2016 Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case | The Investment Case, 6 June 2016, Royal Society, London

Global Landscapes Forum : The Investment Case

6 June 2016, Royal Society, London

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Global Landscapes Forum

The Investment Case

6 June 2016, Royal Society, London

The Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case in London on 6 June 2016 brought together experts from the financial services industry with leaders from the corporate sector, government and academia to take investments into sustainable landscapes to the next level. This second edition of the event offered a unique platform for experts to explore the role of private finance in enhancing livelihoods and landscapes across the globe.

White Papers Presentations Outcome Statement

2016 Global Landscapes Forum: The Investment Case Highlight video

Chris Botsford

Chief Executive Officer, ADM Capital

About a year ago, we were looking for a solution for a low cost way to connect smallholders to big money. We knew something had to be there, something had to link these two together in a way that was cost efficient and this software we found did that.

Andrea Ledward

Board Member, Green Climate Fund; Head of the Climate and Environment Department, DFID

If we really want to be serious about addressing climate change and mitigating the risks and supporting communities building their resilience, we have to do it through land and forestry.

Mark Burrows

Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Global Investment Banking, Credit Suisse

When I spoke last year at this very conference, I talked about a cresting wave and that you had a long period of the trough. It was about to break. Well, I think it broke in Paris during the COP21.

Peter Holmgren

Director General, CIFOR

We need to move out of these comfort zones. That’s the philosophy of the Global Landscapes Forum - to bridge academic disciplines, expert communities and economic sectors and create a forum where everybody talks to everybody and crosses the traditional boundaries and innovates.

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