Investor Saul Griffith says electrification the only path to meet climate goals
Griffith's video address to a packed Investor Group on Climate Change conference from a room in Melbourne Airport showed that the maverick entrepreneur could still draw a crowd.
Saul Griffith is a dedicated human. Faced with a growing backlash in the US against climate tech following last year's election, he was determined to spread his message about the importance of electrifying everything as far as he could.
So when the Wollongong-born founder of Rewiring America and Rewiring Australia was invited to speak at the Investor Group on Climate Change’s 20th anniversary conference in Sydney, Griffith wasted no time boarding a plane.
However, the flight bound for Sydney was diverted to Melbourne, meaning he would miss his 10am speaking slot.
No matter. From a stark, white-walled meeting room deep in Melbourne Airport, Griffith delivered a candid account of how far the world has come in electrifying homes and small businesses. But he cautioned that unless heavy industry was also given incentives to change, countries like Australia and the US would miss their climate targets.
