The missing piece in climate action (it's not what you think) | Yi Li
Jan 19, 2026•10 min
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Summary
Entrepreneur Yi Li discusses her experience co-founding Farmworks to build climate-smart farms in Kenya. She explains how their initial focus on scientific solutions proved insufficient, leading to the discovery that financial sustainability for farmers is the true key to lasting climate action. By prioritizing economic viability, Farmworks empowered farmers to invest in better practices and built a scalable business, challenging traditional environmental movement assumptions.Episode description
When entrepreneur Yi Li cofounded Farmworks, she set out to build 1,000 climate-smart farms across Kenya, complete with dams, irrigation and organic fertilizers. The science was sound, but reality proved more complicated. Learn what she discovered about the missing ingredient behind failed climate solutions — and how it challenges a core assumption of the environmental movement on how to create lasting impact.
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