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See more session details This presentation given in cooperation by CIFOR and the Earth Institute focuses on fires in tropical regions: what’s influencing them, what can help reduce them and which monitoring methods can be applied.

During the Global Landscapes Forum, reporters from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) attended many sessions and discussions, producing a final report featuring photos, videos and summary articles. “The first Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) convened on Saturday and Sunday, 16 and 17 November 2013, at the University of Warsaw in Poland, on the sidelines […]

Watch these live recordings of the Global Landscapes Forum in Warsaw on 16-17 November 2013. This playlist features plenaries from both days and a selection of technical sessions and discussion forums. Day 1 | Nov 16 Opening Plenary Youth: The Future of Sustainable Landscapes Managing landscapes for food, fuel, fiber and forests Towards a sustainable […]

The landscapes approach means being holistic and integrated. It means unifying management efforts around achieving the triple win: increased yields, boosted incomes, and lowered greenhouse emissions. Certainly a good idea as it sounds, but how does one practically go about doing it? That’s what the dozens of plenary and technical sessions of the 2013 Global […]

Climate change threatens one of the most important sectors of countries’ economies: agriculture. In some parts of Africa, agriculture directly employs nearly 80 percent of the population. Most countries are aware of this and are taking steps to prepare themselves for climate change impacts. Nevertheless, developing a plan for policy action and intervention measures across […]

On Saturday I gave a talk at COP19 about empowering youth to overcome challenges. During the talk I introduced Connect4Climate (C4C) and their work over the past two years to engage the global community in climate change conversations. I also told a story about my experience meeting a group of teenage rappers through C4C and […]