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Forward Talks is a podcast about moving towards sustainability, brought to you by the people behind Goumbook, the UAE’s first social enterprise. Each episode will feature a sustainability ch...

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2024-25 Winners of the MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Venture Programme

Tatiana Antonelli-Abella sits down with the winners of the 2024-25 cohort of the MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Initiative. Now in its secon...

36:08Jun 30, 2025

Cultivating the Future: Transforming Arid Agriculture with Dr. Ismahane Elouafi

For the final episode of our special mini-series, Tatiana Antonelli-Abella is joined by Dr. Ismahane Elouafi, Executive Managing Director of...

43:53Apr 24, 2025

Polar regions sentinels of climate change, biodiversity, and human resilience, with Wassim Said

Tatiana Antonelli-Abella is joined by Wassim Said for a special episode of Forward Talks to mark the inaugural World Day for Glaciers and 20...

29:17Mar 21, 2025

Take a Breath Webinar 1: Indoor Air Quality and Health: Global to Local Challenges and Opportunities

Part of ‘Take a Breath’ Webinar Series: "Breathing into the Future: Creating Healthier Spaces for Resilient Cities and Communities”. Our ope...

58:21Mar 7, 2025

FAO’s Role in Combating Desertification: Insights with Feras Ziadat

Tatiana Antonelli-Abella is joined by Feras Ziadat, who is currently a Land and Water Officer with a specific focus on land resource managem...

25:02Feb 4, 2025

Financing the Future: Driving Sustainability and Regenerative Growth in KSA, with Ali Tariq Khan

Tatiana Antonelli-Abella is joined by Ali Tariq Khan, Senior Advisor for ESG Matters at Saudi Awwal Bank (SAB), a leading corporate, institu...

38:50Jan 13, 2025

Land Restoration: Regenerative Solutions for Arid Lands, with Neal Spackman

Tatiana Antonelli-Abella is joined by Neal Spackman to discuss the Al Baydah Restoration Project in Saudi Arabia, a groundbreaking project h...

31:55Jan 6, 2025

Water Bankruptcy: Rethinking Drought, Soil, and Agriculture, with Professor Kaveh Madani

Welcome to Our Land, Our Future , a special mini-series of Forward Talks by Goumbook focused on land restoration and combating desertificati...

36:10Dec 19, 2024

Introducing: ‘Our Land, Our Future’, a special series on land restoration and combating desertification

Welcome to “Our Land, Our Future,” a special mini-series of Forward Talks by Goumbook focused on land restoration and combating desertificat...

1:33Dec 19, 2024

Panel discussion: Nature & Science based solutions- scaling Regenerative Agriculture to tackle the MENAT agricultural, food security & climate change challenges

The first MENAT Regenerative Agriculture Venture Program Ceremony took place on the 22nd of May, the International Day of Biological Diversi...

34:33Jun 19, 2024

How purpose unlocks the health of people, vulnerable communities, and the planet, with Telfast’s Sylvain Bonnet

Tatiana sits down with Sylvain Bonnet, Vice President & Global General Manager for Telfast, a brand under global healthcare company, Sanofi....

26:21May 6, 2024

Bonus: Tanzeed Alam on involving the next generation in climate action

We’re continuing our conversation with Tanzeed Alam, MD at Earth Matters. Tanzeed shares his experience with the youth at COP28, and our tho...

14:35Feb 20, 2024

Tanzeed Alam on COP28 & the UAE Consensus: from agreement to action

We’re joined today by Tanzeed Alam, MD at Earth Matters, to talk about the outcomes of COP28 in the UAE, and look ahead to COP29 in Azerbaij...

35:59Feb 14, 2024

Think Tank: The invisible challenge: Exploring the nexus of indoor air quality, public health and climate action

Our latest Think Tank took place on day 13 of COP28 at the Slovenia Pavilion under the Take a Breath campaign , in partnership with Telfast...

42:24Jan 29, 2024

Obaid Ali Alshamshi & Shaemma Rasheed Mebwana on youth empowerment to advance inclusive and ambitious climate action

We’re joined for this youth-focused episode by Obaid Ali Alshamshi, a distinguished Emirati biologist, currently leading the Marine Biodiver...

29:25Dec 7, 2023

Jamila El Mir on accelerating net zero transition in the built environment

We’re joined today by Jamila El Mir, senior advisor to the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP28, Her Excellency Razan Al Mubarak....

22:44Nov 28, 2023

Florence Bulte on building a strong sustainability culture in luxury retail

We’re joined today by Florence Bulte, Chief Sustainability Officer at Chalhoub Group. Chalhoub Group has been a creator of luxury experience...

26:40Nov 24, 2023

The Green Sheikh on fostering the youth as future climate champions

H.H Sheikh Abdul Aziz Al Nuaimi, popularly known as The Green Sheikh, joins us on the episode. Sheikh Abdul Aziz serves as environmental adv...

31:08Nov 14, 2023

Andrea Prazakova on the intersection of fintech and climate action

We’re joined on the episode by Andrea Prazakova, Senior Vice President at Mastercard Foundry and ESG for EEMEA. She’s also the co-founder of...

31:50Oct 20, 2023

Allyson Anderson Book on the energy transition as an opportunity for innovation and collaboration

We’re joined on the episode by Allyson Anderson Book, Chief Sustainability Officer at Baker Hughes. Baker Hughes develops and deploys advanc...

33:54Oct 6, 2023