700 million people still live without electricity. Here’s how to fix that | Jacqueline Novogratz
TED Talks Daily22 Jul 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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An interactive map to track (and end) pollution in China | Ma Jun

An interactive map to track (and end) pollution in China | Ma Jun

China has pledged to be carbon neutral by 2060 -- and its citizens are helping industries across the country reach that goal. Environmentalist Ma Jun introduces the Blue Map, an app that empowers peop...

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Why are stolen African artifacts still in Western museums? | Jim Chuchu

Why are stolen African artifacts still in Western museums? | Jim Chuchu

African artifacts shown in museums worldwide are often not borrowed, but stolen -- and TED Fellow Jim Chuchu is on a mission to get them back. Learn the sordid history behind how many of the collectio...

9 Aug 20215min

The deadly molecule that could signal alien life | Clara Sousa-Silva

The deadly molecule that could signal alien life | Clara Sousa-Silva

Is there life on Venus? Quantum astrochemist Clara Sousa-Silva makes the case for a new way to seek and possibly discover habitable planets -- and shares her research into a poisonous, smelly molecule...

6 Aug 20218min

The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine | Kathryn A. Whitehead

The tiny balls of fat that could revolutionize medicine | Kathryn A. Whitehead

What if you were holding life-saving medicine ... but had no way to administer it? Zoom down to the nano level with engineer Kathryn A. Whitehead as she gives a breakdown of the little fatty balls (ca...

5 Aug 202113min

Don’t call people out -- call them in | Loretta J. Ross

Don’t call people out -- call them in | Loretta J. Ross

We live in a call-out culture, says activist and scholar Loretta J. Ross. You’re probably familiar with it: the public shaming and blaming, on social media and in real life, of people who may have don...

4 Aug 202114min

Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution | Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci

Meet the scientist couple driving an mRNA vaccine revolution | Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci

As COVID-19 spread, BioNTech cofounders Uğur Şahin and Özlem Türeci had one goal: to make a safe, effective vaccine faster than ever before. In this illuminating conversation with head of TED Chris An...

3 Aug 202121min

Remembering climate change ... a message from the year 2071 | Kim Stanley Robinson

Remembering climate change ... a message from the year 2071 | Kim Stanley Robinson

Coming to us from 60 years in the future, legendary sci-fi writer Kim Stanley Robinson tells the “history” of how humanity ended the climate crisis and restored the damage done to Earth’s biosphere. A...

2 Aug 202110min

3 secrets of resilient people | Lucy Hone

3 secrets of resilient people | Lucy Hone

Everyone experiences loss, but how do you cope with the tough moments that follow? Resilience researcher Lucy Hone shares three hard-won strategies for developing the capacity to brave adversity, over...

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