This is the first in a special series of podcasts, entitled « A Pact for the Future » on the margins of the Summit of the Future in New York .
Tune in to our podcast with Henk Rogers in the following 3 segments :
1) computers
2) his four missions
3) solving climate change
Biography of Henk Rogers : Henk Brouwer Rogers is a Dutch-born entrepreneur and clean-
energy visionary who has dedicated the past decade of his life to
ending the use of carbon-based fuels.
As the principal and visionary philanthropist of Blue Planet
Foundation, Rogers’ efforts led to Hawaii becoming the first state in
the nation with a law requiring that 100% of the state’s electricity
come from renewable sources by 2045. More than 20 U. S. states
and territories have since followed suit with similar renewable-
energy goals.
Rogers is now focusing beyond Hawaii to help other jurisdictions enact mandates for 100%
renewable energy in their regions. His newest initiative, Blue Planet Alliance, takes a “mandate
first” approach to initiate global climate change action by creating measurable and scalable
results among individuals, organizations, cities, states, countries, and eventually, the world. The
Alliance’s mission is to get humanity to become 100% sustainable by 2045, and the vision is to
create a world in which humanity and nature live in harmony. Starting in 2022, the Alliance
have signed Blue Planet Climate Agreements with six UN Member States, one sovereign state,
and one US Territory — Kingdom of Tonga, Government of Tuvalu, Republic of Palau, Country
of Curacao, Government of Grenada, Commonwealth of Dominica, Republic of Vanuatu, and
the US Territory of Guam — to help them achieve the 100% renewable-energy transition, and
we are determined to sign more agreements in 2024.
Rogers is also renowned as a global leader in the gaming industry, having created Japan’s first
Role-Playing Game, Black Onyx which was the #1 game in 1984. Rogers is the founder and
Chairman of The Tetris Company, who holds the exclusive intellectual property rights to Tetris,
one of the world’s most popular video games which has sold over 600 million units to date.
Rogers revolutionized the industry when he brought the now legendary game to U.S. and world
markets more than three decades ago. His story has been captured in a new movie, “Tetris,”
produced by Apple TV Plus, starring Taron Egerton as Rogers The story revisits how Rogers went
inside the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War to obtain the rights to Tetris. The
movie premiered in March 2023 at SXSW.
