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In this talk, she shares why limiting investments to a narrowly defined group of projects hurts more than it helps, ways to close the current funding gap, and why engaging pragmatically with high-emitting sectors instead of freezing them out might be a key step in financing climate action.

That was Radhima Yadav at the TED Countdown Summit in Nairobi, Kenya in 2025.

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Almost every time I open a social media app, I see content about budgeting or how to control everyday spending.

But in this talk, procurement expert Wolfgang Schnellbacher flips the script on money habits and shares why, for him, everyday spending is actually one of the most powerful and overlooked skills we have in our toolbox.

Drawing on lessons learned from elite corporate buyers and personal scenarios, he tells us three deceptively simple rules that can turn our routine purchases into smarter, more intentional decisions.

That was Wolfgang Schnellbacher at TED at BCG in Dubai in 2025.

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