edf is a non—profit organisation that tackles those problems and they have been working together withnies. i asked the corporate partnerships —— partnerships managing director what the tactic is to convince big business. what we are seeing is that investing in technology that's good for the environment is a $26 trillion opportunity so we think it makes great sense of the business is to step up and lead in this area. it's very important what is going on in madrid right now because what thatis in madrid right now because what that is doing is getting the policy right at the global scale and setting the markets of the global and national scale but as you know, what's going on in the united states, we do not have climate leadership at the national level so in the us and many other countries, it's really important for companies, to step up as it has been, and drive the climate agenda. how much of big businesses stepped up, in 2018 and 19, in terms of investing in the environment? i think the investment increases huge. what we are finding, in business and technology, at edf, we surveyed 600

joined from rhode island in the united states by the chief scientist at the environmental defense fd, or edf. thank you for joining i'm curious, do you have a person or organization who has had an idea that you would award the prize to you were in charge >> well, we are working on just such a thing at the environmental defense fund. we are launching a satellite in ab2022 that will b to detect methane much more accurately and quantify it on a global basis. that is the kind oforhing we needof. nuala: let's talk about that for a moment. aha satellitecan detect methane, how useful would that ay, do youwhat think? >> well,av we alreadysome satellites, but this would give us much greater ability to quantify and see it small-scale so we can understand where theng methane is lea from the oil and gas industry around the globe, whether it is places we can personally get to or not. that data does not currently exist. and then we can really applaud governments and companies that are doing good things and point out where people need to make major improvements, because the oremissions aretively powerful.