Innovation Forum podcast

From nature risk to resilience: rethinking corporate sustainability

This week: Deloitte's senior manager for sustainability, climate and equity, Nabarun Sengupta talks with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the role of the new Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosure (TNFD) Framework, and how companies are approaching nature-related risks and disclosures. They discuss some reasons to be hopeful about positive momentum on nature-based approaches.

 

Plus: EU adopts Net-Zero Industry Act draft report; major companies call for fossil-fuel phase-out at COP28; and, decline in fossil fuel use imminent, according to the International Energy Agency, in the news digest by Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson.

 

Host: Bea Stevenson

Human rights in the forest: How REDD+ projects strengthen human rights in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and local communities

Successful REDD+ projects that protect forests and preserve biodiversity must work in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and local communities to safeguard and enhance their rights. Improving livelihoods by providing basic needs and alternative income opportunities is critical to forest conservation that is equitable.

 

Projects require close and extensive community consultation and strong engagement in governance, built on the foundations of full free, prior and informed consent (FPIC).

 

This Innovation Forum webinar, supported by Everland features case studies of REDD+ projects in Kenya, Cambodia, Colombia and Peru, providing examples from each about how, when done well, REDD+ projects can generate remarkable breakthroughs for the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Participants discuss how financing from the sale of certified carbon emission reduction credits has helped to empower these partnerships with local communities that safeguard and strengthen human rights.

 

The case studies illustrate:

• How REDD+ projects are built upon community-led governance structures.
• The ways in which projects provide opportunities for communities to secure their land titles.
• The comprehensive conservation agreements that enhance partnerships with Indigenous Peoples and local communities that protect livelihoods and forest ecosystems.

 

We heard from panellists from Everland and Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Kasigau Corridor, Alto Mayo, Chyulu Hills and Acapa-Bajo Mira y Frontera REDD+ Projects. To learn more about these projects, click here.

 

This webinar was moderated by Ian Welsh, publishing director at Innovation Forum.

How climate change is impacting women farmers

In part two of our farmer voice series, Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson speaks with Deborah Osei-Mensah from the Asunafo Cocoa Cooperative in Ghana. They talk about how farmer like Deborah are experiencing extreme and unpredictable weather patterns on the ground, and in particular how this can disproportionately impact women farmers.

Delivering long-term farm resilience through agroforestry

In the first part of our farmer voice series, Wakinya Samuel, a smallholder coffee farmer from Bushika Integrated Area Cooperative Enterprise (BIACE) in Uganda, speaks with Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson about some of the challenges he faces as a result of climate change, including pests and diseases, and lower yields. He also explains how farmers are using innovative practices such as agroforestry to increase crop resilience.

 

 

Monday briefing: a reality check on Paris progress

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the upcoming European Climate Stocktake on EU and global progress on meeting the Paris Agreement, in the leadup to the Global Stocktake. They discuss the Inter-agency and Expert Group on Sustainable Development Goal Indicators' 14th meeting, held in Denmark, which will include discussions around SDG reports, data partnership and capacity development for the SDGs.

 

Plus, Innovation Forum's Hanna Halmari shares agenda updates and what to expect at the sustainable commodities and landscapes forum next week. Registrations are still open to join us.

Weekly podcast – A coffee conundrum: the impact of EUDR

This week: IDH's regional director for Asia landscapes, Chi Tran, and senior programme manager for coffee, Tessa Meulensteen, talk with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about the potential impact of the EU's deforestation regulation on the coffee sector and the unintended consequences that may arise.

Plus: UBS and Santander’s “green" bonds linked to Brazilian deforestation; Musim Mas to stop sourcing from smallholders for its EU supply chain in response to EUDR; and, European businesses excluding Scope 3 emissions from net zero planning, in the news digest by Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson.

 

Host: Ian Welsh

How Cargill future-proofs food systems for good

Heather Tansey, vice president for environmental sustainability at Cargill, spoke with Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh about how to move towards a higher-yield, lower impact food supply system to ensure future supply security. They discuss the importance for the sector to prepare for the inevitable system shocks such as climate change and geopolitical events.

Monday briefing: doubling down on climate finance at the World Investment Forum

In this week's briefing, Innovation Forum's Ian Welsh and Bea Stevenson talk about the World Investment Forum, which commences this week in Abu Dhabi, with a focus on investing in sustainable development. Over the five days, stakeholders will convene to produce strategies and address global investment and development challenges. They also discuss World Food Day, which focuses this year on raising awareness of the importance of water management.

 

Plus, they share some details about the upcoming webinar on how forest REDD+ projects protect forests in collaboration with indigenous communities, to be held on Wednesday 18th October at 2pm BST. To join us live and receive the recording, you can register here. 

Weekly podcast – Compliance, collaboration and chemical recycling: the future of plastics and packaging

This week: At Innovation Forum's recent future of plastics and packaging conference, Ian Welsh spoke with UNEP’s Llorenç Milà I Canals, Daniel Katz from the Overbrook Foundation and Rainforest Alliance, Sebastian Munden from WRAP, Steve Hardman from Plastic Collective and Innovation Forum's Catie Ball and Tanya Richard, reflecting on the discussions and debate at the conference.

Plus: Kamudiben Satishbhai Tadavi, smallholder cotton farmer with CottonConnect, from the Narmada district in Gujarat, India, speaks with Innovation Forum's Bea Stevenson about how farmers are being impacted by climate change and extreme weather events.

And, carbon credits linked to faster decarbonisation; new tech to extract nutrients and oils from spent coffee grounds; and Zero Acre Farms attracting investment for low deforestation cooking oil, in the news digest.

 

For more information about how women cotton farmers like Kamudiben are adapting to climate change, see here: Women In Cotton: Addressing the Impact of Climate Change through Climate-friendly Practices

How to measure and track corporate emissions data

Saif Hameed, CEO of Altruistiq, talks with Ian Welsh about how companies can keep on top of data measurement and monitoring, and the tightening regulatory requirements. They discuss how stakeholder expectations are changing and what companies can do to adapt.