… Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new ideas for shaping our future research, programs and events at our: 5th Annual Future Directions in Business and the Environment Pitch Competition This …
… forecasting (a particular foresight methodology) and show how it can be applied to your work, your studies, and your approach to navigating uncertainty. Signals-based … approach to explore the broadest range of possibilities or innovations that might impact their industry. (For an introduction to IFTF’s use of signals as a building block for … to go out into the world and find signals of change that relate to the topic of “food as climate action.” About IFTF The Institute for the Future is celebrating its 50th anniversary …
… Leave your mark! We invite students across Yale to share new ideas for shaping our future research, programs, and events at our: 8th Annual Future Directions in Business and the Environment Pitch Competition (aka, …
… with Max Elder from Food Futures Lab, Institute for the Future (IFTF) for a conversation on climate change and the future of food. In 2018, IFTF partnered with the World Bank Climate … work around futures thinking, and ways to think about how food specifically can be a highly-impactful medium for taking action on climate change Max Elder is a Research Director for … California. Max conducts research and consults with companies on the urgent issues facing our food system. He has led work around the world with global food companies like Barilla …
… problems of the next decade, we will need to think differently about how we produce our food. Agriculture sits at the crossroads of many of the world’s major issues, whether it is climate change, water use, energy use, health, biodiversity loss, or even major social … mean, and how do we finance a transition from degenerative agriculture (the way much of our food is grown today) to something different and better? This webinar will look at all …
… the SDGs – join us as we discuss the major drivers that are compelling businesses to act on climate change and sustainability now. Just two years ago, when a nearly identical panel … cutting-edge climate change commitments, changing how the private sector engages in these international negotiations. What has shifted in relation to business sustainability … to mitigate climate change and contribute to the global sustainable development priorities. Our panel features: Peter Bakker (President & CEO, WBCSD) Frances Beinecke (Former …
… Are cultivated meat, seitan, and insect protein the future of food? The outsized climateimpacts of traditional animal agriculture are now well known, leading to a … deforestation, biodiversity loss, surface and groundwater consumption, and GHG emissions, our speakers will discuss new emerging markets as solutions to these issues, and demonstrate …
… on YouTube here! Grasslands and shrublands across the U.S. offer unique potential for climate change solutions. Carbon markets offer an innovative approach for landowners to leverage these climate benefits to access to new finance sources for preservation. In this webinar we will hear from Margaret Williams of American … by using conservation easements to avoid conversion to crop production. In addition, our speakers will discuss a pioneering project in the Prairie Pothole Region of North …
… of regenerative agriculture projects like that. Reintroducing the new and improved CliMates! Like last year, CliMates will be a weekly get-together of everyone interested in … min presentation about a sustainability topic given by a peer/ close contact. To broaden our exposure and deepen our knowledge. ~20 min for small group discussion about the topic. To share additional …
… Join us for a conversation with Helen Crowley, Head of Sustainable Sourcing Innovation at Kering. Dr. Crowley will discuss sustainable sourcing in luxury … forestry, agriculture and mining, is the point in the supply chain where the business impacts and dependencies on nature are most significant. This means that sustainable … organizations such as Textile Exchange, Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Thriving Food Systems and Nature Based …