Videos
In conversation with gender and rights scientists at COP 25
10 Dec 2019
Gender and rights scientists Houria Djoudi and Markus Ihalainen discuss finance, safeguards for gender and rights, measuring progress and more at COP 25 in Madrid.
Impossible Foods debuts in grocery stores in NYC
10 Dec 2019
The senior manager of Impossible Foods’ impact strategy on the molecule that makes the plant-based-meat phenomenon indistinguishable from beef, and how this in turn can reduce emissions and save endangered species.
Untapped potential of street art to advocate for the environment
7 Dec 2019
Gabrielle Lipton, editor of Landscape News, speaks on a panel in the Global Climate Action Hub at COP 25 in Madrid. To draw attention to the environmental danger a toxic tributary poses and the opportunities it offers for regeneration, Global Landscapes Forum partnered with Greenpoint Innovations (GPI) in the creation of a mural by Brooklyn-based […]
COP 25 Check-In with Musonda Mumba
7 Dec 2019
The GLF team caught up with Musonda Mumba, Chief of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit of the UN Environment Programme midway through COP 25 in Madrid. Musonda shares her hopes for negotiations over the coming days – with a specific focus on restoration and how that might play a key role in the climate agenda and […]
So, what about the Blue COP?
6 Dec 2019
So what about the Blue COP? It’s still in the picture. And looking forward, clearer regulations on carbon markets could actually help bring more private sector attention to blue carbon – carbon stored in coastal, wetland and oceanic ecosystems – particularly through carbon emissions offsetting schemes. For more about the “health and wealth” of these […]
George Marshall On Carbon Markets
6 Dec 2019
Finishing the Rulebook for Article 6 of the Paris Agreement on climate change – as climate communications expert George Marshall explains – has become a major focus of 2019’s COP 25 in Madrid, superseding previous hopes for the conference to be the ‘Blue COP’ making significant political headway for oceans.
Kicking off COP 25 with Gonzalo Muñoz
5 Dec 2019
The Global Landscapes Forum team caught up with Gonzalo Muñoz, the UNFCCC High Level Climate Champion to discuss everything from waste management and circularity to the uprisings in Chile that spurred the climate summit’s move from Santiago to Madrid.
Interactive Session: Restoring Forests, Restoring Communities
19 Nov 2019
Interactive Session: Restoring Forests, Restoring Communities: How Secure Resource Rights Help Communities in Africa Restore Forests and Build Local Economies
Interactive Session: Enhancing Natural Resource Governance in Ghana
12 Nov 2019
The proposed interactive session will share and discuss experiences of enhancing natural resource governance in Ghana to restore degraded landscapes focusing on the examples of Community Natural Resource Management Areas (CREMAs).
GLF Accra 2019 as it happened
6 Nov 2019
Video by Patrick Augenstein On 29–30 October 2019, the Global Landscapes Forum in Accra convened in the Ghanaian capital to accelerate restoration in Africa. Titled “Restoring Africa’s Landscapes – Uniting actions from above and below,” the event saw farmers, entrepreneurs, artists, foresters, pastoralists, policymakers, royalty, and national and international leaders discuss needs and solutions for […]
