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The Independent recently hosted its second annual Climate 100 event to recognise the environmentalists who are leading the fight against the climate crisis.

The event marked the publication of our Climate 100 list – a celebration of the campaigners, business leaders, scientists and innovators who are taking action to increase public awareness and find solutions to global warming.

Attendees at the New York event heard from speakers including Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson and World Affairs editor Sam Kiley.

Mr Jackson is an outspoken advocate of increasing renewable energy production and changing the ways we charge for our consumption. His company is a major investor across Europe in renewable power and by 2030 has a target to produce enough power for 15 million homes.

Sam Kiley, an award-winning correspondent and documentary maker, has recently been to Burundi in East Africa to report on the climate crisis and rising water levels, documenting the upheaval to the lives of thousands of climate refugees. 

Recordings of both sessions are now available to watch below. 

Watch Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson's keynote Climate 100 speech in full

Octopus Energy CEO and renewables champion Greg Jackson delivered the keynote speech at The Independent's Climate 100 event.

Jackson, the founder and CEO of the UK's largest energy supplier, recalled attending an energy industry event during which an oil CEO divulged the company is privately preparing for 2.75 degrees of global temperature rise rather than the United Nations goal of holding to a liveable 1.5C.

Sam Kiley: The global South is paying for climate change they didn't cause

The global South is paying the price for climate change they didn't cause, World Affairs Editor Sam Kiley told The Independent's Climate 100 event. Kiley put catastrophic climate impacts into real-world terms and explained what extreme sea level rises would mean for communities.

His recent documentary, funded in part by the Gates Foundation, explores how climate change has led to rising water levels at Burundi's Lake Tanganyika. The Southeast African lake has seen a six-foot rise in the past 20 years, resulting in the displacement of 100,000 people, the spread of cholera, and political tensions.

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