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Media Advisory

For Immediate Release

Transforming Food for a Sustainable World

Raya, John, Isaias and Willem

Program Video Link

When:
December 9, 2023 @ 3:00 PM GST (UTC+4)

Description:

"Transforming Food for a Sustainable World" is a critical session at COP 28 focused on the intersection of food systems, agriculture, and climate change. This program aims to explore the transformative potential of sustainable food practices and regenerative agriculture in mitigating climate change and promoting environmental sustainability. Discussions will delve into the challenges and innovations in food production, distribution, and consumption that are key to building resilient, sustainable, and equitable food systems.

Panelists:

Raya Salter
Raya Salter, AKA "Climate Auntie" is an energy justice movement attorney, activist, author and the founder and executive director of the Energy Justice Law & Policy Center. She is a member of the New York State Climate Action Council, sits on the board of EESI and the Advisory Board of Evergreen Action.

Raya is an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School, is widely published on matters of energy regulation and the author of "Energy Justice" (2018).She has over 15 years experience of energy regulatory experience, both in private practice (Dewey & LeBoeuf) and for NGOs, including the NY Renews Coaltion, NRDC and the Environmental Defense Fund.

She is an environmental justice advisor to the House Oversight and Natural Resource Committees and has testified twice before congress. Raya went viral after standing her ground against the GOP during a big oil hearing. IG: ClimateAuntie Twitter/LinkedIn: Raya Salter; RayaSalter.com Wesleyan University, Fordham Law.

John D. Liu
John D. Liu is a journalist, filmmaker, ecologist whose work documenting the restoration of China’s Loess Plateau has helped to show that it is possible to restore natural ecological systems rather than simply accept their loss.

John is currently Ecosystem Ambassador for the COMMONLAND FOUNDATION which has been pioneering privately invested ecosystem restoration around the world. John also is the founder of the Ecosystem Restoration Camps Movement that has together with many partners created 56 Ecosystem Restoration Camps throughout the world.

John has produced, filmed, written, directed, and presented dozens of films on Environment and Ecology that have aired on the BBC, National Geographic, Discovery, PBS, and other networks. Most of John’s published and broadcast works are collected here. Several of John’s films are featured on Ecoflix.

Isaias Hernandez
Isaias Hernandez is an educator and creative devoted to improving environmental literacy through content creation, storytelling, and public engagements.

Isaias has been featured in Vogue, New York Times, The Washington Post, The Guardian, and Yale Climate Communications. His social media advocacy earned him recognition as a top climate creator by Harvard C-CHANGE. As a speaker, he’s presented for New York Times, Nike, Environmental Media Association, Billie Eilish’s Overheated Summit, Harvard University, Deloitte, and more. He recently co-produced the Symbjocene event series in London and New York City.

Willem Ferwerda
Willem Ferwerda is Founder and CEO of Commonland, a nonprofit foundation that supports local actors to develop long-term solutions  at a landscape scale on biodiversity, carbon, regenerative  agriculture, business and communities in more than 20 countries.

A former director of IUCN Netherlands, he was awarded the Wubbo Ockels Brandaris Oeuvre Prize, for  perseverance, imagination, and dedication to building a sustainable society and the Dutch Sustainable Landscape Award. He was chosen for first place in the Sustainable 100 in the Netherlands,  the list of Dutch people with the  most influence on the environment and sustainability.

Where:
Dubai, UAE, Expo City, Press Conference Room 2 - Zone B6 - Building 77