Seth Shames

Seth Shames

Seth Shames is director of the Policy and Markets program, where he leads analysis of policies and financial mechanisms to support integrated agricultural landscape management and directs EcoAgriculture’s policy advocacy work. His areas of work have included payments for ecosystem services in agricultural landscapes, climate-smart agriculture, the integration of agricultural issues into the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, environment and development policies in East Africa, eco-labeling of agricultural products and sustainable biofuels production.

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Moving beyond our siloed financial system

Moving beyond our siloed financial system

over 10 years ago // COP21

While they may make for a tidy ledger, fragmented financing structures don’t work. Scientific data and experience consistently tell us that social, economic, and ecological systems are interconnected, write EcoAgriculture Partners' Seth Shames, Krista Heiner and Aiden Irish in this guest commentary.