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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

GeekWire

The International Energy Agency says aviation accounts for a relatively small share of global energy-related carbon emissions — 2% in 2022 — but those emissions are rising more rapidly than they are in other transportation sectors, making aviation “one of the most challenging sectors to decarbonize.” What do you think?'”

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- The Inception Event (CfA)

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

They want to fix problems and help improve quality of life for residents, but are often stymied by siloed department bureaucracies and simple lack of information – a transportation worker filling a pothole in the street often doesn’t know who to contact about a rat-infested vacant lot, any more than any other citizen.

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List of the world’s top female futurists (Update #5)

Trends in the Living Networks

Hichert’s public sector work, in association with Africa’s top-rated think tank, the South African Institute for International Affairs , includes projects on the future of sub-Saharan trade agreements and the future of agriculture in Africa. Cheryl Chung is a Lead Strategist in the Futures Division of Singapore’s Ministry of Transport.

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