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November 1, 2023

FAO World Food Forum 2023: Nadar at the Science & Innovation Forum in Rome

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Caroline Busse

MRV Carbon and Deforestation

Our CEO & Co-Founder Caroline Busse presented nadar at the Science and Innovation Forum (SIF) of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in Rome next to Dr. Qu Dongyu, Director-General of the FAO,  Dr. Vincent Martin, Director of the Office of Innovation at FAO, and Dr. Ildephonse Musafiri, Agriculture Minister of Rwanda, amongst others.

FAO Director-General Dr. Qu Dongyu giving the opening speech

The FAO Science and Innovation Forum 2023 was themed “Science and Innovation for Climate Action” which is aligned with the overarching theme of the World Food Forum “Agrifood Systems Transformation Accelerates Climate Action” and supports the global efforts toward reaching the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the FAO’s “Four Betters”.

The spotlight of FAO SIF 2023 was on novel climate technologies, innovative practices, and local food systems knowledge, with a focus on climate change adaptation, resilience, and mitigation to enable cross-cultural and cross-sector strategic conversations on how science, technology, and innovation can transform agrifood systems and positively impact their vulnerability to climate change.

Our CEO & Co-Founder Caroline Busse presenting nadar


Our talk highlighted nadar’s research and work on reliable carbon and deforestation monitoring:

  • The history of forest data collection and how even today antiquated methods are applied
  • How remote sensing can monitor various forest variables from space
  • That current carbon MRV relies more on estimation than on actual measurement
  • Our fully digital carbon MRV we are working on at nadar
  • How reliable satellite monitoring can help cut the ties between agriculture and deforestation

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Caroline Busse

CEO

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Caroline is an experienced data scientist with a management degree from TU Munich and a degree in earth observation from the University of Würzburg, which is co-chaired by the German Aerospace Center (DLR). She has worked as a data scientist in the areas of nature conservation and land use change monitoring at WWF, the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), and at tech companies such as Celonis and Deloitte.

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