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Join the movement to reach 1 billion people: #ThinkLandscape

This session explored the migration of people from rural to urban areas through a series of personal stories delivered by people who have experienced migration, are longing to migrate, and work in the area of migration.Using experiential storytelling and innovative design sprint methodology, participants worked together to understand the underlying challenges presented in the stories, […]

The session identifies the current impediments to implementing landscape approaches and begin to develop the solutions for overcoming these impediments. Panelists from a spectrum of backgrounds from research and policy are joined by those in attendance in attempting to move beyond normative suggestions of “we need to implement, we need more investment, we need to […]

Smallholder farmers play a key role in the production of agricultural crops for domestic and global markets. But, smallholders remain disenfranchised, often facing economic, financial and institutional constraints that make the adoption of more efficient practices, technologies and business models difficult. This session explored the multiple perspectives of development practitioners and financiers, including impact investors, […]

Ibrahim Thiaw is the Deputy Executive Director for the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). At the Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakesh, he made the case for increased finance for restoration to help countries fight climate change. The Discussion Forum he spoke at addressed the funding/finance gap challenge (i.e. the difference between the supply and demand […]

The closing plenary of the Global Landscapes Forum: Climate Action for Sustainable Development featured representatives from the Global Landscapes Forum’s founding and coordinating partners to share and discuss their visions and expectations for the future of the Forum over the next four years. The Forum is undergoing a transformation, from focusing on policy advice to […]

Watch this Discussion Forum from the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum: Climate Action for Sustainable Development in Marrakesh, Morocco, alongside UNFCCC COP22.

The opening plenary of the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum in Marrakesh brought together leaders from policy, research, civil society and grassroots activism to share their visions for realizing climate solutions – utilizing the landscape approach and identifying key next steps to achieving tangible, implementable action. Speakers shared their hopes for the event and raise questions […]