Videos
Lessons learnt from Peru to Papua New Guinea – Hannah Peck
21 Dec 2017
Cool Earth has been trialling methods of direct giving to rainforest communities for forest protection for the last ten years, focusing particularly on income generation schemes. This talk briefly describes the journey and shares some of the similarities in issues faced and successes found working alongside different communities from Peru to Papua New Guinea. We […]
Private sector perspectives on peatlands
1 Jun 2017
Drawing on experience and perspectives from members of the Asia Pacific Rainforest Partnership (APRP) Private Sector Roundtable (PSR), the panel discussion will focus on the role of the private sector in identifying durable solutions for the use, management, conservation and restoration of peatlands while considering economic, environmental and social benefits. A moderated discussion will explore […]
Financing sustainable peatland management
31 May 2017
Ambitious global restoration goals have been set as per development agenda which would require close to $36-49 billion in investments each year. Indonesia, whose emissions are led by the Land Use Sector, requires an investment of more than $80 billion needed to rehabilitate forests alone. 2015 witnessed massive forest fires resulting in emissions spiking as […]
Jochen Flasbarth keynote speech at Bonn Challenge Meeting, Palembang
15 May 2017
German State Secretary Jocean Flasbarth offers a keynote speech at the 1st Bonn Challenge High-Level Roundtable Meeting in Palembang, Indonesia. He spoke of the importance of the region and the representation of so many from Asia and the world at the meeting. The Bonn Challenge initiative of the German Government to restore degraded lands and […]
Sarah Lake at GLF: Climate and supply chains
8 Dec 2016
Sarah Lake, Head of the Drivers of Deforestation Program at Global Canopy Program (GCP), speaks on the sidelines of the Global Landscapes Forum (GLF), held on 16 November 2016 in Marrakesh, Morocco. Now in its sixth installment, the Forum is undergoing a transformation, from focusing on policy advice to implementing action on the ground and […]
Linking supply chain actors to production landscapes: Monitoring progress and performance at scale to achieve more sustainable economies, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
24 Nov 2016
Using the new Trase platform (Transparency for Sustainable Economies) launched during COP22 as a springboard, this session explored the new potential to achieve full visibility in commodity supply chains, linking supply chain actors to specific geographies of production as well as allocating socio-environmental impacts in production areas to downstream supply chain actors. Trase advances radical […]
Climate, business and landscapes: Mobilizing large-scale investment for smallholder farmers, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
24 Nov 2016
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 – Financing restoration to close emissions gap, GLF 2016 Marrakesh
22 Nov 2016
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 […]
Unlocking private finance in forests, sustainable land use and restoration – GLF 2016 Marrakesh
22 Nov 2016
Watch this Discussion Forum from the 2016 Global Landscapes Forum: Climate Action for Sustainable Development in Marrakesh, Morocco, alongside UNFCCC COP22.
