{"id":628586,"date":"2022-09-14T14:13:18","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T14:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=research-and-insight&#038;p=799097"},"modified":"2022-10-26T15:56:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T15:56:05","slug":"future-proofing-innovation-a-series-of-roundtable-conversations","status":"publish","type":"research-and-insight","link":"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/ca-en\/insights\/research-library\/future-proofing-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Future-proofing innovation \u2013 a series of roundtable conversations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<header class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-hero-reusable header heroReusable  \"><div class=\"header-bgs\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg?w=2880&amp;quality=90 1x, https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg?w=2880&amp;quality=90 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 1500px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg?w=1440&amp;quality=90 1x, https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg?w=2880&amp;quality=90 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=90 1x, https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg?w=1024&amp;quality=90 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\"\/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg?w=768&amp;quality=90 1x, https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg?w=768&amp;quality=90 2x\" media=\"(min-width: 0)\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT.jpg\" class=\"header-img header-img-d\" alt=\"Top-banner-Future-proofing-IT\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:53% 100%\" loading=\"eager\"\/><\/picture><\/div><div class=\"heroPictureCardHeaderShape\"><\/div><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"box\"><div class=\"boxTagWrapper\"><div class=\"tagInfo\"><span class=\"box-tag\">Sustainability<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"box-title\"><h1 data-maxlength=\"34\">Future-Proofing Innovation<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"inner-row-insight download-btn\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/header>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para undefined section section--intro\" id=\"introParaWrapper\"><div class=\"intro-para\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-1\"><nav class=\"article-social\"><ul class=\"social-nav\"><li class=\"ip-order-fb\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=research-and-insightu0026p=799097\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-fb\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"ip-order-tw\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=research-and-insightu0026p=799097&amp;text=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-tw\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"ip-order-li\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https:\/\/www.capgemini.com\/?post_type=research-and-insightu0026p=799097&amp;text=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"opens in a new window\"><i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"icon-li\"><\/i><span class=\"sr-only\">Linkedin<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10\"><h2 class=\"intro-para-title\">Future-Proofing Innovation is a series of roundtable conversations hosted by Capgemini sustainability and business experts inviting clients, partners, academics, and influencers to discuss the strategic topic of sustainability in innovation.<\/h2><p class=\"intro-para-content\">Each discussion in the Future-Proofing Innovation series focuses on a specific industry. The first roundtable took place at Capgemini\u2019s Applied Innovation Exchange in San Francisco on July 26th, 2022, with a focus on the high tech sector. The global anchor for the series is James Robey, Capgemini\u2019s Global Head of Sustainability. The contents below are based on that exchange, which you can find in full in the video below.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para-video section section--info-2cols section--insights section-video\"><div class=\"bg-color video-align-right\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row video-align-left\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"video-align-left row box box--4 box--mini\"><div class=\"col-md-3\"><h4 data-maxlength=\"34\">High Tech July 2022<\/h4><div class=\"video-info\"><p data-maxlength=\"68\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-8 box-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"video-box\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"video section\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2eGOVkOmKqo\" frameborder=\"0\" rel=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-group undefined section section--article-content\" id=\"quoteWrapper\"><div class=\"article-main-content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10 offset-md-1 offset-lg-1\"><div class=\"article-text article-quote-text\">\n<p>Most major multinational organizations are acutely aware of their responsibilities to the environment, and Capgemini is no different. We started to put our own plans in place over 15 years ago, we were one of the first to set science-based targets in 2016, and since 2020 we have been committed to becoming a net zero business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, as a professional services company, we recognize that our carbon footprint is relatively modest compared to many of our clients. Consequently, alongside our own decarbonization commitments, we have set a target to help our clients reduce their footprints, and we are systematically embedding sustainability across our portfolio of client services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why this year we are holding roundtable events across different countries and different sectors with clients, partners, and other leading thinkers. We\u2019ve been discussing sustainability, and as well as what organizations can do to address the challenges while future-proofing innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. James Robey<\/strong><br><em>Global Head of Sustainability, Capgemini<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key topics<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Many themes were addressed during this discussion on sustainability and innovation in the high tech sector. Below are 5 videos highlighting the most salient topics raised:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para-video section section--info-2cols section--insights section-video is-style-cg-sapphire2\"><div class=\"bg-color video-align-right\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row video-align-left\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"video-align-left row box box--4 box--mini\"><div class=\"col-md-3\"><h4 data-maxlength=\"34\"><\/h4><div class=\"video-info\"><p data-maxlength=\"68\"><strong>ESG reporting: achieving consistency<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-8 box-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"video-box\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"video section\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vbvSGQCu8Zw\" frameborder=\"0\" rel=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para-video section section--info-2cols section--insights section-video is-style-cg-sapphire2\"><div class=\"bg-color video-align-left\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row video-align-right\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"video-align-right row box box--4 box--mini\"><div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div><div class=\"col-md-8 box-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"video-box\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"video section\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5El2xkZeTX0\" frameborder=\"0\" rel=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-3\"><h4 data-maxlength=\"34\"><\/h4><div class=\"video-info\"><p data-maxlength=\"68\">Looking to the future: a digitally enabled smart grid<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para-video section section--info-2cols section--insights section-video is-style-cg-sapphire2\"><div class=\"bg-color video-align-right\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row video-align-left\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"video-align-left row box box--4 box--mini\"><div class=\"col-md-3\"><h4 data-maxlength=\"34\">Measuring the right things<\/h4><div class=\"video-info\"><p data-maxlength=\"68\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-8 box-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"video-box\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"video section\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TgsEZZujeEk\" frameborder=\"0\" rel=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para-video section section--info-2cols section--insights section-video is-style-cg-sapphire2\"><div class=\"bg-color video-align-left\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row video-align-right\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"video-align-right row box box--4 box--mini\"><div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div><div class=\"col-md-8 box-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"video-box\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"video section\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/izofuuEolf8\" frameborder=\"0\" rel=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-3\"><h4 data-maxlength=\"34\"><\/h4><div class=\"video-info\"><p data-maxlength=\"68\">Digital transformation and sustainability : building a new reality<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-intro-para-video section section--info-2cols section--insights section-video is-style-cg-sapphire2\"><div class=\"bg-color video-align-right\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row video-align-left\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"video-align-left row box box--4 box--mini\"><div class=\"col-md-3\"><h4 data-maxlength=\"34\">Web3 and sustainability<\/h4><div class=\"video-info\"><p data-maxlength=\"68\"><\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-8 box-img-wrapper\"><div class=\"video-box\"><div class=\"video-wrapper\"><iframe title=\"video section\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Yf0fZMyaojY\" frameborder=\"0\" rel=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"col-md-1\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-group undefined section section--article-content\" id=\"quoteWrapper\"><div class=\"article-main-content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10 offset-md-1 offset-lg-1\"><div class=\"article-text article-quote-text\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The roundtable<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Listed below are the five most salient topics that came out of the conversation between our High Tech experts in San Francisco. They happen to cover many of the overarching themes that are deeply rooted within the sustainability discussion at large. A discussion that we at Capgemini are having at the moment, along with many leading organizations across the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-how-we-do-it section section--howwedoit block-howwedoit\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"section-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-card-howwedoit expanders\"><div class=\"box card-regulated-agreements card-howwedoit\"><div class=\"expander-box filter-box tag-active \"><div class=\"expander-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h4>ESG reporting: achieving consistency<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"expander-content\"><p>For the environment in particular, which is our focus here, the difficulty has been that in business, the data hasn\u2019t been dependable, and for two main reasons. One, some organizations have been reluctant to share details of their carbon footprint \u2013 although the advent of Web3 may enable value chain data to be aggregated and accessed without the need for individual parties to quantify and share their own numbers.u003cbru003e\u00a0u003cbru003eTwo, there are so many variables. For instance, minerals are mined, moved, and embedded in increasingly large sub-assemblies, and then moved again, until manufacturing is complete \u2013 so at what point or points in the manufacturing and logistics cycles do we measure carbon footprint?u003cbru003e\u00a0u003cbru003eIn short, we haven\u2019t yet seen a standard approach to carbon footprint reporting, or indeed to any sort of environmental, socialu003cinsu003e,u003c\/insu003e and governance (ESG) reporting. However, pressure is growing to convene the high-tech industry around such a standard, and much of it is coming from the financial markets to do deep audits and risk assessments in the carbon footprint.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003e\u201cData, big data, and these new emerging technologies such as AI and quantum computing are really exciting for me. They will help us to understand complete lifecycles.\u201du003c\/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003eMary de Wysockiu003cbru003eu003c\/strongu003eu003cemu003eVP Corporate Affairs \u2013 CSR u0026amp; Sustainability, Ciscou003c\/emu003e<\/p><div class=\"content-more\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-card-howwedoit expanders\"><div class=\"box card-regulated-agreements card-howwedoit\"><div class=\"expander-box filter-box tag-active \"><div class=\"expander-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h4>Looking to the future: a digitally enabled smart grid<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"expander-content\"><p>Building renewables into the energy supply and using AI to balance loads is enabling companies, citizens, and consumers to write out the impacts of climate change \u2013 and in the process, we&#8217;re beginning to create a smart energy grid that\u2019s even more distributed, clean, and resilient. It\u2019s resilient in the sense of sustainability, and also because its distributed redundancy enables it to withstand cyberattacks.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eSolutions to sustainability depend to a large extent on the data that organizations gather \u2013 but as Sreejit Roy, Senior Partner \u2013 Hybrid Cloud Transformation, IBM, pointed out, (a) there is so much of it, (b) the insights to be gained from it vary greatly by sector, and (c) organizations need to optimize it and to have a strategy for its use.u003cbru003eThey also need to use technology to reduce the carbon footprint of the network on which the data resides, and that, in turn, means the data needs to be sufficiently granular. Why? Because if the reports indicate general data center energy usage but don\u2019t break it down by virtual server, they\u2019re not actionable, and they\u2019re not ESG-compliant.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIt\u2019s a challenge that must be accepted \u2013 but it\u2019s an attractive proposition too. As Michael Bates, Global Sales GM \u2013 Energy u0026amp; Sustainability, Intel, said, \u201cWe&#8217;re all moving to a low-carbon world, but there&#8217;s an opportunity to make a big revenue play here as well. Forbes says it\u2019s the largest commercial opportunity in a lifetime.\u201du003cbru003eMichael believed that in the short term, the focus would be more on climate adaptation than climate mitigation, and that this pragmatic shift would probably be more beneficial. In the longer term, he looked forward to what he termed a software-defined smart grid, where the highest and best-use energy supply is chosen based on market needs, regardless of where it resides on the grid, which doesn&#8217;t exist today. Based on some of the uses of the data being collected today, he saw this as the direction of travel.<\/p><div class=\"content-more\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-card-howwedoit expanders\"><div class=\"box card-regulated-agreements card-howwedoit\"><div class=\"expander-box filter-box tag-active \"><div class=\"expander-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h4>Measuring the right things<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"expander-content\"><p>John C. Havens, Sustainability Practice Lead at the IEEE Standards Association, spoke starkly about the scale and imminence of the climate change challenge. \u201cThere are no reports that I see,\u201d he said, \u201cthat say we\u2019re going to stay under a net temperature rise of 1.5 degrees.\u201d That may sound like a gloomy prognostication, but John said he saw it as a \u201cwonderful opportunity,\u201d because it provides an imperative to innovate in a way that goes beyond net zero to \u201cnet positive\u201d \u2013 to give back more than we take, and to establish what he called \u201clong-term planetary flourishing,\u201d which goes beyond traditional metrics such as GDP.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eSandy Pentland and Mary de Wysocki, VP Corporate Affairs \u2013 CSR u0026amp; Sustainability, Cisco, each agreed that GDP as it was originally conceived didn\u2019t factor in issues such as environmental metrics or human wellbeing or community, and that this needed to change. Sandy said we needed to imagine \u201ca world that counts. A world where people don&#8217;t do things that have negative impacts without having them counted and available to look at.\u201du003cbru003eu003cbru003eMichael Bates said that recalibrating in this way didn\u2019t preclude the possibility of growth. It needn\u2019t be measured like GDP, but in the transfer of wealth from a carbon-based energy system to a new clean, resilient energy system. Sandy Pentland concurred, and said that a new paradigm could raise standards of living, enabling people to lead healthy, productive lives, but without needing to waste natural resources.<\/p><div class=\"content-more\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-card-howwedoit expanders\"><div class=\"box card-regulated-agreements card-howwedoit\"><div class=\"expander-box filter-box tag-active \"><div class=\"expander-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h4>Digital transformation and sustainability: building a new reality<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"expander-content\"><p>\u201cWhat can we do,\u201d Mary de Wysocki, VP Corporate Affairs \u2013 CSR u0026amp; Sustainability, Cisco, asked, \u201cto signal, to nurture, to start creating the market demand for a sustainable, green, inclusive opportunity, really moving to the values-based economy we\u2019re discussing here?\u201du003cbru003eIn reply, Sol Salinas, Capgemini\u2019s Global Executive Vice President u0026amp; North America Sustainability Lead and facilitator for this event, said that Capgemini was building consensus to make the principle of net positive a reality. The aim was to create a measurable and reparative business model across all use cases, and across all industries. Digital transformation will be critical in successfully achieving this consensus and establishing the business model.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003e\u201cUnless and until we are thinking about sustainability in everything we do \u2013 until that mindset changes \u2013 any amount of technology is not going to be effective.\u201du003c\/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003eSreejit Royu003c\/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003cemu003eSenior Partner \u2013 Hybrid Cloud Transformation, IBMu003c\/emu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eOne element of this model, said James Robey, could be the notion of a value-added carbon tax that is part of every data transaction. Another element, he added, could be a better way of conceptualizing carbon. Just as people understand that big swings in the Dow Jones or FTSE indices are good or bad, so a carbon measure of this kind could make the topic more real and immediate, so it becomes a kind of touchpoint in everybody\u2019s lives.u003cbru003e<\/p><div class=\"content-more\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-card-howwedoit expanders\"><div class=\"box card-regulated-agreements card-howwedoit\"><div class=\"expander-box filter-box tag-active \"><div class=\"expander-title\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><h4>Web3 and sustainability<\/h4><\/div><div class=\"expander-content\"><p>The panel agreed that Web3 had a key role to play in sustainability efforts. Sandy Pentland said Web3 allowed organizations to keep their data locally and control it better, and that this made it easier to quantify the carbon figures implicit in the movement of materials, sub-assemblies, and products. He pointed out that this local quantification would make it easier to calculate the value-added carbon tax suggested by James Robey. \u201cWhat\u2019s interesting to me,\u201d he added, \u201cis that already 60% of all container shipping in the world runs on what might be called a Web3 system put together by IBM and Maersk. It makes it easier for organizations to make themselves publicly accountable.\u201du003cbru003eu003cbru003eSreejit Roy confirmed that IBM was putting a lot of work into Web3. He said there were three critical success factors. The first two were the establishment of the complex infrastructure that Web3 needs, and the implementation of cross-industry consensus protocols. The third was the need for the culture to change \u2013 but the good news, he said, is that the next generation is more knowledgeable about sustainability than their predecessors, and they will take care of this cultural shift.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eMary de Wysocki took up this point. She said that current and emerging generations of technology engineers need to help organizations bring differentiated thinking to their innovation \u2013 for instance, by applying data center and smart building knowledge to ground-breaking nature-based developments.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003e\u201cInnovation needs to come with societal KPIs. We need to measure and be accountable for long-term environmental flourishing and human wellbeing. It\u2019s not going to be easy, but it\u2019s essential.\u201du003c\/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003eJohn C. Havensu003c\/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003cemu003eSustainability Practice Lead, IEEE Standards Associationu003cbru003eu003c\/emu003e<\/p><div class=\"content-more\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"wp-block-cg-blocks-group undefined section section--article-content\" id=\"quoteWrapper\"><div class=\"article-main-content\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-12 col-md-11 col-lg-10 offset-md-1 offset-lg-1\"><div class=\"article-text article-quote-text\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-taking-stock\">Taking Stock<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What was most interesting about this discussion was that, while there was a clear consensus on the scale and immediacy of climate change, there were different viewpoints about the approach to take and about how to get there. 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