Dr. Tadeu Caldas
Tadeu Caldas has made his engineering and academic, post-graduation studies in Brazil and England. He has worked in the field of sustainable agriculture & land-use, corporate and public sustainability for the last 40 years.
Dr. Tadeu Caldas
Global Expert on Sustainable Development, Ecotropic Consulting GmbH, Germany
Tadeu Caldas has made his engineering and academic, post-graduation studies in Brazil and England. He has worked in the field of sustainable agriculture & land-use, corporate and public sustainability for the last 40 years. Over this period, he has been engaged as a consultant by governments, companies, NGOs and international development agencies, to contribute solutions to sustainability initiatives in about 60 countries of all continents and climates. His engagement in developing effective solutions to a broad range of issues has led him to very diverse professional activities. From time spent living and researching indigenous peoples’ long term land-use strategies in the Amazon region of Brazil, in order to inform regional development policy; to contributing expertise to the world’s largest-to-date corporate sustainability program at Walmart; developing innovative ecological pesticide reduction practices for a Pan-African program, financed by the DEG (German Bank for International Development) and the B&M Gates Foundation, benefiting almost one million small-holder farmers in 12 African countries; advising on mitigation options, after assessing the global sustainability and climate footprint of BUNGE, a giant multinational of the food and biofuels sector; coordination of a German government-funded climate mitigation project aimed at reducing carbon emissions of municipal companies of Cologne (current home) and Rio de Janeiro (his birth place); coordinating pioneering, breakthrough research into the use of saline water in agriculture, in the desert of Oman; long-term work in China supporting among others the development of management and inputs for chemical-free, healthy and productive orchards in the entire district of Beijing, protecting the ground water supply of the city; and many more interesting and effective projects.
Occupying a lot of his time have been his activities as a leading expert and pioneer in the field of organic agriculture, food and textiles, having helped clients worldwide produce safe and fair food, healthy and biodiverse landscapes, reduce their climate impact and create sustainable carbon sinks worth millions of tons of CO2. The phenomenal global growth of the organic sector in the last 40 years has been for him very rewarding and a clear indicator that it is worth dreaming and daring the impossible.
In relation to the Yangon Winter School he would like to contribute to concrete steps towards positive, sustainable and ecological action in the country. As a contribution to the local governance he would like to review and analyse the implementation requirements for Myanmar’s Sustainable Development Plan from the perspective of a diverse set of stakeholders, at personal, corporate and public level. This program, worthwhile supporting, has been promoted by State Counsellor Lady Aung San Suu Kyi.
Caldas is familiar with the climate, socio-economic and environmental challenges of Myanmar having worked in many countries in the region such as Bangladesh, China, India, Thailand, Vietnam, etc.
