Episode 1, Season 3 | Why We Need Good Data & Digital Infrastructure for Climate Adaptation

In the first episode of a new series on climate and data, Vanessa Goas and special guest Sebastian Öhmann, Advisor of the Data Economy Initiative inside the Global Project of Digital Transformation from GIZ, discuss data and digital transformation in relation to climate change adaptation and specifically focusing on climate finance.
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Special thanks to Mark Hatcher for our theme music. You can find Mark on social media at @markdhatcher.
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