Tim Clarke - KARIM Conference

Tim$CLARKE!
Hon!Strategic!Adviser!
LEC!
Think$Eco0Innova4on$
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Eco0Innova4on:$Driving$a$greener$agenda$
Interna4onal$context:$$Eco0Innova4on$a$priority$
Global$inequali4es:$$Can$Eco0Innova4on$help$?$
Eco0Innova4on$is$changing$lives$in$Africa$
KARIM$Challenge$
The$Eco0Innova4on$matrix$
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Unsustainable$consump4on.$We$need$3$Earths$?$
Earth$overshoot$day.$2012$
Carbon$emissions$
Human$Development$Index$$
How$to$address$Global$inequali4es$?$
Fragile$States$Index.$
Impact$on$world$peace,$security,$prosperity.$Climate$change$?$
Global$Patents:$Innova4on$by$and$for$whom$?$$
GLOBAL$INNOVATION$INDEX$
•  Created$by$INSEAD,$Cornell$and$WIPO$in$2007$
•  143$countries,$81$indicators$
•  Improving$skills$is$the$best$way$of$improving$innova4on,$social$welfare$and$
equity.$Importance$of$clustering,$migra4on$
•  Switzerland$(1).$UK$(2).$Mauri4us$(40),$Seychelles$(51),$S$Africa$(53)$
•  Rwanda$Innova4on$Endowment$Fund$
Happy$Planet$Index.$3$criteria:$Well0being,$Ecological$
Footprint,$Life$Expectancy$.$Costa$Rica$Top$
UN$Sustainable$Development$Conference$2015$
17$SDG$Goals,$169$Ac4ons$
.Innova4on$a$top$SDG$priority.$Place$of$Eco0Innova4on$?$
.Double$agricultural$produc4vity$
.Promote$entrepreneurial$skills,$technology$development$
.Foster$innova4on$skills:$training,$capacity0$building,$partnership$
EU$response$on$SDG,$Climate$Change,$Innova4on$
•  EC$Communica4ons:$Decent$Life$for$All,$Strategy$on$Smart$
Inclusive$Growth,$Circular$Economy,$Horizon$2020$
•  Reduce$Waste:$EU$average$492$kg/pc/yr$
•  Re0cycle.$No$landﬁll$by$2025.$$
•  Renewable$Energy:$fossil$free$by$2050$
Eco0Innova4on$in$Africa$
Chololo$Eco$Village,$Tanzania$
APOPO$Hero$rats$,Mozambique$(Angola,$Cambodia$etc)$
Kwamkwamba$Windmills$,Malawi$
Cardiac$pads,$Cameroun$
Mkopa,$Kenya$
Chololo$Ecovillage,$Tanzania$
Chololo$achievements$in$2$years$
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26$eco0innova4ons$$
X$3$increase$in$Incomes$and$Agricultural$produc4on$
No$more$food$aid$handouts$
Dignity,$Pride,$Respect,$Empowerment$
Model$for$others:$Regional$Training$
New$alloca4on$of$€$8$Million$for$other$Ecovillages$
APOPO$HERO0RAT$at$work.$11$million$sq$metres$of$
contaminated$land$cleared$of$mines$
William$Kamkwamba,$Malawi.$TED$talk$
Arthur$Zang.$Cardiac$Pad,$$Cameroun.$ROLEX$award$
M0PESA,$M0KOPA$Kenya.$95%$Kenyans$use$M0PESA$
Camel$Milk$–$the$Challenge$
•  17$million$Camels$in$the$world.$Key$Horn$of$Africa$resource$
•  FAO$es4mates$poten4al$milk$market$of$$$10$Billion$
•  BUT,$how$to$sterilise$to$UHT$standard$$(camel$milk$protein$mix$
is$diﬀerent$from$cow’s$milk)$$?$$
KARIM$Challenge$
•  Think$out$of$the$box:$Inside$AND$Outside$Europe$
•  Support$and$Promote$Global$Eco0Innova4on$agenda$
•  Promote$and$support$Eco0Networking,$Training,$Twinning,$
Capacity$Building$with$ins4tu4ons$in$Africa,$Asia$etc$
KARIM’s$next$eco0innova4on$project$concept$$?$

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