Senior Partner Elizabeth Littlefield Discusses West Africa Blue’s Impact on "Solving Climate, Naturally" Podcast
September 16, 2024
We are excited to share a recent podcast episode featuring Elizabeth Littlefield, Senior Partner at West Africa Blue, on “Solving Climate, Naturally”.
Solving Climate, Naturally is a podcast dedicated to exploring natural climate solutions and their potential to combat the climate crisis. Hosted by leading practitioners, the podcast features interviews with influential figures in environmental science, policy, and finance, delving into the cutting-edge strategies and innovations that harness nature’s ability to reduce carbon emissions.
In this wide-ranging discussion, Elizabeth draws from her extensive background in finance and development to explore West Africa Blue’s blue carbon projects and the challenges and opportunities in the growing field of natural climate solutions.
Discussion Highlights:
Introduction to West Africa Blue’s projects and how West Africa Blue’s work in Sierra Leone and Guinea offers unique opportunities to tackle deforestation, biodiversity loss, and climate adaptation through community-driven blue carbon projects.
Challenges faced in scaling nature-based solutions.
Community engagement and benefit sharing, and the case for developing carbon projects with local communities and indigenous peoples.
The importance of nature-based solutions as the most rapid and effective response to the climate crisis.
The importance of early stage capital for nature-based carbon projects.
West Africa Blue’s Living Labs initiative and how transparency can support the sustainable development of carbon markets.
You can listen to Elizabeth’s appearance on the Solving Climate Naturally here or on your favourite podcast app.
An edited transcript of the conversation is available on the Solving Climate, Naturally substack page here.