Extreme Hangout • COP29, Baku

Fireside Chat: Patrick Holden in conversation with Finn Ross

Monday

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11 November

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12:00-12:30

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Join Patrick Holden, CBE, Founding Director of the Sustainable Food Trust in conversation with Finn Ross, Co-Chair of Future Farmers New Zealand.

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Patrick Holden is the founder and CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust, whose mission is to work internationally to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable food and farming systems.

Between 1995 and 2010, he was Director of the Soil Association, the UK organic advocacy and certification organisation, where he played a leading role in developing the organic standards and market.

He currently leads a task force on measuring land use sustainability for the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), established by the then Prince of Wales in 2020.

Patrick trained in Biodynamic farming at Emerson College and has farmed for over 50 years on a 300-acre mixed organic dairy holding, now the longest established organic dairy farm in Wales, producing a raw milk cheddar from the milk of 85 Ayrshire cows.

He received a CBE for services to organic farming in 2005 and is Patron of the UK Bio-dynamic Agriculture Association. He became an Ashoka fellow in 2016 and was awarded an honorary doctorate for his international work in sustainable agriculture by the University of Wales Trinity St David in 2022.

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Session Overview

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Join Patrick Holden, CBE, Founding Director of the Sustainable Food Trust in conversation with Finn Ross, Co-Chair of Future Farmers New Zealand.

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Patrick Holden

Sustainable Food Trust

Patrick Holden is the founder and CEO of the Sustainable Food Trust, whose mission is to work internationally to accelerate the transition towards more sustainable food and farming systems.

Between 1995 and 2010, he was Director of the Soil Association, the UK organic advocacy and certification organisation, where he played a leading role in developing the organic standards and market.

He currently leads a task force on measuring land use sustainability for the Sustainable Markets Initiative (SMI), established by the then Prince of Wales in 2020.

Patrick trained in Biodynamic farming at Emerson College and has farmed for over 50 years on a 300-acre mixed organic dairy holding, now the longest established organic dairy farm in Wales, producing a raw milk cheddar from the milk of 85 Ayrshire cows.

He received a CBE for services to organic farming in 2005 and is Patron of the UK Bio-dynamic Agriculture Association. He became an Ashoka fellow in 2016 and was awarded an honorary doctorate for his international work in sustainable agriculture by the University of Wales Trinity St David in 2022.

Finn Ross

Climate Action Company and The Blue Carbon Lab

I am a young kiwi scientist, climate activist and adventurer.

I am a Blue Carbon Lab PhD candidate researching seaweed as a climate change solution. I am currently the founder of Climate Action Company and host of the Both Sides Now political podcast.

Historically I have had roles as the co-founder of not-for-profit charity Let Them Fish, founder of The Seaweed Solution, Bomb Bucha CEO and contributor to the genesis of Live Ocean. I am co-chair of Future Farmers New Zealand and board member for Otago Department of Conservation, WSV2 Biochar and the Kelp Forest Foundation scientific board.

I live on Lake Hawea Station; my family farm which is pioneering on farm climate action and regenerative agriculture and is the first certified Bcorp sheep farm in the world. I am deeply passionate about the ocean as a climate change solution, but above all live for adventures in the most remote corners of the South Pacific.

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Day 12: World Leaders Summit

Friday, 22 November

Previous Days

Monday, 11 November
Day 01: COP29 Opening
Tuesday, 12 November
Day 02: World Leaders Summit
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
10:30-10:45
Welcoming and Opening Remarks
Welcome
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
09:15-10:00
Yoga with Jess
Jess Silva
Health and Wellness
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
14:00-14:30
Meditation Session
Workshop
Wednesday, 13 November
Day 03: World Leaders Summit
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
10:00-10:30
Welcoming and Opening Remarks
Welcome
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
18:00-18:45
Evening of Music
Whaia
Music Evening
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
09:15-10:00
Yoga with Jess
Jess Silva
Health and Wellness
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
13:00-13:30
Meditation
Jacques Sheehan
Health & Wellness
Friday, 15 November
Day 05: Energy, Peace, Relief, Recovery
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
12:00-12:15
Janine Campling
Janine Campling
Keynote
Saturday, 16 November
Day 06: Science, Technology, Innovation
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
18:00-20:00
Evening DancEvente
Evening Event
Sunday, 17 November
Day 07: Rest Day
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
10:30-12:30
Open Mic
Open Mic Session
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
14:00-18:00
COP Youth Day
Youth Activities
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
10:30-12:30
COP Youth Day
Workshop
Monday, 18 November
Day 08: Human Development, Children and Youth, Health
Tuesday, 19 November
Day 09: Food, Agriculture, Water
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
10:45-11:00
Caillum Hedderman
Caillum Hedderman
Keynote
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
16:00-17:00
Insights of Local Youth
Panel
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
14:00-16:00
EcoKnowledge Student Fair
Fair
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
16:00-17:00
Roundtable and Workshop (PRIVATE)
Workshop
Wednesday, 20 November
Day 10: Urbanization, Transport, Tourism
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
10:00-10:30
Extreme Hangout
Welcoming and Opening Remarks
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
10:45-11:00
Nico Nicholas
Nico Nicholas
Keynote
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
15:00-15:15
Ahmed Ag Mohamed
Ahmed Ag Mohamed
Keynote
 

Main Stage
 

Inspiration Stage
14:00-16:00
How Can Music Impact COPs?
Roundtable
Thursday, 21 November
Day 11: Nature and Biodiversity, Gender and Equality, Indigenous

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