
Japan Embraces Climate & Sustainability – Yvonne Burton, Expert On Doing Business In Japan, at Osaka Expo 2025
“The theme of the expo is ‘designing society for future lives.’ And it is just that from the foundations, from
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We give career advice in every episode, especially towards the end, in about the last 10 minutes of each episode, but often throughout the conversation.
“The theme of the expo is ‘designing society for future lives.’ And it is just that from the foundations, from
“(A.I.) is so energy intensive as a technology, and that’s the thing that we have to get, the infrastructure of
“Energy efficiency…is doing more, using less. The megawatt not used is the cheapest megawatt and there’s so many things, either
“For anyone, women especially who are interested in the energy and climate space, I would say that you shouldn’t feel
“Carbon Recycling International…is converting CO2 into sustainable methanol…(W)e have technology, which takes CO2 as a waste, and it takes hydrogen
“There are those individual actions that we can take. But if I can work with my community or work inside
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