700 million people still live without electricity. Here’s how to fix that | Jacqueline Novogratz
TED Talks Daily22 Heinä 2025

700 million people still live without electricity. Here’s how to fix that | Jacqueline Novogratz

Impact investor and Acumen CEO Jacqueline Novogratz unveils a bold vision to bring off-grid solar electricity to 700 million people still living in darkness, transforming lives while slashing emissions. She asks a thought-provoking question: What if this generation could be remembered for finally bringing electricity — and dignity — to everyone on the planet?

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How we can start to heal the pain of racial division | Ruby Sales

How we can start to heal the pain of racial division | Ruby Sales

"Where does it hurt?" It's a question that activist and educator Ruby Sales has traveled the US asking, looking deeply at the country's legacy of racism and searching for sources of healing. In this m...

1 Helmi 201920min

An astronaut's story of curiosity, perspective and change | Leland Melvin

An astronaut's story of curiosity, perspective and change | Leland Melvin

What job is best for a young man who's been a tennis ace, a cross-country traveler, a chemistry nerd and an NFL draftee? How about ... astronaut? Leland Melvin tells the story of the challenges he's a...

31 Tammi 201913min

The way we think about biological sex is wrong | Emily Quinn

The way we think about biological sex is wrong | Emily Quinn

Did you know that almost 150 million people worldwide are born intersex -- with biology that doesn't fit the standard definition of male or female? (That's as many as the population of Russia.) At age...

31 Tammi 201914min

The disarming case to act right now on climate change | Greta Thunberg

The disarming case to act right now on climate change | Greta Thunberg

In this passionate call to action, 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg explains why, in August 2018, she walked out of school and organized a strike to raise awareness of global warming, prote...

30 Tammi 201911min

Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty | Marian Wright Edelman.

Reflections from a lifetime fighting to end child poverty | Marian Wright Edelman.

What does it take to build a national movement? In a captivating conversation with TEDWomen curator Pat Mitchell, Marian Wright Edelman reflects on her path to founding the Children's Defense Fund in ...

30 Tammi 201915min

Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer | Sean Davis

Can we solve global warming? Lessons from how we protected the ozone layer | Sean Davis

The Montreal Protocol proved that the world could come together and take action on climate change. Thirty years after the world's most successful environmental treaty was signed, atmospheric scientist...

29 Tammi 20199min

The power of women's anger | Soraya Chemaly

The power of women's anger | Soraya Chemaly

Anger is a powerful emotion -- it warns us of threat, insult, indignity and harm. But across the world, girls and women are taught that their anger is better left unvoiced, says author Soraya Chemaly....

28 Tammi 201911min

Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds next

Ray Kurzweil on what the future holds next

Join head of TED Chris Anderson for a very special conversation with legendary inventor and computer scientist Ray Kurzweil, recorded live onstage at TED2018. Listen in to hear what the man who makes ...

24 Tammi 201938min

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