Videos
Galina Angarova: What Indigenous people can teach us | #GLFClimate 2021 Must-see Speakers
25 Nov 2021
Indigenous peoples have sustainably managed the Earth for thousands of years. So, why are their voices not being heard on the international stage? It’s time for world leaders to take action to protect Indigenous rights, says Galina Angarova, executive director of Cultural Survival. Learn more about Cultural Survival here: https://www.culturalsurvival.org/
Youth Climate Activism in Brazil 101
22 Nov 2021
Young climate activists in Brazil are mobilizing and reminding the rest of society that collective efforts to curb the climate crisis cannot be postponed. Protesting on the streets, campaigning on social media, negotiating at global events, the Brazilian youth are making bold strides towards placing climate justice on top of the public agenda. In this […]
“Science is there, but it has to reach the people.”
17 Nov 2021
At GLF Climate, yogi and mystic Sadhguru sat down with BBC Radio 1 host Pete Tong to discuss why we can’t combat the climate crisis without restoring the Earth’s soil. Learn more about Sadhguru and the Isha Foundation here: https://isha.sadhguru.org/
Samantha Power: How to fund natural climate solutions | #GLFClimate 2021 Must-see Speakers
15 Nov 2021
What would it cost for humanity to cope with the worst effects of the climate crisis, from wildfires to flooding and drought – and how will the world’s poorest countries afford it? In this talk at GLF Climate, USAID administrator and former U.S. ambassador to the UN Samantha Power discusses how to ramp up funding […]
Paul Polman: How to create a net positive economy | #GLFClimate 2021 Must-see Speakers
11 Nov 2021
“People say that we need to be less bad, but less bad isn’t good anymore when you are overshooting the planetary boundaries. If I was murdering 10 people, and now I am murdering five, am I a better murderer?” — Paul Polman, 2021 How can we feed a future world population of 10 billion by […]
Crop Trust and Plant Treaty Secretariat launch BOLD Emergency Reserve | #GLFClimate 2021 Must-see Speakers
11 Nov 2021
“Seeds may not look like much, but seeds have changed the course of history before”, said Norway’s Minister of International Development Anne Beathe Tvinnereim at the launch of the Emergency Reserve, the first financial mechanism to help genebanks in need.
Lessons Learned for Sustainable Development in the MAP Region, Amazonia
11 Nov 2021
Since its inception in the late 1990s, the MAP initiative – a trinational effort to accelerate sustainable forest and land use in the Peruvian, Brazilian and Bolivian Amazon – has been building an evidence base for the effectiveness of transboundary cooperation in advancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). With a special focus on SDGs 13 […]
Facilitating Spaces for Gender Responsive Conservation: Women’s Solutions from the Amazon
11 Nov 2021
This session reports preliminary lessons learned from gender inclusive initiatives that have increased women’s participation in conservation and development in the Brazilian, Colombian and Peruvian Amazon. These cases cover a diverse collection of Indigenous, Afro-descendant and peasant women from across the region. The session will facilitate a discussion of findings from multiple grassroots efforts where […]
Positive Tipping Points for Transformative Change
8 Nov 2021
Leaders across the globe are facing up to humanity’s biggest challenge yet – transforming societies towards carbon neutrality and harmony with nature. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report is clear: our prevailing economic model and consumption patterns have placed the planet on a trajectory towards uninhabitability. Every new strategy and policy from now on will be judged and measured by its ability to draw down carbon emissions. Though the challenge is great, we have the ability, knowledge and will to adapt. And there are positive signs.
Coffee with Sineia Wapichana
7 Nov 2021
Join us for a coffee with a defender of the biocultural and climate integrity of the Amazon rainforest. During this brief discussion, we explore how grassroots action and international advocacy are coming together to address both human and nature rights that are threatened by forest fires.
