5 wins for collective action in 2025
2025 was a year of collective action. Discover our year in review and the lessons we’re taking into 2026 and beyond.
Explore 5 areas of growth, collaboration and
transformative action
Voices shaping landscapes
In 2025, through platforms such as GLF Forests, Forests, People, Planet and GLF Africa, we’ve had the pleasure of listening to the words and wisdom of powerful women, moving speakers, community leaders, filmmakers and storytellers from around the world.
Great change often starts with a single voice, and those calling for liveable landscapes need to be highlighted, not hidden.
In 2026, we’ll listen closer, amplify further and keep the voices of the community shaping landscapes at the center of what we do.
AI for good
Whether it was chatbots, web searches or the phone in your pocket, artificial intelligence was everywhere in 2025.
Through lively discussions at GLF Climate, insightful talks at GLF Africa and a dedicated Digital Forum, we’ve been weighing up the costs and benefits of this nascent industry and exploring the innovative ways people are using it to protect nature.
It’s anyone’s guess what 2026 will bring, but as we enter the new year, the GLF will be staying on the cutting edge to ensure AI is working for people and planet.
Knowledge is power
Lasting change is rooted in knowledge – traditional, scientific and lived – and this year, the GLF has published over 200 papers, interviews, videos and more on our Knowledge Hub.
We also launched a brand-new live podcast, TalkLandscape, where we (and you!) can chat with experts from around the world.
On ThinkLandscape, we’ve explored everything from cobalt mining to lab-grown meat, shared local stories by landscape leaders and covered this year’s biggest climate and biodiversity events.
In 2026, we’ll keep sharing stories that explore our planet and inspire the action we need to protect it.
Knowledge is an ongoing journey, whether you’re a scientist, academic or landscape professional.
Keep learning with the Landscape Academy, hosted by CIFOR-ICRAF and the GLF, which offers a growing collection of courses from world-class institutions.
Financing nature's frontlines
Nature needs financing – that’s very clear. How to make that happen is a little more complicated. Throughout 2025, we explored new paths and innovative solutions to bridge the gap between planet and profit, and get funding where it needs to be.
Together with the Government of Luxembourg, we hosted the 8th GLF Investment Case Symposium, where global experts discussed everything from redirecting subsidies to leveraging blended finance, and why investing in Indigenous and community-led solutions is non-negotiable.
Going from words to action, the GLF and Luxembourg also announced Rio Changemakers: a one-of-a-kind AI-powered marketplace to connect locally-led solutions with the capital they need.
The conversation doesn’t stop here. As we head into 2026, the GLF will be searching for ever more innovative ways to finance nature and the people that protect it, and launching our brand new AI matchmaking engine.
Majority for action
The vast majority of people – up to 89% – want their governments to do more to tackle the climate crisis.
We called on you, that majority and our community, to join us in the runup to COP30 to demand a radical rethink of our economic and political systems.
Over 15,000 people answered the call and joined us at GLF Climate and the 8th Investment Case, and the momentum is still building.
We are all the majority for action – this is the message we took to Belém and the message we’ll carry forward as we continue to build momentum, connections and hope in 2026.
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