Climate finance for livestock development: bridging the gap

This discussion addresses a crucial challenge in sustainable agriculture: unlocking climate finance for livestock development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). The webinar took place on 30 October 2024. Learn more: https://livestockdata.org/events/clim...

Speakers
Experts from the LD4D Solutions Group on Climate Finance presented new evidence and insights on:

7:45 Building compelling investment cases for livestock sector initiatives
Andrew Bisson Senior Livestock Advisor for Bureau for Resilience, Environment and Food Security, United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

13:31 Advanced methods for emissions quantification
Danielle Niedermaier Senior Manager, Global Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning, Land O'Lakes Venture37

Gareth Salmon Senior Researcher, SEBI-Livestock

19:38 Strategies for developing effective national policies
Laura Cramer Policy engagement specialist for scaling Climate-Smart Agriculture, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)


Real world examples of climate finance applications in the livestock sector

26:15 Sintayehu Alemayehu Research Team Leader at The Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT

35:12 Ricardo Gonzalez Quintero, Researcher, Alliance of Bioversity-CIAT

40:54 Laura Cramer presenting on behalf of Bernard Kimoro Head of Climate Change and Livestock Sustainability, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development, Government of Kenya


46:34 Expert panel discussion

The session also featured an exciting panel discussion with investors, policy makers and thought leaders working in this domain

Bruno Brasil Director of Sustainable Production and Irrigation, Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, Government of Brazil

Leonardo Gava Mataram Senior Brazil Agriculture Transition Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative

Anup Jagwani, Global Head of Agribusiness and Forestry, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Claudia Melim-McLeod Director, Future Horizons Institute (moderator)

Harsha Vishnumolakala Analyst - Climate Policy Initiative