F3Life

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by F3Life 8y ago
Or that red and blue are now soldiers rather than generals.
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by F3Life 8y ago
A lot of these farmers presumably owned their land prior to QE? Maybe it’s the ones who bought land after who are going to the wall. In the UK, economists say QE has been a success to the point where some say we have learned how to print mo
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by F3Life 8y ago
Right? It's born a unicorn. But could also be a eunuch.
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by F3Life 8y ago
Lol: you are not Katzenberg. Neither am I. Good points. Good post.
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by F3Life 8y ago
This was quite frankly astonishing. Given that so much of our pensions and wealth are tied up in the markets, it's astonishing to hear that every Tom, Dick and Pavel is massively invested in destabilising the whole thing. And these are
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by F3Life 8y ago
And sorry to answer the other question: we work with NGOs, although not necessarily advocacy NGOs.
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by F3Life 8y ago
TBH - climate silos and finance silos are difficult to merge. Different language, KPIs, incentives and concerns. We're trying though to reconcile the two! That said, banks are increasingly paying attention. The two drivers for this are
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by F3Life 8y ago
Re wheat and maize, it's what happens before they're picked that is the concern. Where banks project high rates of loss, they simply withdraw from the sector - understandably. Re lettuce, I think what we will see is 2 things: firs
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by F3Life 8y ago
I think you're right, insurance and banks are both looking at a similar problem. In our approach, which is agri-specific, we work with banks to include requirements for climate smart agriculture into loan agreements. Farmers must do x,
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by F3Life 8y ago
By technological fixes in agriculture, I simply mean greenhouses and fertigation systems. Control the environment in which plants grow more closely and thereby mitigate risks associated with weather shock. Works great for things like capsic
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by F3Life 8y ago
This seems as good a place as any to tell HN about my business: We provide systems to banks to help them include activities which mitigate climate risk into credit agreements, and evidence of compliance into credit scores. It provides a nud