“The crisis showed that our case is future proof.” This is part of a series of ‘Chat with a FoTer’ where we sit down with FoT alumni to discuss the amazing things they do. At the time of the interview, Katja is at home in Aarhus. She’s a co-founder of eachthing, a startup that helps …
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“I had been contemplating my job at Microsoft for long time and after being on a month long vacation I realised I needed to quit my job and take part in Founders of Tomorrow 2019.” At the time of the interview, Jeppe is sitting at an accelerator in Stockholm. His startup, founded at Founders of Tomorrow 2019, BeResourceful, has …
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Cyrus Clarke is a designer, educator and artist working with emerging technologies such as blockchain, machine learning and biotechnology. As co-founder of What The Block, an educational game, which demystifies blockchain through gamified learning, he organizes blockchain seminars and speaks at conferences, universities and board-rooms to bring the true value of this technology to a …
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Charles Marcus is an experienced quantum expert, who works hands on with quantum devices at both Microsoft and The Niels Bohr Institute. At Founders of Tomorrow 2019, Charles gave an introduction to quantum computing and how this developing technology could help solve the 1.5 degree challenge. For those who weren’t there, we sat down with …
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Back in February, Nikolaj delivered one of the most befuddling – and popular – talks of FoT2019. Water, he explained, is not as mundane as we might think. In fact, it’s downright mysterious. During his talk, Nikolaj performed an experiment. He took two beakers filled with deionized water and placed them next to each other. …
Lars J. Nilsson is a climate expert with over 30 years of experience working in energy efficiency, renewable energy, energy and transport systems, and energy and climate policy analysis. His talk at this year’s Founders of Tomorrow was riveting. After giving us a behind-the-scenes look at how the IPCC put together their report, Lars laid …
FoT asks a climate expert: What would you say to a global warming denier? Læs mere »
Folkes Fremtidsrejser is a children’s book about a father losing his job. It is, at first glance, a strange juxtaposition of bright, hopeful illustrations, and a very real, and very anxiety-provoking issue. But perhaps less strange when you meet its creator, Denis Rivin, who describes himself as a critical optimist. Denis is an alumnus of …
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FoT alumni, and speaker at this year’s bootcamp, Niels Fibæk-Jensen talks about his journey from alumni to entrepreneur A couple of years ago, Niels Fibæk-Jensen made a gutsy move. He gave up his job as policy advisor at the Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations in New York, packed up his cosy Manhattan …
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) ground-breaking Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5°C is a tough read. A hefty document, it draws from over 6,000 peer-reviewed studies. And its conclusions are grim. In 2015, the Paris Agreement pledged to keep global warming below 2°C. The IPCC report says it’s not enough. A lot …
The 1.5°C report: Everything you need to know, from a leading author Læs mere »
