SDG 13 | Connecting Investors & Farmers to Combat Climate Change | Black Panthers

<p>Who are the Black Panthers?</p> <p><strong>Welcome back SDG Talkers!! </strong>Thanks for joining us for another episode of highlighting change makers and their inspirational work towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)!</p> <p><strong>IN THIS EPISODE:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Post-event thoughts about winning SDG Track 13 at UNLEASH</li> <li>How to work together as a team during the UNLEASH experience</li> <li>How to connect investors &amp; farmers to combat climate change</li> </ul> <p>A big congrats to the Black Panthers - aka the winners of <a href="https://unleash.org/" target="_blank">UNLEASH's</a> SDG 13 Climate Action Track &amp; one of the top 7 teams in the entire lab!</p> <p>We get to chat with 3 of the 5 team members: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/aarushitripathi/" target="_blank">Aarushi Tripathi</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/vipul-agarwal-theecoscient/" target="_blank">Vipul Agarwal</a>, &amp; <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nashacuello/" target="_blank">Nasha Cuvelier</a>.</p> <p>As part of the lab's innovation process, the team had to frame a problem, ideate solutions, create a prototype and test it in just 5 days. Then they pitched their ideas to experts, and the chosen SDG Track Winners (one for each SDG) were sent to the finals.</p> <p>Having started out as a computer science graduate with an interest and experience in Machine Learning and Data Science, Aarushi recently found her calling in the field of public policy &amp; development, with a focus in building sustainable solutions that use rigorously-researched evidence &amp; centre communities.</p> <p>Vipul has been involved in research projects ranging from the development of a national pollution database for China, to scourging through garbage to spur waste segregation on a University level, based on positive &amp; negative incentives. He's currently building a platform that would drive meaningful change in consumer/business behavior in the realm of carbon footprint and GHG emissions.</p>