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Through her work at GGI, an organization that aims to raise a socially and environmentally responsible generation of children, Wathuti is actively nurturing the next cohort of climate leaders. Earlier this year, the Scottish government awarded funding to GGI that will be used to mentor 25 young African climate leaders through a year-long fellowship program. She ended her toast by encouraging attendees “to act with youthful courage and childlike hope.” Climate change is a nonpartisan issue Before he became executive director of E2, a national and nonpartisan group of business leaders that advocates for “smart” economic and environmental policies, Bob Keefe spent over two decades as a tech journalist. During his toast, he admitted to being “skeptical” when he first heard Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos ideate years ago about the futures of their businesses. “But think about how much that technology has changed the world in a relatively short amount of time,” he said on Tuesday. “That’s where we are with clean energy. That’s where we are with solar, wind, batteries, energy efficiency. Technology has finally caught up with the problem of climate change.”
