Forbes Sustainability Leaders

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Over the past five years, she has developed an ambitious plan for Barbados to phase out fossil fuels by 2030, promoted solar energy and electric vehicles and explored debt-for-nature swaps.
57% : Soon after becoming Boston Mayor in 2021, Michelle Wu signed a bill to fully divest the city from fossil fuels and began efforts to invest $400 million in ESG funds.
56% : Forbes 30 Under 30 alumnus Gaurab Chakrabarti is cofounder and CEO of Solugen, which utilizes a unique biochemical process to produce industrial chemicals that are typically made with fossil fuels.
56% : Laurence Tubiana is a professor at the Paris Institute of Political Studies and the CEO of the European Climate Foundation, which in 2023 provided grants worth $181 million -- nearly twice as much as in 2021 -- to 703 partner organizations and launched the European Climate Neutrality Observatory, an independent watchdog ensuring that EU institutions meet their climate commitments.
53% : "We must work together to transition urgently and skillfully away from fossil fuels," he told Forbes.
52% : CO2 levels are unprecedented, catastrophic weather events are becoming more frequent and severe, and human activities, particularly the burning of fossil fuels, are the primary driver of the warming observed in the past century.
50% : "Through proven technologies, we can help reduce carbon emissions from heavy industry and aviation, two areas that are lagging in the race to decarbonize rapidly.
48% : The fund is best known for divesting from fossil fuels in 2016 and supporting litigation to hold Exxon accountable for misleading the public about the effects of the climate crisis.
46% : Stiell helped negotiate a breakthrough accord to provide "loss and damage" funding for vulnerable countries affected by climate disasters at the 2022 United Nations COP27 summit, and a deal to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels at COP28.
40% : Because most of these chemicals are made from fossil fuels, their replacement is a critical piece of reaching climate goals.

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