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Laid-Off Tech Workers Have the Skills That Climate Startups Crave

Transitioning into the expanding climate-tech sector could be the next step for some of the thousands who’ve recently lost their jobs. 

A technician works on a wildfire detection system that monitors protected areas in the Pantanal Wetlands, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil.

Photographer: Maria Magdalena Arrellaga/Bloomberg
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Hello from Singapore (not Sharm El-Sheikh), where I am joining the fifth annual Bloomberg New Economy Forum. Climate is on the agenda here, and so too is Big Tech, for good reason.