This week: Alberto Acedo, co-founder and chief scientific officer at Biome Makers, talks about how the company’s BeCrop technology can test soil health to drive improvements in agricultural sustainability. He discusses the benefits of identifying the soil metrics that help farmers identify and monitor biological and chemical properties of soil to provide effective solutions for sustainable agricultural management.
Plus: quick fire insights from Golden Agri-Resources' Anita Neville, Mighty Earth's Glenn Hurowitz and Everland's Joshua Tosteson, speaking at Innovation Forum's sustainable landscapes and commodities conference in Amsterdam.
And: funding for loss and damage due to climate change and a proposed two-year halt in debt payments from nations impacted by climate-related disasters, discussed at COP27; a more-rapid shift to regenerative agricultural practices needed according to Sustainable Markets Initiative taskforce's report; and, a growing row between Indonesia and the EU over legal timber and deforestation due diligence, in the news digest.
Host: Ian Welsh
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Weekly podcast – Live from the conference: the future of climate action and sustainable commodities
Sustainable plastics and packaging: innovations and challenges ahead
Monday briefing: how far are we from meeting the Paris Agreement goals?
Weekly podcast – Landscape collaboration to drive progress towards sustainable land use
Re-evaluating the cost of food
From nature risk to resilience: rethinking corporate sustainability
Human rights in the forest: How REDD+ projects strengthen human rights in partnership with Indigenous Peoples and local communities
How climate change is impacting women farmers
Delivering long-term farm resilience through agroforestry
Monday briefing: a reality check on Paris progress
Weekly podcast – A coffee conundrum: the impact of EUDR
How Cargill future-proofs food systems for good
Monday briefing: doubling down on climate finance at the World Investment Forum
Weekly podcast – Compliance, collaboration and chemical recycling: the future of plastics and packaging
How to measure and track corporate emissions data
Transformation, traceability and transparency: from intention to action
Monday briefing: carbon credit trading on Tokyo Stock Exchange
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Tackling deforestation with carbon markets in Cambodia
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