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Planetary Health

Building a Climate Army with Jigar Shah

Story by Obvious
04/19/2022

To begin the series, we speak with Jigar Shah, Director for the Loan Programs Office at the U.S. Department of Energy. He’s worked in clean energy for more than two decades, previously serving as President and Co-Founder of Generate Capital, founding CEO of the Carbon War Room, and Founder and CEO of SunEdison.

In this episode, Jigar and Andrew discuss the highest impact opportunities in climate tech today, drawing on Jigar’s background as a climate tech founder through to his current role as a senior government leader.

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