3. BARRIER: Imbalanced Attention to Resource Distribution and Discovery Across Subfields Actionable Solution: Fund more innovations in climate fields where social entrepreneurship is underrepresented
Our analysis of Ashoka Fellows’
those seeking to make maximum impact
solutions revealed that innovations are
must work to deeply understand the
concentrated in certain fields, such
most vital climate issues in a particular
as Food & Agriculture, Environmental
region and time. We must also recognize
Education, and Biodiversity &
the value of supporting multiple climate
Conservation. Areas in our sample that
action strategies holistically. Companies
are currently underrepresented—for
and organizations should ensure their
example, Green Finance, which is the
sustainability strategies include both
primary focus of only 4% of survey
mitigation (to protect against future threats
respondents —can greatly benefit from
facing the planet) and adaptation (to
more resources with the purpose of
respond to the current crisis). In building
identifying and supporting innovations
these strategies with particular attention
within these sub-fields. Rather than
to context and broader impact, social
simply focusing on the climate issues
entrepreneurs serve as critical allies.
featured in mass media or prioritized by other companies and organizations,
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