Thorsten Klose-Zuber

Zukunft-Umwelt-Gesellschaft (ZUG), German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)

Head of Department

@iki_bmu

Description

Thorsten Klose-Zuber heads the climate policy, economy and society department at ZUG, which includes overseeing Germany’s International Climate Initiative (IKI). Klose-Zuber studied geography and political science at the Ruhr-University Bochum and University of Namibia and completed his PhD in 2009 focusing on disaster preparedness within German humanitarian assistance. Between 2009 and 2019 he worked in various advisory and management capacities with the German Red Cross International Cooperation and the German Federal Foreign Office, with responsibilities spanning risk reduction, climate resilience, and anticipatory humanitarian action within German humanitarian assistance. Prior to this, he worked for two years with the NGO Help (Hilfe zur Selbsthilfe) implementing disaster preparedness programmes in the South Asian region following the 2004 tsunami.

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12:00 PM GMT - 1:30 PM GMT

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Agroecology: Ecosystem-Based Adaptation in Agriculture

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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)