Climate change

 *** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE *** ‘Fragmentation is our enemy’: Why we must work together across landscapes   WARSAW, Poland (17 November 2013) — Global experts made an impassioned plea to change the way the world is tackling food insecurity, climate change, poverty and water scarcity — and warned that UN climate negotiators in Warsaw risked […]

Ruth DeFries – Denning Professor of Sustainable Development at Columbia University’s The Earth Institute – speaks about the importance of landscape approach for addressing climate change, at the Global Landscapes Forum, on the sidelines of the UNFCCC talks in Warsaw, 16 November 2013

It all started with a simple exchange: learn a few words in the language of someone from outside of your region. A government advisor from India taught members of the Guatemalan Ministry of Agriculture “Namaste.” A delegate from Mali learned how researchers from Kenya say drought (“ukame”) and hunger (“njaa”). And as a program leader […]

As negotiators representing all the world’s nations bargain, cajole, and inveigh in order to keep 21st century warming from rising too far above two degrees Celsius, every available tool must be leveraged to keep the planet from going over the brink. Recent work by EcoAgriculture Partners highlighted the importance of Tree Based Ecosystem Approaches as […]

WARSAW, Poland — Don’t miss the deliberations at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Warsaw this weekend where more than 1,200 forestry and agriculture experts will be chasing answers for climate talks. Moving mountains to protect the world’s ‘water towers’ Think of the Andes along the west coast of South America, the Rocky Mountains in […]

Exploiting forests solely as a carbon vehicle misses the big picture, says COP negotiator Negotiators at the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) in Warsaw, Poland,  (November 16-17) are hopeful they can advance the difficult discussions being made leading to an international deal on how to manage climate change. The GLF — held in parallel with the […]