Fairtrade Farmers and the Climate Crisis - Stand With Us
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Did COP26 deliver anything for Fairtrade farmers? Hear from Mary Kinyua, Kenyan flower farmer and Fairtrade's Head of Delegation at COP26.
About this event
Mary Kinyua is Chair of Board of Fairtrade Africa; she is Director of Human Resources at Oserian Development Company (one of the world's largest ethical and Fairtrade flower farms); and she was Fairtrade's Head of Delegation at COP26.
We are delighted to have Mary Kinyua deliver Scotland's Fair Trade Nation Lecture this year, where we'll hear:
- An introduction to Mary's background as a Fairtrade flower farmer, and her involvement with Fairtrade Africa, and of course her role as Head of Fairtrade's Delegation at COP26
- How the climate crisis is impacting Fairtrade farmers, in particular flower farmers and how they are dealing with climate change, with the support of Fairtrade
- What Fairtrade farmers were asking for at COP26, what was delivered and her own reflection on this
- What the next steps are of Fairtrade farmers dealing with the climate crisis