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Dr. Bill Weihl shares his perspective on how companies can change the game on climate by advocating for stronger public policy. Through his non-profit initiative, ClimateVoice, Dr. Weihl aims to mobilize the workforce to encourage companies to go "all in" on climate -- especially by using their voice and influence to support public policy, everywhere they operate.

Note: References to "John" and "Hal" throughout the talk are to John Doerr and Hal Harvey, whose Countdown talk was featured before this one at the TEDxClimateChangeAI event. The referenced talk can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4Cy16uOdLM

Bill Weihl is the Founder and Executive Director of ClimateVoice, a non-profit initiative launched in February 2020 that is mobilizing the workforce to encourage companies to go “all in” on climate - especially in their use of their voice and influence to support public policy, everywhere they operate. Previously, Bill was Director of Sustainability at Facebook, leading work on sustainability across the company; Green Energy Czar at Google, where his team pioneered Google’s work to buy clean energy for its data centers, among other initiatives; a Professor of Computer Science at MIT; a researcher at Digital's Systems Research Center; and CTO of Akamai Technologies. Bill is on the board of directors of the Sierra Club Foundation and of Acterra, and also on the boards of WeSpire and Common Energy. He has received numerous awards, including Time Magazine's Hero of the Environment (2009), the Global Green Award for environmental leadership (2016), and the VERGE Vanguard Award (2018). This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx