'Amid so many global crises it’s been hard to come away from Davos in recent years with much optimism. And yet of course we have to find a way forward,' writes TIME’s Editor-in-Chief Edward Felsenthal (efelsenthal)
ast month, I was in Boston for the presentation of the Earthshot Prize, the annual awards started by Prince William designed to help accelerate creative solutions to the climate crisis. The roughly $6 million in grants—supported by donors including TIME’s owners Marc and Lynne Benioff—went to five remarkable projects, from a technology that turns carbon into rock to biodegradable seaweed-based packaging for consumer goods .
TIME senior correspondent Justin Worland, for his part, takes us to India—from the coal mines of Jharkhand, one of India’s poorest and most polluted states, to the wind turbines and solar fields of Rajasthan 900 miles away and a world apart. The tension between current needs for fossil fuels and renewable energy is hardly unique to India. But as Justin writes, given India’s size and virtually insatiable demand for energy, “where that balance is struck could tip the climate scales worldwide.
Other warning shots in this issue get at the official topic of this year’s annual meeting, Cooperation in a Fragmented World. Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, puts the problem on the shoulders of social media, where, as he puts it, “what gets the most engagement,” he writes, “are the fights, takedowns, and proverbial car crashes we can’t take our eyes from.
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