Earth, Wind and Solar

About Earth, Wind and Solar

Earth, Wind and Solar features conversations on renewable energy and infrastructure in emerging markets. The podcast is co-hosted by partners Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid who speak with business leaders, influencers and policy makers to examine trends, opportunities and innovative projects in emerging markets.

Publisher

Norton Rose Fulbright

Category

news

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

28 Apr 2022

Latest episode

31 Jan 2024

Latest episodes

3 of 27 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   31 Jan 2024TRANSCRIPT

   Ep27: Data Center Financing

   Hernan Pareja (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hpareja/), principal investment officer and telecom lead for Latin America and the Caribbean, and Obinna Isiadinso (https://www.linkedin.com/in/obinnaisiadinso), global sector lead for cloud and data center investments and a senior investment officer at the International Finance Corporation, join Sarah Devine (https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-US/people/1006920) and Rebecca Abou-Chedid (https://www.nortonrosefulbright.com/en-us/people/1015979) for a conversation about data centers. We explore why data centers are an important part of digital infrastructure investment in emerging economies and what is driving demand for new data centers. We also discuss the role of cloud providers and considerations for investors, including project bankability and sustainability of data center projects.

2. 

   19 Dec 2023TRANSCRIPT

   Ep26: 2X Certification and Gender Lens Investing

   Jessica Espinoza, chief executive officer, and Sana Kapadia, director of strategy, of 2X Global, a global membership organization focused on facilitating gender-smart investing, join Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about "2X Certification," an independent certification mechanism for gender-lens investing. We explore the criteria to achieve certification, what it takes to become a flagship fund and the sources of demand for third-party certification. We also discuss regulatory landscapes where 2X Certification is particularly useful for a fund or investor.

3. 

   7 Dec 2023TRANSCRIPT

   Ep25: Do Multilateral Development Banks Need to Reform?

   Raj Kumar, founding President and Editor-in-Chief of Devex, joins Sarah Devine and Rebecca Abou-Chedid for a conversation about reforming multilateral development banks. We explore the recent G20-IEG two-volume The Triple Agenda report on strengthening multilateral development banks and discuss the key points from Raj’s book The Business of Changing the World. Raj also shares what he thinks will dominate the climate finance discussion at COP28.

Inside a recent episode

Ep27: Data Center Financing

Published 31 Jan 2024 · Transcript excerpt

[…] So data centers are really a strategic part of digital infrastructure globally and particularly within emerging markets because by providing more data center infrastructure essentially we're providing higher access to digital services for businesses, for individuals and we're also contributing towards enhanced productivity for businesses as well. So data centers are a very important part of the digital infrastructure ecosystem in emerging markets globally. So this is a topic that I'm really interested in especially since I'm actually joining the pod today from Lebanon where internet connectivity is an issue that all of the citizens here face on a daily basis. […]

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

18 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 5 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

0

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

27

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