My name is andre and i am a big plan, leader really inspiring. Yes. There is the view on the floor, people hosting comments. Thank you. Please give angel a very large applause. She has been working on this and i am delighted to see each of you. I will take a moment because im so happy to see the chairman of the Democratic Caucus. In the midst of government today, the workers of government, defenders of government, people who seek not for ourselves but for all of you. Please come, we are in the midst of an Energy Resolution as you well know. We have messages of strength and empowerment and looking at green energy and energy from around the nation from the continent of africa but looking to find ways to Work Together for the benefit of the world and the world climate. Chairman pete aguilar of california, the best Democratic Caucus in the nation. Thank you for the opportunity. I wanted to say i look forward to this panel. The leadership is unquestioned. She works for the community, she works well in congress and she keeps us together and this discussion of how to address climate with the fierce urgency of now means so much to us and it should be and all of the above strategy working with our communities, with local governments, working with the international partner, thank you for being here and being willing to listen and learn and thank you so much for your leadership. [applause] one more. Youre welcome to move up. Its okay. Let me also thank your staff. Dont know shes here, helping us with the meat and match, thank you very much, very much. I will let people get in just for a moment. Thank you very much for continuing to make sure the resolution on the agenda. We have Climate Change commitments made, my own Energy Declaration in september. All the African Leaders for once to make a command decision with different agendas, some are promoting to protect fossil fuel, some of them champion Renewable Energy, they have a common voice to make the statement and that is advocate is ready for business and up legal role in the current climate challenges and the main focus was to access a project to live up to the challenge the world needs. Suffering from years of slavery, drama and today, buying the burden of the exchange that have not exploited, the competition for leaders here to be interested here how to find ways to make sure. [applause] weve come to hear our wonderful panel so allow me to give a few provocative statements but as i do so let me acknowledge the Dynamic Panel that we have. Angel is the founding chair of the league in africa, our moderator. Let me acknowledge the assistant administrator, bureau for international development. Are you in the room yet . On the way. Let me thank al williams, Vice President of corporate repairs chevron. In the general manager of internal affairs 0 america. Doctor pin gibson. Are you in the room, executive director agent. Ralph cleveland who is president of the association of black communities. Jerome ringo who has been involved in green energy as long as ive known him. And adam wright, ceo blind college, on the way. Looking forward to our congressional guests and we will acknowledge them. The reverend is not in the room yet i dont believe. Jackson is not in the room yet. We will acknowledge them as they come. Shepard and mccormick, we will acknowledge them as they come. Let me just speak again with a few provocative words. First of all, the last trip i took and his last trip i believe almost, president obama at the end of his term, a delegation of members to lead congressional leadership and to interact with African Leadership on the power africa and this was 2016. That we were in sort of east africa looking at the huge gap, the huge gap of Energy Deficiency on the continent. The continent that over the years has had an enormous, how should i say, i will use a polite term, of investment from Different Countries around the world and companies around the world. Interestingly enough, the region has just found new assets, in this instance fossil fuel but when we were there we were dealing with young entrepreneurs trying to project energy in a green way so that the housing of the villages outside of the city which is the bulk of where many africans live that have some form of energy. That is not even a decade ago. We are longing and what we should be doing as americans, what we should be doing as people of color, what we should be doing with the enormous technology, expertise and affection we have for democracy, no one else should be helping, america can collaborate with a narrow perspective that you having your questions. But we must give the best of what we have. The best i saw congressman bowman, the best of what i have. You stand up, you are the best of what i have. At some moment i will call you up before you get a word, we are talking to an array of africans and African Americans, black americans, you know the terminology varies, you are an inspiration and educator and one of the places you can be in africa is to educate so i am delighted to have you here. Let me quickly indicate i have shared the energy brain trust for 28 years. My predecessor mickey leland, chair of the Congressional Black Caucus organized the energy brain trust to begin a dialogue that did not lead people of color outside the circle. Jerome ringo may have known me and knew of his commitment even today, his footprint, we have mickey leland, toxic air asthma center. Has member of the budget committee, Homeland Security committee kept in active footprint, Homeland Security idea, Cyber Security which is both Cyber Security infrastructure protection, transportation security subcommittee, border security, all of these woven in to how we move energy. The brain trust is convened to serve as a platform for all relevant stakeholders, the industry and variety of a mixture of energy. Leave no one out but we want everyones mind to be openminded. The title of this is the Africa Partnership for ensuring Equitable Energy transition in africa creating a nexus for the World Energy Capital from the gulf coast to the africa coast. Every community depends on energy, power, citizens, lives, energy, Food Production has a stake in addressing the impact of global Climate Change. Mickey leland died on the side of an ethiopian mountain trying to deliver food to the sahara desert, the area between there and ethiopia. We are still dealing with the drought in that region. Energy can power water, energy can help with food and in that region today it is still lax. We have work to do. Every community in the world depends on energy to power its citizens lives. Every community has a stake in addressing the impact of global Climate Change. Indisputably energy is one of our life bloods. In our and our ever changing and challenging world, traditional and emerging Energy Challenges and innovation are charged today, the issues of the day, innovation, lets not leave out people who once we leave here today and turn our lights, get in our ev vehicle or gas fueled vehicle, go to hotels, lights and room service that there are people today who are deprived of the quality of life because they have no power. And even in the United States we are challenged for places without adequate power, many of these places are places in states that we know, whether they are midwest, the south and you know most of us who have hurricanes have to rebuild after each, that includes places like louisiana and texas, so let me quickly conclude to say to you think about how you are going to package energy, how we are going to put communities and businesses to gather, how to create job opportunity, how do we put flickering lights in a village in tanzania, rwanda, ethiopia where we were. How do we ensure those young entrepreneurs can turn their business into an economic engine uncorrupted in their country, how can we assure that those who have intent to dominate and i will use the term, our friends in faraway places, some would say china. How do we ensure the independence of africa continues to produce for themselves . The fact of the matter is an International Energy initiative after it is put together, so today we will listen to a number of individuals that i hope will be constructive on our next step, constructive on our legislative policy, constructive on realizing we must not ignore Climate Change, and constructive on numbers. According to the International Energy agency, africa needs 300 billion in investments to achieve universal electricity by 2030. I would venture to say it is much more. What do we do before we leave this place . I have another brain trust trying to be able to be a problem solver. Let me say that we are engaged with the african president , we welcome the president of the democratic republic of congo on the issue of ai and the issue of in particular Precious Metals which ties into Energy Production but since im a member of the Human Rights Commission all of this is wrapped around in the decency of human rights and ability to lead nations without corruption. As you have questions, think of the global needs that need the values of this nation. That is what i hope we will hear in our presenters and i hope we will hear from our audience. As i go to my seat i want to thank all the bostonians who might be in the room, thank you very much. And i did see, i thought, representative ron reynolds, please stand, dont sit down so quickly, one of our leading voices in houston and head of the state of texas legislative caucus which is a big caucus had a powerful force in the state legislature, we are delighted you are here, hope you will have a powerful question for us and mr. Cornell davis, is that who i see . Mister jerome love, would you stand up, indicated i would amplify you because maybe in some of these persons need to be there but mister love has one of the most provocative and impactful expos that i have seen in the United States of america. We hope that you will join me in june of 2,024 and amplify the work that hes doing, thank you so much for being here. Thank you. Will my moderator please come so the reason for the persons here will be elevated . You are here. Thank you all very much. Let us think, let us believe and let us do. Thank you very much. God bless all of you and god bless the United States of america. [applause] to make it very simple. I will ask each of the panels to introduce the company and the program and in 10 minutes of what it could look like and the lessons. Thank you, angel, and thank you, congresswoman Sheila Jackson lee who has been a champion and a pioneer in bringing together the industrial community, the Environmental Community and won a card for many years so we could Work Together to save this planet. Im jerome ringo, the chairman of so what it global, and Energy Company dealing with inefficiency, we are 61 minorityowned company and we are now in the carbon credit business. We, as a result of the International IntercontinentalIntergovernmental Panel on Climate Change decision in 2012 to ban freon as a refrigerant. Our company has developed an alternative to freon like honeywell, like dupont. Fortunately my companys refrigerant is the only one in the world that once you take the freon out of the cooling system and put hours in, we cut your energy bill by 40 . Nobody else in the world can do it. What does that mean for places like africa . We generate a huge amount of verifiable carbon credit from making an environmentally friendly refrigerant. Tesla makes more money from carbon credit than they make from selling cars. They make electric cars but they get a huge carbon credit from selling electric cars. We now, to is the, carbon credit banks, they trade carbon credits and sell carbon credits to Companies Like chevron. Tesla has determined that my company is Super Premium carbon credit. Carbon credit we are the only one in their portfolio. This was part of the Tesla Foundation of tesla automotive, their present and german just went to work for me for me two weeks ago. Now we are setting up tesla carbon banks. What were going to start trading carbon coated. What does it have to do with africa . Doctor apollo and come be called the cold just exploded on buddha by the african union, the Pan African Parliament to set up a Carbon Market in africa. They signed an agreement with us to system and establishing their Carbon Market. Many people, Many Companies are growing to gain carbon credits because the exchange of carbon and oxygen in and mr. But it is not verifiable. You cannot determine exactly how much carbon is being taken from the atmosphere from a tree. Ours, we can. We can monitor and so we taking these programs into africa. Were looking at a deal to sign with the Pan African Parliament that we can change the refrigerant in all government buildings in africa, and the 40 on electricity they say they can reinvest that money into humanitarian issues like eradicating malaria or dealing with covid or whatever they so choose to do. Im anxious to talk to the gentleman from chevron, and make him aware of our carbon credit banks that we are establishing. I made 89 trips to africa, 89 in the last five years. So how we can exchange of Course Energy one to another and ideas in the energy space, but there are efficiency plays that we can help stimulate the african economy through the trading of carbon credits that would be a benefit to American Companies and also to african nations. So thats basically what i do, angelle and i would love the opportunity to speak further, especially to the gentleman from exxon and my brother with the blacks in energy. Thank you. Let me just take a brief moment because as i come and thank m you, jerome very much. You said some very powerful things. I want topo make sure that you l put your most provocative things on the table. Because the success of this session will be when you finishn the engagement, and i want people thinking in big ways. And you are doing big things. So let me pause for a moment first to acknowledge Lonnie Johnson is a member of the Congressional Black Caucus foundation board, if you would please stand, and is been a supporter of her work in the energy drain energy brain trust for many years. Of the Board Members and let me welcome you. [applause] let me allow as i indicated bowman in new york but you find educators in many interesting places, and he serves on one of our subcommittee on energy which he will explain, and ive asked him toxp give us a provocative minute because he is traveling from place to place and when you go to the reentry please mention my name because thats usually where i go. We happen to be overlapping. Its one of my passions, so as you make your remarks away, please call out that im in total support of the work. I know youre insupportable we do here and would you welcome congressman jamal bowman from the great state of new york. [applause] good afternoon, everyone. So i will try my best to provide a provocative minute. Its an honor to be with you. Thank you so much, representative jackson lee for allowing me to say a few words. So i was blessed enough to win my election in 2020 and begin serving in congress in 2021. Of course three days later the with an insurrection and we had a few challenges there. But during my freshman trump i i serve as the chair of the Energy Subcommittee of e the science space and tech committee. The reason why i chose to be on that committee in particular is because i wanted to be at the table front and Center Writing legislation as relates to green clean sustainablela Renewable Energy for the future of not just america and around the world. Thats our mission. Our mission is 100 clean, green Renewable Energy and we have the human intellectual capacity to get it done. We just have to leverage it not just hereal but globally. Now, as an africanamerican, my connection to africa goes without saying but i will say it out loud here for everyone to know. I believe that i am raised and brought up in the black radical tradition. And i take very seriously the importance of africanamericans connecting to thenn continent of africa. We have to work with the ds press in order to respond to the historical oppression that is happen to our people the aspr both her and on the continent. I am crystalclear the wealth and infrastructure that has been built that we all live within today was built on genocide, enslavement, and colonization here and on the continent. And right no