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We often share our talks on this show that explore the ways in which making a profit and a positive impact on the world can go hand in hand.

Where do carbon credits fit into this?

In this talk, climate equity entrepreneur Sandeep Roy Choudhury suggests that carbon credits are an imperfect but still powerful financial tool to make solutions a reality, especially in vulnerable communities already facing climate change's worst effects.

Sandeep explores why the math of carbon credits works and how they're able to fund real projects, from mangrove restoration to emission-cutting cooking initiatives that are building on-the-ground resilience, creating jobs, and serving the planet.

That was Sandeep Roy Chaudhry speaking at the TED Countdown Summit in Nairobi, Kenya in 2025.

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Media literacy is an essential skill of our time.

With each technological leap, we've had to work double time to keep up, says journalist and comedian Dave Jorgensen.

In his talk, he explains why media literacy, which he defines as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate and create media in various forms, is a crucial skill in an age of proliferating misinformation.