The Last Glaciers

Nov 10, 2021 | 5:00 PM GMT - 6:00 PM GMT

Description

Director: Craig Leeson Country: Hong Kong Year: 2022 Duration of the film: 95 minutes Language: English

Screening

November 10, 5:00 – 6:00 PM (GMT) Trailer: here Film Director Craig Leeson will participate in the closing panel, on November 10 Facebook: The Last Glaciers | Instagram: @thelastglaciers Filmed over four years in twelve countries, The Last Glaciers captures the fragility of the natural world, the impact that a growing human population has on our life support systems and the friendship, personal challenges and tragedies experienced by the explorers during their journey. The film tells the story of climate change through the visual impact of one of the planet's most important and yet critically threatened resources – glaciers. The Generation Restoration Film Festival will screen an exclusive preview of a fragment of The Last Glaciers, in which the explorers travel to Peru to look at depreciating tropical glaciers and what this means for the local communities. The Last Glaciers full-length film will be released during World Water Day, on March 22, 2022. Take action with The Last Glaciers This film is a code red wake-up call that distills the dense science on climate change into an easy-to-understand and visual journey of the facts. Stay tuned for the re-launch of thelastglaciersfilm.com, in early 2022. The film team and several scientific organizations, such as UNEP, NASA, MIT, MRI, are collaborating to enhance and turn the website into an education portal where audiences can continue their learning about the issues mentioned in The Last Glaciers.

Host

GLF GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM

The Global Landscapes Forum (GLF) is the world’s largest knowledge-led platform on integrated land use, dedicated to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement. The Forum takes a holistic approach to create sustainable landscapes that are productive, prosperous, equitable and resilient and considers five cohesive themes of food and livelihoods, landscape restoration, rights, finance and measuring progress. It is led by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), in collaboration with its co-founders UNEP and the World Bank and Charter Members. Charter members:CIAT, CIFOR-ICRAF, CIRAD, Climate Focus, Conservation International, Crop Trust, Ecoagriculture Partners, The European Forest Institute, Evergreen Agriculture, FSC, GEF, GIZ, ICIMOD, IFOAM - Organics International, The International Livestock Research Institute, INBAR, IPMG, IUFRO, Rainforest Alliance, Rare, Rights and Resources Initiative, SAN, TMG-Think Tank for Sustainability, UNEP, Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation part of Wageningen Research, World Farmer Organization, World Agroforestry, World Bank Group, World Resources Institute, WWF International, Youth in Landscapes Initiative (YIL)