Following the presentations, participants were asked for their opinion on voluntary carbon offsets. The question was: ‘Would you choose to offset the emissions from your flight through carbon markets?’ . The results reflected the speakers’ multifaceted evaluation.

Raymond Achu Samndong - REDD+ projects must prioritize customary land tenure systems, equitable benefit-sharing mechanisms, and transparent governance to ensure meaningful participation and sustainable outcomes for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.

Jan Börner - Effective carbon markets require robust regulatory oversight, reliable baseline methodologies, and independent verification mechanisms to ensure that avoided-deforestation projects deliver genuine climate benefits and avoid unintended incentives.

In our last session, Jan Börner and Raymond Achu Samndong discussed global carbon markets, with a particular focus on credibility issues and impacts on local communities. If you missed it, check the summary at and the speakers' key messages below. 📷

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Edmonds - "Child labor is a facet of poverty, but its response to policy changes, development projects, or shifts in the socio-economic environment depends not only on changes in household poverty levels but also on the evolving employment opportunities available to the family.".

Niederfranke - "Policies must adopt a multi-stakeholder approach and address various dimensions of poverty, social security, education, labor inspection systems, and just transition to climate change to efficiently combat child labor and secure living income for families.".

In our last session, Annette Niederfranke and Eric Edmonds discussed child labor and explored its drivers, the role of poverty, and the effectiveness of policies to reduce it. If you missed it, check the summary at and the speakers' key messages below.

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Our next session will be held on next Thursday!. Annette Niederfranke (@ilo) and Eric Edmonds (@dartmouth) will discuss child labor, exploring its drivers, the role of poverty, and the effectiveness of policies to reduce it. Register at:

Naeher - "Information interventions can boost the adoption of Early Sown Wheat & Zero Tillage - technologies for climate adaptation. After fieldwork with @giz_gmbh, we ran a randomized trial in India to test how general vs. tailored #information enables farmers to adopt those.".

Hesch - "Remote sensing data can be used to study very distant and very large areas, but depending on what you want to know, in-situ data and qualitative research are sometimes simply irreplaceable. Predicting sowing dates in fragmented agricultural landscapes is one such case!".

In our last session, Gunnar Hesch and Dominik Naeher discussed agricultural innovations to cope with climate change and presented an intervention to increase its adoption. If you missed it, check the summary at and the speakers' key messages below.

Today’s seminar kicked off with a poll on barriers to agricultural innovation for Indian farmers. The case study presented by Gunnar Hesch and Dominik Naeher confirmed that lack of information is a major constraint.

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Our next session will be held on next Thursday! . Gunnar Hesch (@giz_gmbh) and Dominik Naeher (@uniGoettingen) will discuss agricultural innovations, presenting the results of an experimental intervention conducted in India. Register at:

Lara- While traditional guest worker programs have weaknesses in their design and implementation, with correct regulation and oversight to safeguard the protection of migrants' labour and human rights, they can benefit workers, employers, countries of origin and work communities.

Suresh - "Experimental evidence from the UAE-India migration corridor shows that, despite high costs and harsh conditions, long-term gains outweigh short-term losses. Strengthening labor standards and its enforcement could actually boost migration levels.".

On our last dialogue, Lara White (IOM) and Suresh Naidu (Columbia University) discussed the weaknesses and opportunities related to guest worker programs. In case you missed it, you can check the session summary on our website and the key messages of the speakers below.