About GLF Climate 2021

Hosted digitally and in Glasgow alongside COP26, the GLF Climate 2021 hybrid conference made a unanimous call for ambitious, concrete action to stop the climate crisis.

Attended by 4,386 digital participants from 145 countries, along with 481 in-person participants at the University of Glasgow, the event featured 400 leading scientists, activists, Indigenous leaders, financiers, youth, and government leaders.

Across 67 plenaries, interactive sessions, launches, and climate talks, GLF Climate: Forests, Food, Finance – Frontiers of Change explored the potential of three key climate solutions: forest restoration, resilient food systems, and sustainable finance. Messages spread on social media rallied 41.34 million people around concrete ways to address the climate emergency as quickly as possible.

Building bridges for climate action

The climate crisis is not a distant future prediction, but an everyday reality for many of the world’s communities today. As discussions heat up on climate adaptation and mitigation, there are many diverse and often-opposing views on what needs to be done. Individual and systemic change to address the climate crisis are often presented as mutually exclusive choices – but is there a way to bridge the two?

Join this Youth Daily Show to hear from two young climate experts and activists, who will take us through their own journeys of understanding their roles in the climate movement – and finding hope.