Mario Boccucci (LinkedIn,) is Head of Programme Secretariat at the UN-REDD Programme. "The United Nations Collaborative Programme on Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation in Developing Countries (UN-REDD) is the UN knowledge and advisory platform on the forest solutions to the climate crisis."We recorded on Wed 9 Mar, 2022.You will hear that Mario has an unrivalled passion for unprecedented task of reversing forestation urgently, and for the work of dialogue and connecting that he sees as vital to discovering solutions and driving systems change.LinksParis Agreement on Cliamte Change -- wikipedia.Environmental Kuznets Curve (~10:0) explained on Wikiepdia.Paul Ekins' book - 'Economic Growth and Environmental Sustainability: The Prospects for Green Growth' - has a chapter challenging the Environmental Kuznets Curve, which is a separate journal paper here. (Paul will be the interviewee in episode 16.)Timings1:05 - Q1 What are you doing now? And how did you get there?7:01 - BONUS QUESTION: How do you keep on having that kind of passion in the face of what seems like overwhelming odds on something which is so very important?17:28 - Q2. What is the future you are trying to create, and why?23:00 - Q3. What are your priorities for the next few years, and why?28:58 - Q4. If someone was inspired to follow those priorities, what should they do next?34:13 Q5. If your younger self was starting their career now, what advice would you give them?36: 00 - Q6. Is there anything else important you feel you have to say?More hereTwitter: Powerful_TimesWebsite hub: here.Please do like and subscribe, to help others find the podcast.Thank you for listening! -- David

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