Bionic Planet: Reversing Climate Change by Restoring Nature

We've entered a new epoch: the Anthropocene, and nothing is as it was. Not the trees, not the seas – not the forests, farms, or fields – and not the global economy that depends on all of these. What does this mean for your investments, your family's future, and the future of man? Each week, we dive into these issues to help you Navigate the New Reality.

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028: 2017 Year In Review

I've produced 19 episodes of Bionic Planet since the election of Donald Trump, mostly focused on the work of people trying to fix the climate mess -- and in today's episode I look back on some of the ones that seemed to resonate most with listeners. Today's guests include: Mike Korchinsky, who runs the private conservation group Wildlife Works Former UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer Anthony Hobley of the Carbon Tracker Initiative Christian Christian de Valle of Althelia Ecosphere Toby Gard...

Dec 31, 2017•1 hr 32 min•Season 2Ep. 28

027 | Understanding the World Bank's BioCarbon Fund and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility

More and more countries across the developing world are launching large-scale, climate-smart initiatives to transform the way local communities derive their livelihoods from forests and broader land use. A key component to the success of these programs is engaging the private sector to shift behavior toward sustainable business models. The World Bank Group’s Forest Carbon Partnership Facility (FCPF) and the BioCarbon Fund Initiative for Sustainable Forest Landscapes (ISFL) have spent years worki...

Dec 01, 2017•1 hr 18 min•Season 2Ep. 27

026| Breakthrough in Bonn: Fixing World's Farms

Under the Paris Agreement, countries were asked to present their own climate action plans, and 90 percent of these action plans -- technically called NDCs, for "nationally-determined contributions" -- incorporated farming fixes -- or shiftint to sustainable agriculture. That led to a major breakthrough this week at year-end climate talks here in Bonn, Germany, where our guest is Tonya Rawe, who runs the Food and Nutrition Security program at CARE International. CARE is a humanitarian aid organiz...

Nov 15, 2017•22 min•Season 2Ep. 26

025: Trademarks, Gateways, And Global Climate Talks

Towards the end of summer, climate negotiators learned of three trademark applications that were filed in May of this year. One was for the logo “ REDDPLUSX ”, which is described as a carbon credit brokerage. Another was for the logo “ RRU ”, which are proposed carbon credits generated by saving or supporting forests under the Paris Agreement. But it was the third, for the logo REDD+ , that raised eyebrows across the climate community. It raised those eyebrows because scores of organizations alr...

Nov 15, 2017•45 min•Season 2Ep. 25

024 The Grand Experiment To Save Appalachia’s Forests

The DOGWOOD ALLIANCE is an environmental NGO based in the Southeastern United States -- a region that produces 12 percent of the world's wood, pulp, and paper. STAPLES is a massive stationary and office-supply chain based up in the northern part of the country, in Massachusetts, and it buys reams and reams of paper from suppliers like Georgia Pacific and International Paper, who in turn buy paper made from trees taken from forests across the very region that Dogwood is trying to protect. The two...

Oct 28, 2017•58 min•Season 2Ep. 24

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