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Vancouver BC Recruits Climate Change Entrepreneurs
Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson is teaming up with Virgin founder Richard Branson’s Carbon War Room in a bid to get entrepreneurs to tackle climate change and make the city greener.
The so-called “philanthropic initiative,” founded by Branson, will be launched in Vancouver during the 2010 Winter Olympics, at a time when the world’s eyes will be focused on the city.
The announcement, being made Wednesday morning at the Climate Summit for Mayors in Copenhagen, is expected to help Robertson achieve his goal of making Vancouver the world’s greenest city by 2020.
“The partnership is a great boost for our efforts to build Vancouver’s green economy,” Robertson said in a telephone interview Tuesday.
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