global leaders committed to a different notion of progress. Radical reform of our economy offers the chance for humans, everywhere, to survive and to thrive. https://www.chathamhouse.org/publications/the-world-today/2021-10/wellbeing-economy-putting-health-wealth

There are so many more delivery trucks crowding streets these days. Ecommerce has grown at a healthy rate before the pandemic, and COVID has further fueled society’s shift to online shopping. Those commercial trucks are a major source of the emissions and pollutants that contribute to global warming. Tesla have begun to bring electric cars into the mainstream, but the revolution has yet to take hold in commercial trucking in western countries. Volta (Sweden, France & UK based) has launched Zero as their first purpose-built, full-electric,16 ton commercial truck, designed specifically for freight distribution in city centers. https:/

It's amazing seeing the innovative tech solutions that Australian startups are bringing to the world's conservation efforts. Part of the Hatch Taronga Accelerator program for 2021, Xylo Systems is a Cloud-based collaboration platform using AI technology to manage conservation projects. The management tool allows for conservationists and threatened species managers to connect, track and manage conservation initiatives. With the aim of "Empowering conservationists to rapidly reduce Australia's extinction rate". This startup is one to watch!Read more here: https://www.xylosystems.org/

In the context of what I believe to be Australia’s very bright future, Building Back Better from the pandemic should i

The world now has about a decade left to stop global heating. We are currently on track for temperature increases above pre-industrial levels of up to 4.5 degrees Celsius. When more than 190 signed the Paris Agreement in 2015, they dearly wanted no more than 2 degrees of heating, preferably 1.5 degrees. The only way to meet that aim is by adopting a reasonably safe carbon budget at COP26. All nations must work together to live within that budget. See why this is vital and how we can set a reasonably safe carbon budget and save the planet.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-exuQBnuFw&t=183s