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“As women, we’re always judged.” The future will be shaped by what we do in the present. And presently, it’s still very much a man’s world. Things are changing, but on our current course it will take 217 years before we reach equality between the genders. That’s not good enough!

Narjis Hilale gives us some great insights into how to push for change faster, and take things into our own hands. Camille and Narjis delve into the importance of soft skills, how robots, futurism and technology relates to women’s empowerment, the traps and hurdles we women face when navigating the corporate world, and how we need to be part of decision making to shape a better world.

Narjis Hilale

Narjis is an author and speaker who is passionate about women’s empowerment. She has fifteen years experience working for major FMCG multinationals and UN organizations in global leadership positions, and has lived in Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa. She is the author of the book “Woman’s Essentials Box for the Corporate World”.

Narjis at Tedx: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcIab-WA4ZU
Woman’s Essentials Box for the Corporate World: https://www.womanessentialsbox.com/

Thank you to Libraire de L’île for sharing their space with us!

Produced by Camille Duran & Eleen Murphy
Published by Eleen Murphy
Music Credits: License by Ins. Green White Space.

Mixtape #17: Feminism, Work & Building the Future w/ Narjis Hilale

Episode page: https://greenexchange.earth/bioeconomy-1-seaweed-as-a-climate-solution-cop24-special/

What is the full potential of seaweed as a climate solution? We produce 30 million tonnes of seaweed a year, and it only takes up 2% of the carbon released by deforestation in one day! The possibilities are great: it could be used to produce things like energy, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, ingredients for food. So why haven’t we jumped at this opportunity?

We’re on a mission to find out why seaweed remains the largest untapped biomass resource in the world. We met with Olavur Gregersen of Ocean RainForest to explore the challenges we face in increasing the value of seaweed, and how to extract the maximum benefits in a safe and sustainable way.

Made possible by NORDEN: 

Resources:

Ocean Rainforest website: http://oceanrainforest.com/

Made of Courage video series: https://www.norden.org/en/information/made-courage-people-forefront-bioeconomy https://www.norden.org/en/bioeconomy

Bioeconomy #1: Seaweed As A Climate Solution (COP24 special)

With a growing population and deteriorating soil health, the quest for a sustainable food and agricultural system becomes vital to our survival on earth. So what can the Bioeconomy do to tackle this issue?

Today we look at proteins and see what they can do for us. In particular, how local and sustainable proteins can be used to replace the problematic amounts of soy we import. We focus on Denmark - a country with the most intensive agricultural system in the world - to explore how we can incentivise farmers to grow the right crops, the potential for grass protein, the incredible power of microbes, and how we can reorganise our value chains to maximise resource efficiency. Let’s dive in!

Thank you to the Nordic Council of Ministers for making this episode possible: www.norden.org/bioeconomy

The EU Plant Proteins Strategy: https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cereals/development-of-plant-proteins-in-europe_en

Bioeconomy #2: Microbes & Local Plant Proteins to Cut on Soy Imports

Produced & hosted by Camille Duran.

I am taking you to 2019, roughly 4.51 billions years after the formation of planet Earth. At that point, human beings have been around for some 200,000 years. 
2019, it’s almost 4 years after most nations committed to take climate change seriously, and drive a massive transition that would keep them well below 2 degrees of global warming of the climate system.

One key question was - how to realign the financial system with that 2-degree scenario - or 1,5 I should say. 

This is our 7th episode on the subject matter. Thank you to WWF who is making this piece of content possible.

We start with a brief overview of what happened over the last year on 2-degree alignment, look at the investor perspective and dive into the latest PRI’s investor guidance on Just Transition, decrypting why investors should care about the social side of ESG governance.

This episode features views from:

Sebastien Godinot - WWF European Office in Brussels
Sagarika Chatterjee - Director of Climate Change at UN Principles for Responsible Investment
Simon Messenger - Investor & company engagement at 2-Degree Investing Initiative.

Music credits license by Ins. Green White Space.

Climate Finance #7 -  Investors' Guidance to 2-Degree Alignment  & Just Transition

Today I am taking you to the most important room in the world, and we discuss a high priority for climate adaptation: plant breeding.
Ok you must have heard of gene banks and more precisely seed vaults.  There are more than 1700 in the world. This is where countries and communities store their plant genetic resources for backups, to use as references for further plant breeding. Those are very important rooms. Increasingly important as plant breeding is crucial to adapt to climate change.
Another bioeconomy story to dig into!

produced by Camille Duran
Made possible by the Nordic Council of Ministers

Music credits by Ins. Green White Space

Useful links:
Svalbard on the world map
https://goo.gl/maps/tsS8A25vEZu
Exploring the Arctic Global Seed Vault (MOTHERBOARD video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B95Pem9XW7k
Nordgen's website
http://nordgen.org/
The Nordic Council of Ministers Bioeconomy page
https://www.norden.org/en/bioeconomy

Bioeconomy#3 - Plant Breeding For Climate Adaptation

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