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Technology has driven extraordinary progress — from AI to renewable energy — but have we've reached the point where innovation alone can’t solve the climate crisis?

👉 How can we use nature to fight climate change?

In this episode of The COP30 Sessions, we speak with Tim Christophersen, Vice President for Climate Action at Salesforce and author of Generation Restoration.

🌿 What We Discuss:

· Why Brazil chose to host COP30 in the Amazon — and why it matters

· Nature-based solutions vs high-tech fixes: which actually works?

· The hidden environmental cost of AI and data infrastructure

· How restoring forests solved São Paulo’s water crisis

· Why humanity’s relationship with nature is starting to resemble a failing marriage

· Can corporations shift from extractive growth to regeneration?

· What the next decade of nature + technology partnerships could look like

💡 Key Quote:
“We’re reaching the limits of technological solutions to environmental problems.”

🎙️ About Tim Christophersen:
Climate strategist, author, and global leader in restoration and biodiversity policy. Formerly leading nature action at the United Nations and now driving climate and nature alignment inside one of the world’s leading tech companies.

📍 Recorded at Hi House, COP30, Belém, Brazil 🎬 Part of The COP30 Sessions

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0:00 — Welcome to COP30 in the Amazon
0:18 — Why Location Matters: The Amazon as a Signal
1:05 — The Bioeconomy Comes Into Focus
1:28 — What Are “Nature-Based Solutions”?
2:13 — São Paulo’s Water Crisis: When Nature Outperformed Engineering
2:28 — “We're Reaching the Limits of Technology”
3:05 — The Book: Generation Restoration
3:28 — The Abusive Relationship: Humanity vs Nature
4:00 — Rebuilding Trust: How Do We Repair the Relationship?
4:52 — The Only Rule: Spend More Time in Nature
5:30 — Lessons From Nature: Diversity, Abundance & Collaboration
6:04 — Why Collaboration Beats Competition
6:38 — Salesforce & Nature: What Does a Tech Company Have to Do With This?
7:05 — Using AI for Good: Forest Certification, Mapping & Restoration
8:10 — The Environmental Cost of AI: Energy, Water & Hardware
8:36 — The Three Pillars for Sustainable AI
9:43 — Internal Debate: Profit, Innovation & Responsibility
10:48 — Technology for Mapping, Land Rights & Bioeconomy
11:30 — The One Takeaway: Everyone Must Lean In
11:55 — The Decisive Moment: Every Tenth of a Degree Counts
12:20 — A Final Note of Hope From COP30