FAO Podcasts

In this episode of The Work We Do, we are joined by Kaveh Zahedi, Assistant Director-General and Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment at FAO.   Kaveh discusses the central role of agriculture as part of the solution to climate change and biodiversity loss, and the challenges that El Niño and extreme heat pose to farmers and agrifood systems around the world. He also explores how countries can prepare for these growing pressures and build more resilient agrifood systems. 

Kaveh also shares his own journey, from encountering environmental economics during his studies to a career at the United Nations, shaped by the connections between people, the economy and the environment.  

Extreme Heat and Agriculture Report https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/cd9394en 

00:00 Agrifood systems, climate and biodiversity 

05:00 Agrifood systems solutions 

08:30 The climate finance gap 

12:11 Carbon markets and climate finance 

16:22 Investing in adaptation 

19:40 Extreme heat and agriculture 

22:49 Protecting farming communities 

24:08 El Niño 

27:37 The year of the triple COPs 

34:22 The Paris Agreement and 1.5°C 

36:18 Kaveh's journey 

 

Hosted by Katrin Park 
Produced by Eduardo De La Chica

In this episode, we speak with Corinna Hawkes, Director of Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division. Corinna explains what it means to transform agrifood systems through a systems approach and why change requires looking beyond individual problems and solutions to the relationships, incentives, and power dynamics that shape our agrifood systems. She draws on examples from Brazil, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and New York City to show how evidence, governance, collaboration, and long-term thinking can help turn tradeoffs into wider benefits.  

Hosted by Katrin Park Produced by Eduardo De La Chica 

00:43  What does transforming agrifood systems mean? 

03:07  What is a "systems" approach? 

03:59  Systems approach v. coordination 

07:14  Marketing unhealthy foods to children 

10:00  Compromises and aligning incentives 

12:13  Navigating powerful interests 

15:12  Short election cycles and long-term commitments 

21:23  Monitoring transformation 

24:32  Systems approach in Sierra Leone 

27:05  Co-creating solutions in Tanzania 

28:14  Public procurement in New York City 

29:33  Corinna's journey 

Transcript: https://www.fao.org/media/docs/aboutfaolibraries/transcripts/transcript_corinna-hawkes_260831.pdf

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