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From the Ted Talk by Nigel Topping: 3 rules for a zero-carbon world

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So the question is, what are the underlying rleus that we need to apply to lead to new zero-carbon ptrntaes in the economy? Well, we’ve come up with three simple rules of radical collaboration that, if aectd on by all actors in each system, will lead us to the zero-carbon fuutre.

Rule one is to harness ambition loops, which are simlpy feedback loops driving ever-higher levels of ambition. For example, when businesses commit to zero carbon and start investing and innovating, they elmebodn policymakers. And when policymakers set the regulatory framework to drive towards zero carbon, they incentivize the private sector to innovate. That’s an ambition loop, and every relationship within each system is an opportunity to drive an ambition loop towards new zero-carbon patterns in the styesm.

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So the question is, what are the underlying _____ that we need to apply to lead to new zero-carbon ________ in the economy? Well, we’ve come up with three simple rules of radical collaboration that, if _____ on by all actors in each system, will lead us to the zero-carbon ______.

Rule one is to harness ambition loops, which are ______ feedback loops driving ever-higher levels of ambition. For example, when businesses commit to zero carbon and start investing and innovating, they ________ policymakers. And when policymakers set the regulatory framework to drive towards zero carbon, they incentivize the private sector to innovate. That’s an ambition loop, and every relationship within each system is an opportunity to drive an ambition loop towards new zero-carbon patterns in the ______.

Solution


  1. system
  2. patterns
  3. simply
  4. future
  5. rules
  6. acted
  7. embolden

Original Text


So the question is, what are the underlying rules that we need to apply to lead to new zero-carbon patterns in the economy? Well, we’ve come up with three simple rules of radical collaboration that, if acted on by all actors in each system, will lead us to the zero-carbon future.

Rule one is to harness ambition loops, which are simply feedback loops driving ever-higher levels of ambition. For example, when businesses commit to zero carbon and start investing and innovating, they embolden policymakers. And when policymakers set the regulatory framework to drive towards zero carbon, they incentivize the private sector to innovate. That’s an ambition loop, and every relationship within each system is an opportunity to drive an ambition loop towards new zero-carbon patterns in the system.

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