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GLF Bonn Digital Conference: food in the time of crises

15 May 2020

As the new coronavirus pandemic disrupts food systems, hundreds of millions of people are set to face hunger this year, according to the World Food Programme. The GLF Bonn Digital Conference will explore how to feed a booming global population while preserving vital ecosystem services and reducing the emergence of future pandemics.

From land to laboratory – is this the future of food?

20 Apr 2020

The world is on the cusp of a new era that could move food off the farm and into the lab. Speakers announced! Join Harvard nutrition expert, Walter Willett, Chadian activist and pastoralist, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Kenyan founder of Green Treasures Farms Kaluki Paul Mutuku, Guardian columnist George Monbiot and others as they explore the […]

No travel necessary – GLF Bonn Digital Summit June 3-5

19 Mar 2020

With climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic creating a world of unknowns – we still have the power to plan for the future of food and livelihoods. Get an inside look at how the world’s leading organizations use landscapes to solve today’s most pressing challenges.

Welcome to the future of global conferences

27 Feb 2020

Today, food production and agricultural systems are one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions, the main driver of deforestation and the greatest threat to biodiversity. We’ll look at how we can transform these problems into an opportunity with the GLF Bonn Digital Summit.

A new year, a new theme: food & livelihoods

16 Jan 2020

The Global Landscapes Forum community is looking forward to an exciting 2020 calendar, with a focus on balancing enhanced food and nutritional security with restoration of multifunctional landscapes that range from forests, croplands, grasslands, peatlands and mountains to marine and coastal ecosystems.

Risks and rewards: sustainable finance

5 Dec 2019

On 30 November, the Global Landscapes Forum convened in Luxembourg for its fourth annual Investment Case Symposium to explore how the world can accelerate financing for sustainable land-use. Almost 500 bankers, investors, researchers and decision makers participated in person, with 6,500 more online, and 6.7 million on social media.

Making progress on sustainable land-use finance

15 Nov 2019

16-day countdown to GLF Luxembourg, Back to our roots to restore landscapes at GLF Accra, Green finance 101: How to mobilize funds for the planet, GLFx: Join the waiting list or apply to start a chapter

GLF Live Coverage at COP25 in Madrid

8 Nov 2019

You might have heard that the U.N. Climate Change conference (COP25) set to take place in Santiago has been moved to Madrid from 2—13 December 2019. Due to the last-minute change, the Global Landscapes Forum will no longer host an event alongside the COP.

Youth, women, smallholders join global cry for climate justice, landscape restoration at GLF Accra

1 Nov 2019

The stirring lyrics of We Shall Overcome became the battle hymn of Global Landscapes Forum Accra 2019 as smallholder producers, women, youth and academics rose up to call for shared solutions to the worldwide climate crisis and successful landscape restoration.

5 ways to join the next Global Landscapes Forum

14 Oct 2019

GLF New York Sets the Stage for the Decade, 20-Day Countdown to GLF Accra, Sustainable Finance: Apply to Attend GLF Luxembourg, Landscapes 101: Get briefed on our planet’s ecosystems