Charlotte Streck (Football4Forests) – Restoring natural forests one football pitch at a time
Charlotte Streck, the founder of Football4Forests, is the next confirmed speaker at our 17th EFDN #Morethanfootball Conference in Liverpool on 9 & 11 May 2022.
Prof. Dr. Charlotte Streck is co-founder of Football4Forest and director of the think tank Climate Focus. Charlotte serves as a strategic advisor to numerous governments, private companies, foundations, and non-for-profit organizations on climate investments, forestry, agriculture and food systems. Charlotte is an avid football fan and, looking for innovative ways to support conservation and forest restoration, has founded Football4Forest to harness the enthusiasm of football fans for forest restoration. Charlotte Streck serves on several advisories, and investment panels is a former lead counsel for climate change with the Center for International Sustainable Development Law with McGill University and a former Chair of the Board of the Climate Strategies research network..
The presentation will give you an introduction to Football4Forests: it will explain the objectives, motivation, and tools. We will present the F4F app, describe the financing model and take you to a tour to the Colombian rainforest. There, in the Colombian region of Caquetá, our partners of Tiempo de Juego will take the ball and score a point for nature.
