Summary of the side-event « Innovation 360°: The Crossroads of Reflection and Innovation at the COP 22 »

The Side-Event « Innovation 360°: The Crossroads of Reflection and Innovation at the COP 22 », organized by the Bridge Tank, was held in the Africa Pavilion (located in the Blue Zone of COP22) on November 7th 2016.

As Joel Ruet, President of the Bridge Tank, mentioned, InnovaCOP is a « club of innovators », created to promote innovative solutions, with the belief that finance and technology help each other to develop and fasten the solutions, especially in Africa. The speakers of the event represented both the governmental and business sides of the InnovaCOP platform, and gave their multi-faceted perspective on innovation.

This side-event showed that if climate change is an issue for Africa, it is also an opportunity to foster innovation on the continent, for a green transformation.

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