While attending COP29 Prof. Karen Scrivener, Head of the Laboratory of Construction Materials at EPFL, was awarded NIM – The Net-Zero Industries Mission’s Female Innovator Global Winner Prize.

Karen and Anne DeKeukelaere (pictured below) have been reminding decision-makers at COP29 that solutions already exist, from materials innovation to collaborative frameworks, but that scaling these requires bold leadership and strong partnerships between policymakers, researchers, and industry.

Text: Jeremy Packham