TEDx brings the spirit of TED’s mission of ideas worth spreading to local communities around the globe. TEDx events are organized by curious individuals who seek to discover ideas and spark conversations in their own community. TEDx events include live speakers and recorded TED Talks, and are organized independently under a free license granted by TED.

TED^xABBS Countdown is aligned with TED Countdown. Countdown is a collaboration powered by TED and Leaders’ Quest. TED launched its first issue-specific initiative towards climate change, in 2019 in order to champion and accelerate the bold ideas and underinvested solutions that can bring us closer to achieving a zero-carbon world – one that is cleaner, healthier and fairer for all. TED Countdown is dedicated to curating an intelligent, high-impact set of solutions that will put us on a realistic pathway to net-zero – and catapulting them forward. We believe in bringing the ideas in action on our stage through powerful narratives to understand the complex climate issues.