Co-host Janet Bush talks with Ann Mettler. Mettler is Vice President, Europe, at Breakthrough Energy, working on cleantech innovation in pursuit of a net-zero-emissions future. Before her current role, she worked for many years in European public policy. She was head of the European Political Strategy Center, the in-house think tank of the European Commission, from 2014 to 2019. In this podcast, she covers topics including the following:
Investing for climate impact
The challenges in Europe’s clean energy technological ecosystem
Useful innovation beyond new products
The new priority of energy security accelerating the net-zero transition

<p>Co-host Janet Bush talks with Ann Mettler. Mettler is Vice President, Europe, at Breakthrough Energy, working on cleantech innovation in pursuit of a net-zero-emissions future. Before her current role, she worked for many years in European public policy. She was head of the European Political Strategy Center, the in-house think tank of the European Commission, from 2014 to 2019. In this podcast, she covers topics including the following:</p>
<ul>
<li>Investing for climate impact</li>
<li>The challenges in Europe’s clean energy technological ecosystem</li>
<li>Useful innovation beyond new products</li>
<li>The new priority of energy security accelerating the net-zero transition</li>
</ul>

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