In ”Food Systems”, the Forum interviews politicians, civil society representatives, thought leaders, scientists, activists, farmers, business leaders and many others. What do they all share? Ideas and action on how we can deliver a safe, plentiful, and above all sustainable food system that works for everyone.
In this edition of the Food Systems podcast, speaking during an interview at this year's Forum for the Future of Agriculture Annual Conference, Alex Turk talks to NABU President Jörg-Andreas Krüger. During the conversation he stresses the need for cross-sector collaboration to tackle food security, climate change and biodiversity loss, pointing to war-driven food price rises as proof of rising urgency. He calls for minimum budgets for environmental and climate action over direct payments. Despite public attention shifting elsewhere, he cites NABU's growing membership as a sign support remains, and voices cautious optimism that Europe's emerging nature credits framework can avoid the mistakes made with carbon markets.
25 Aug 2026
Interview with Michael Brückner
In this edition of the Food Systems podcast, speaking during an interview at this year's Forum for the Future of Agriculture Annual Conference, Alex Turk talks to Michael Brückner, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, Munich Re Investment Partners GmbH. Michael sees nature-positive investing as still early-stage but existential for his parent company, which depends on pricing climate and nature risk correctly. He argues nature-positive actions must be properly priced - not treated as pure cost - so benefits to third parties are reflected rather than left off balance sheets. The main gap, he says, isn't capital or will but consistent, shared risk standards (unlike credit ratings, sustainability ratings vary widely) and a clear, priced path for engagement.
20 Aug 2026
Interview with Lauren Phillips
In this edition of the Food Systems podcast, speaking during an interview at this year's Forum for the Future of Agriculture Annual Conference, Alex Turk talks to Lauren Phillips, FAO's Director of Partnerships and UN Collaboration. Lauren reflects on her panel at the Forum’s Annual Conference about financing agricultural transition, arguing that progress requires tackling nutrition, productivity, climate and livelihoods together rather than in isolation, and expressing encouragement that climate and agriculture were discussed jointly, though she'd like to see more focus on social and nutrition outcomes. She frames climate change as an open-ended, generational crisis that intersects with conflict and resource pressures to drive hunger, and notes that declining climate finance budgets mean development funding alone won't suffice - private finance must also be de-risked to reach even the poorest smallholder farmers, who represent both high risk and high potential payoff. She closes by emphasising that building broad, durable consensus, even if slower, produces more lasting and ambitious outcomes than settling for quick fixes.
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