Ukraine's top climate scientist put solar panels on her apartment roof so she could keep the lights on for her son with autism. Presented by Deloitte.
This article is part of Insider's weekly newsletter on sustainability, written by Tim Paradis, future of business senior editor.In December, Svitlana Krakovska, Ukraine's top climate scientist, managed to place a solar array on the roof of her Kyiv apartment building to provide electricity for her family when the power goes out.
Krakovska's son didn't like it when the war would knock out the lights."He was really afraid," Krakovska told Insider by phone from her office in Kyiv. Part of her son's fear, she said, comes from the many hours spent with other children in shelters that can go dark when electricity fails. Even though the conflict shows no signs of easing, it's essential to be working now on a green reset for the country, Yevheniia Zasiadko, the head of the climate department at Ecoaction, a nonprofit environmental group in Kyiv, told Insider. Because unless smart plans are developed before the war's end, she said, Ukraine won't be ready to go when the fighting ceases.
Another reason to push ahead with renewables is that they can provide benefits right away, as they have for Krakovska and her family. She noted there are large solar installations in Ukraine where a missile might destroy some panels but the remaining ones will still work.
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