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Transforming EU Land Use and the CAP: A post-2024 IEEP vision https://lnkd.in/d9_h9kfs

Jo Puri, Ph.D no better example of The Blended Capital Group’s Complex Convergng Systemic Risk (CCSR) thesis. We’ve been exploring and advocating it for over a decade. The nature of risk is changing through convergence of systemic risks. No historical data set reveals how risk is mestatisising and that’s why so many large asset owners, looking to protect pensions, insurance reserves, and sovereign wealth, for the long-term are wrong footed. When you view from above a massively overloaded, un-seaworthy, boat crossing the Mediterranean, you are not just seeing human tragedy. It is a lens into food insecurity, social and political instability, conflict, desertification, ecosystems destruction, climate change, water insecurity, and the lost hope of a Sahelian population of circa 220 million people with a huge percentage under 20. That population is estimated to grow to 500 million by 2050. So why should the G7/G20 universal investors care or even think about last mile communities? Because whether strategic minerals, agriculture, the deepest carbon assets ( read forests) or any form of extractive industries, these communities are at the very start of the value chain. It’s complex right? Great piece Jo - - it was a pleasure to work with and support the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) on sustainable finance a few years back. I still quote the IFAD-Dai-ichi Frontier Life Insurance innovative food bond, further backed now by Folksam , which if scaled and replicated will become a game-changer. https://lnkd.in/extpWzsE

A Chatham House report a few months ago, warned us of a ''land crunch'' As the demand for land for sequestering carbon, supporting increased biodiversity increases, we will also need more land to produce more food and renewable energy. Humanity will face an acute crunch and warns that the agricultural land deficit (the difference between the amount of land needed and that available) will equal twice of India's land area. https://lnkd.in/eYVbNeM9 Another report more recently warns of the dangers of converting rangeland to cropland. Produced by the Unccd Convention, it warns of greater conflict because of the tension between rangelands that provide livelihoods to pastoralists, herders and ranchers. They are also most under threat of conversion, fragmentation and degradation. https://lnkd.in/e5SGnV5i A few weeks ago I was privileged to be speaking at the co-chair of the International Land Coalition at the The World Bank hosted land conference. https://lnkd.in/ewFdVg7W. The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has been proud to support land initiatives, but clearly land related disputes will affect rural, vulnerable and the indigenous a lot. These documents and discussions highlight the importance of taking these tensions and conflicts strongly.

Did you know that more that 60% of soils in the EU are deemed unhealthy? Did you know that the number of contaminated sites in the EU are likely in the millions? This is affecting us now, and will be an even larger problem for our children. If you want to know what we can do about this, you should follow the #EU_HORIZON financed #ARAGORN_EU project, where we are trying to develop tools to assess, remediate and restore soils at contaminated sites in the EU. https://lnkd.in/eKxR2i6Y https://lnkd.in/eTrrwxqN

The collapsing and worsening infra everywhere reminded me of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. Yeah we seem to be back to those days, just way more expensive and scaled. Also, at scale, citizens have stopped recognising or acknowledging the corruption or holding governments to account. On a related note, the market and the government have both largely failed to protect our commons, natural ecosystems and effectively, future, while they enable everything for short term incentives. Across the world. It's up to us citizens to want, demand and do better. #metacrisis #ClimateAction

New research from IIED shows how producer organizations of small scale farmers and Indigenous Peoples are critical to delivering and generating investment finance for their members for sustainable management of forests and agriculture. #newresearch #climatefunding #forests #smallholders #foodsystems #forestry

Producer organisations offer huge potential for delivering nature and climate finance --> https://lnkd.in/eriYwBBk IIED has published new research highlighting the potential for forest and farm producer organisations (FFPOs) to generate crucial investment finance for their members and deliver climate and nature funding to rural communities. Small-scale and family farmers and Indigenous Peoples are central to the sustainable management of forests and agriculture. However, these rural communities have little access to external finance, limiting their ability to invest for the future. Our research suggests that producer organisations can fill this funding gap by mobilising internally generated finance to provide financial services to their members. The research into FFPO finance is part of IIED’s ongoing work with the Forest and Farm Facility (FFF) to strengthen the organisations of forest and farm producers across the globe. #forests #climate #nature #ForestFarmFacility #IndigenousPeoples

Gain knowledge and tools to advance #collaborative decision making between #Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments over our #sharedlands, #waters, and #resources. https://lnkd.in/gJ8dCEzR #onlinelearning #FPIC #FirstNations #environment #cogovernance #traditionalknowledge

In this episode, Michelle Rathman talks with Tony Pipa for an analysis of the impacts of the passage of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the CHIPS and Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act by the 117th Congress. With over a trillion dollars in immediate appropriations approved & nearly $600 billion more in authorizations to invest in infrastructure, clean energy, climate resilience, and industrial policy, are rural places thriving? Download to hear from someone who knows the answer.