The Work We Do Ep.9 - Agriculture, Climate and Biodiversity | Kaveh Zahedi

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