Videos
High-level Opening Plenary Discussion GLF 2015
11 Dec 2015
Watch the high-level opening plenary session from the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015 in Paris, France, alongside COP21. The session explores the investments into sustainable landscapes that countries and private actors have already committed to – as well as the areas in which we need to scale up efforts. Panelists discuss the […]
2015 Global Landscapes Forum: Closing Plenary – The way forward
11 Dec 2015
Watch the high-level closing plenary session from the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. The closing ceremony takes a closer look at some of the initiatives that emerged through the Forum and offers a space for tracking progress as well as outlining next steps. Facilitator: Achim Steiner, Executive […]
Green Growth Compacts: How three states are pursuing a different industrial development
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Recent years have seen an expansion of commitments by forest country governments, corporations, donors, and investors to reduce deforestation and land-use emissions. However, these commitments have proven difficult to implement owing to the complex challenges of […]
Pixel perfection for carbon detection
10 Dec 2015
Watch this high-level session on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. How can we make progress on a new global climate deal without the ability to accurately measure emissions from deforestation and land use change around the world? What is the role of the communities, companies, and […]
Uncertainty in tropical landscapes
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Land use change, deforestation and agricultural production represent a fourth of global GHG-emissions, and a third of achievable global mitigation by 2030. This session discusses how remote sensing and land use modeling can help REDD+ countries […]
Strengthening land and resource rights through REDD+
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the second day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. This session focuses on experiences that link land tenure and the procedural rights of stakeholders to participate in programs, the role of equity and rights considerations in the design of benefit distribution mechanisms, and low cost […]
Up and down the scales of time and place
10 Dec 2015
Watch this Discussion Forum on the first day of the Global Landscapes Forum 2015, in Paris, France alongside COP21. Achieving food security is one of the essential components of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This session raises awareness and understanding of the link between climate change and economic policies related to poverty, nutrition and agricultural […]
GeoJournalism GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
A growing movement of data journalists are building platforms that combine interactive maps with visualized environmental data and traditional reporting to communicate the essential stories of climate change. Here’s a chance to meet with and learn from some of the early practitioners in this field working in key bio-regions around the world. There is an […]
Realizing Zero Deforestation GLF 2015
8 Dec 2015
After a wave of commitments and pledges to remove deforestation from company supply chains, how successful have businesses been in implementing these goals? CDP will launch a new report, “Realizing zero-deforestation: Transforming supply chains for the future”, which presents important new findings on how over 170 of the world’s largest companies, including Asia Pulp & […]
