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Future Fork with Paul NewnhamLessons from a lifetime of humanitarianism with Sir David NabarroSir David Nabarro KCMG CBE is the Strategic Director and Co-founder of the 4SD Foundation. David has dedicated his life to providing care and improving health outcomes in communities worldwide. Through his work with the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO), David has been at the forefront of global health emergency responses for decades and was instrumental in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, David shares his journey from medicine to humanitarian work and his role in shaping the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). He discusses how the concept of ‘perma-crisis’ in poorer r...2024-07-2934 min
The Politics of Ending Malnutrition - Challenging Conversations with Decision MakersEpisode 11: David Nabarro. Country Led - rhetoric or reality?What was the original vision and approach of the Scaling up Nutrition (SUN) Movement when it started in 2010? Has the approach remained consistent over time? How should we judge success of nutrition actions and the SUN Movement? What are the risks to success? How do you implement a systems approach to nutrition in practice when departments and organisations tend to work in siloes? Should SUN Movement be open to higher as well as lower income countries? In this conversation with the N4D team David Nabarro addresses these questions and more. Please join the debate! 2024-04-0357 min
IIEA TalksAdvancing Food Systems Transformations: A Personal ViewIn his speech, Dr David Nabarro reflects on local and national priorities regarding food systems transformation, an area where Ireland is an acknowledged leader. He also focuses on interconnected challenges such as climate action and sustainable development. Dr Nabarro presents his experience of the catalysing effect of systems thinking and adopting a people-centred approach when tackling inter-connected challenges, such as food systems transformation. He argues that such an approach must be adapted to the interests of people of the lowest incomes and with the least agency. Dr Nabarro concludes that this novel way of thinking and working together will have...2024-02-2953 min
Food Matters Live PodcastDavid Nabarro: 'The food industry isn't doing enough on sustainability'David Nabarro says people are the key to effecting change, and for him, that is no different in the food industry.
"Some in the food industry tell me that they read the writing on the wall," he says. "We know we're going to have to change.
"We're going to have to reduce our emissions and be much better at regenerating nature.
"I would say that's a small proportion of those working in the food sector. So it is starting, but it's not anything like enough."
David is Co-Director and Chair of the...2023-09-2249 min
Awake At NightBringing Health to the World - Dr. David Nabarro - Special Envoy of the WHO Director-General on COVID-19Dr. David Nabarro has dedicated his life to global health. After a long career that’s taken him from the horrors of war torn Iraq, to the devastating aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami, he is still spurred to action by the tremendous inequalities in global access to medical care. “The thing that keeps me awake most at night is the rampant inequities in our world…We see an awful lot of needless suffering.” A passionate advocate for sustainable development, David Nabarro has seen in his own family how medicine can transform lives. In this episode...2023-06-0236 min
The Herle BurlyDavid NabarroThe Herle Burly was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as CN Rail and Google Canada.We’ve got a good one for you today so let’s get right to it. Dr. David Nabarro is our guest. His C.V. is long and accomplished, so here’s just a few relevant pieces. David’s the former Special Advisor to the UN on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change. He’s the Co-Lead of the food workstream of the UN Global Crisis Response Group. And just a cou...2022-11-031h 10
What Can We Do In These Powerful Times?Charlotte DufourCharlottte Dufour is founder of Narayan, a retreat space which followed years of work in humanitarian aid and international cooperation (LinkedIn, Twitter). She is a nutrition expert, having worked in Afghanistan in the early 2000s on child malnutrition before moving to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (a UN agency), where she specialised in Food Security, Nutrition and Livelihoods. She is also a qualified yoga instructor.The key theme of our conversation was Charlotte's hard-won perspective that challenges we face are invitations to not look for happiness in the fulfilment of our material desires, but...2022-10-1635 min
IFA PodcastsEpisode 2 - Securing Food and Nutrition in 2022Reduced fertilizer consumption in 2022 raises the risk of significantly lower crop yields in the next harvest. That means lower food production and ultimately more people at risk of hunger and starvation.In this second part of our Securing food and nutrition in 2022 podcast, Ben Valk - Global Head of Food and Agri Partnerships for Rabobank - speaks with IFA CEO/Director General Alzbeta Klein about emergency measures to ensure resilience - including short-term finance for farmers and hotspot country interventions such as the Sustain Africa Initiative.In part one of the podcast, featuring Dr. David...2022-10-1220 min