COP 20 LIMA Presenter on: Importance of organic virus free crop seeds, companion planting trees, fruit trees and food crops which create a more bio-diverse ecosystem and resilient farming base. Recommendations on best practices of seed sources and collection. Combining conservation with restoration efforts
Read More »COP 20 FSC & Landscape.org interviews on FSC certification & Peru crop faming at higher elevations
COP 20 LIMA Interview with FSC spokesperson on: Protection of forest bio-diversity, soil, waterways are checked controlled by certified organisations. Non compliance will result in the loss of FSC certification. Interview with spokesperson from Landscapes.org on impacts of growing potato crops at higher than normal elevations in Peru, due to ...
Read More »COP 20 Panel Forum on focus on healthy landscapes to deliver sustainable development
COP 20 LIMA Panel Forum on: Healthy global landscapes are necessary to deliver sustainable development and to have positive impacts on climate change. The negotiation focus needs to shift on how scaleable and integrated solutions can be implemented with urgency.
Read More »UN speaker – Indigenous Land Rights and Integrated, Holistic Eco-system Approach
UN Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Ms Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, speaks on Land Rights and a Holistic Ecosystem approach to climate change adaptation, at COP 20 LIMA. Indigenous peoples have a natural integrated approach to the environment and segregated land for single use is not something that resonates with ...
Read More »Christian Aid ~ Road to 2015 Climate Change Agreement rocky
In an update on state of negotiations between countries regarding Limiting the Effects of Global Warming and Climate Change, in terms of addressing and finalizing all aspects of the text towards the 2015 agreement, Mr Mohamed Adow,(Snr Climate Change Advisor for NGO: Christian Aid ), gives his views and commentary ...
Read More »Shell Oil Company’s Global Adaptation to Climate Change Risks
US Center Presenter from Shell Oil Company, US, speaks on Shell’s Global Adaptation process in terms of Climate Change risks, operational hazards and challenges at facilities around the world, at COP 20, Lima. In terms of Risk Assessment for the global group, we started by brainstorming in ‘think-tank’ sessions, how ...
Read More »World Bank Group – Greening Economic Landscapes for Future
World Bank Group’s Ms Rachel Kyte, Vice President and Special Envoy for Climate Change, speaks on Engineering a Green Energy Future through an integrated Landscape approach, at COP 20, Lima. Our goal and focus in terms of the landscape approach, in conjunction with the IPCC Report (Nov. 2014), is the ...
Read More »COP 20 Smallholder Farming Systems for Future Resilient Agriculture
In an interview at COP 20, Lima, with a speaker from Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA), who spoke on the issue of smallholder farmers having the simultaneous roles of ‘Risk’ and ‘Information’ managers in today’s farming environments with the added complexities and challenges of climate change as well. In terms ...
Read More »COP 20 Stuart Scott Interview on Neo Classical Economics
At an interview with Stuart Scott during COP 20 LIMA, he spoke on the subject of Neo Classical economics and expanded on his analysis of Earth’s Money and Economics defective operating system. The greatest threat to humanity is the collapse of Agriculture. Agricultural zones of the planet would move further ...
Read More »COP 20 – Solutions for Green Sustainability and Innovation – Businesses and Cities
COP 20 Lima, Mr Peter Bakker, President of World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) speaks on the Integration of Green Sustainability into every aspect of cities and business worldwide and the key component for up-scaling of environmental solutions is Innovation. Business has finance and management skills, innovative power and ...
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