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A virtual Symposium 21-22 March 2017 Planting trees seems like sensible choice when it comes to mitigating climate change, but crucial aspects of the relationships between trees and climate have so far been overlooked in climate research, the new review Trees, forests and water: cool insights for a hot world concludes. The authors suggest that the global conversation […]

Originally published via Convergence. Convergence Design Funding award aims to mobilize new sources of financing to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and catalyze the next generation of blended finance instruments TORONTO, ON, CA – Convergence, the first and only platform exclusively focused on blended finance, announced it will award a grant to ADM Capital and […]

By Global Canopy Programme. Bonds are well known financial instruments for corporations to access large sums of finance. ‘Green bonds’ are a variation designed to finance environmentally focused projects. Ultimately, these instruments could channel the billions of dollars needed to reduce deforestation and encourage sustainable land use. However, our experience at Global Canopy Programme (GCP) […]

Join the 2nd Marketplace E-Pitch Event – February 7th 2017 The WaterInnEU Marketplace was launched at the end of October and since then it has been providing information, access and training for innovative products and services of specific relevance to River Basin Management. It facilitates the market translation of innovations coming from previously EU funded […]

IUCN’s Global Forest and Climate Change Programme (GFCCP) has launched a call for abstracts on “Achieving deforestation-free commitments through forest landscape restoration.” The deadline is February 5, 2017. Final papers will contribute new knowledge and innovative solutions for combatting deforestation while accelerating restoration. Specifically, the papers will help answer key questions within three thematic areas: […]

Originally published by IUCN. The restoration of degraded and under-performing landscapes is an opportunity for a range of actors to increase the global resource base for more sustainable future production of food and commodities while addressing current and future global challenges, including deforestation. By regaining productive land and integrating it into sustainable natural resource management systems, we […]