Devika Gopal Agge and Charlotte Fraiberg
This conversation is recorded from Glasgow during the COP26 and the Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice Summit. During this conversation Devika Gopal Agge, Chief Development Officer and Charlotte Fraiberg, Board Advisor from Health In Harmony share their insights from Glasgow. They talk the day after the COP26 Global Forest Finance pledge is made, during which […]
Farmers pioneer climate action explain Kate Nkatha Ochieng, Bismark Kpabitey and Rachel Banda
Farmers pioneer climate action as climate change deeply affects farmers and food production around the world. Ghana and Malawi farmers are pioneering climate resilient actions – listen to this podcast to hear what climate action farmers are already taking and how the COP process offers some hope if only promises turn to action. During this […]
Regenerative agriculture creates climate resilience with Oliver Furechi, Evalyn Akoth and Sarah Roberts
Regenerative agriculture creates climate resilience. Learn from Kenyan farmer Evalyn Akoth as she shares how she is adopting regenerative farming techniques. Evalyne shares her advice to other farmers and bigger businesses about pioneering climate resilience techniques. During this podcast hear from: Evalyn Akoth, farming in Kisumu County, Kenya. Practical Action’s CEO, Sarah Roberts and Oliver […]
Carol Weis and Neha Misra
By one estimate the demand for photovoltaic installers (or solar energy electricians) is projected to grow 52 percent from 2020 to 2030. Carol Weis and Neha Misra – both part of Remote Energy examine how we train up a new global workforce of solar installers. Remote Energy is a team comprised of electricians, educators and […]
Nepal’s farmers tackle climate change with Madan Pariyar and Corey O’Hara
Let’s talk about climate change, climate justice and last mile supplies for farmers. Hear about ways farmers tackle climate change and how we can better support remote communities in their last mile supplies. Meet: Madan Pariyar, member of Nepal’s delegation to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and iDE’s Senior Adviser and iDE’s […]
Business and forest communities can work together – Kinari Webb
How do you tell a man not to cut down a tree in order to pay for a c-section for his wife? Saving, preserving and revitalising forests is complicated. Learn how business and forest communities can work together to stop deforestation. Kinari Webb has devoted her life and work to tropical forests. Kinari is the […]
Edward Cameron
What is climate justice and why should we care about it? Meet Edward Cameron. Edward has dedicated his career to understanding, delivering, and advocating for climate justice. He has a PhD in the topic and is the founder of the International Institute for Climate Justice. During this podcast Edward shares pragmatic ways to catalyse low-carbon […]
How cooperatives benefit smallholder farmers with Hileena Eshetu and Mark Blackett
Hileena Eshetu and Mark Blackett from Agribusiness Market Ecosystem Alliance AMEA explain how cooperatives benefit smallholder farmers. There are an estimated 525 million smallholder farmers globally – producing one third of the world’s food. Helping farmers and agribusinesses to be as professional as possible could increase incomes, create resilience to shocks and provide access pathways […]
Investing in poverty reduction and global growth with Alicia Phillips Mandaville
How do you effectively spend billions of dollars of taxpayer’s money to help fight global poverty? And how do you invest for climate resilience and account for the unknown such as the risks of pandemics? Listen here to understand how to invest in poverty reduction and global growth with Alicia Phillips Mandaville from The Millennium […]
Parag Khanna
Parag Khanna explores our future, providing us with a cutting-edge guide to the megatrends shaping humanity’s next decades. He dives into questions such as: where will we be living in 2050 and how will we get there? Dr. Parag Khanna is a leading global strategy advisor, world traveller, and best-selling author. What that really means […]
Sharath Jeevan
How do you ignite your inner drive? My guest today has dedicated much of his life and thinking to this question –Sharath Jeevan. From business leader, Founding Head of eBay for Charity to education CEO – Sharath candidly shares why unlocking the motivation of his teams as well as for himself is so important. During our […]
Inclusive growth for micro and small enterprises (MSEs) with Payal Dalal and Evelyn Nguyen
Micro and small enterprises (MSEs) are vital to inclusive growth. Bur what does inclusive growth really mean and how can supporting micro and small enterprises (MSEs) help achieve this? These are just some of the questions my guests in this podcast are dedicating their work to. Meet Payal Dalal, Senior Vice President for Social Impact […]
The Children’s Climate Risk Index with Nick Rees & Maria Pia Bianchetti
This podcast is stuffed with data and information on the impact climate change will and is having on children. This is because UNICEF has recently compiled The Children’s Climate Risk Index. The Index provides the first comprehensive view of children’s exposure and vulnerability to the impacts of climate change. It ranks countries based on children’s […]
Shabnam Hameed
Gender Based Violence, or GBV as you will hear it referred to during this podcast, is something that according to the UN affects an estimated 736 million women worldwide. That’s almost one in three. Shabnam Hameed is the Global Lead for Workplace Responses to Gender-Based Violence with the International Finance Corporation (IFC), part of the […]
Zubair Junjunia
Meet Zubair Junjunia, he is an educational activist, social entrepreneur, and founder of ZNotes – the online learning platform which shares revision notes democratically for students by students. During our conversation Zubair talks with us about why he is so passionate about education equality and how he is on a mission to create access to […]
Charlotte Ntim
E-commerce growth in Africa has consistently been 50 per cent above global averages in recent years. This is anticipated to continue over the next decade despite the region’s connectivity, payments, and logistics challenges. During our conversation, Charlotte Ntim, Disruptive Technology Officer with IFC’s Gender and Economic Inclusion Group, shares with us how the pandemic has […]
Addressing global inequalities through trade and employment with Pins Brown, Natura &Co
What is invisible labour and why should businesses care about it? How do you address global inequalities through trade and employment? Meet Pins Brown, Head of Responsible Procurement at Natura &Co – the parent company which includes the brands Avon, Natura Cosmeticos, The Body Shop and Aesop. Pins and her team work to address global inequalities […]
Craig Wilkinson
“In a recent survey by YouGov more men between the ages of 18 and 24 viewed masculinity in a negative light than those who viewed it positively.” – meet Craig Wilkinson. Bestselling South African author, award-winning social entrepreneur and Dad Coach, Craig is on a mission to amplify the importance of positive masculinity, to champion […]
Joseph Kolapudi
The global COVID-19 pandemic has many downsides. One is the elimination of opportunities for young people to get work experience, learn skills on the job and build important relationships with potential and existing work colleagues. The knock-on effects to the cohort of young people early on in their work journeys won’t be known for many […]
Melanie Landthaler
If you are interested in understanding more on women’s empowerment; sustainable coffee or what it takes to lead impact in business this podcast is for you. Melanie Landthaler has over a decade of experience working on coffee sustainability. She has worked on global standards in the sector and joined the UN International Trade Centre to […]