GLF Climate 2022: Frontiers of Change

UN Decade on Restoration

Our Sessions

9:00 AM - 10:00 am

Youth at the frontiers of change: Awareness raising about ecosystem restoration as a solution for...

Gambura Ganta Mengesha (Gamo Zone - Forest, Environment and Development Office, Biodiversity Conservation Team Leader)Yoko Lu (UN Decade Youth Task Force Representative)Ayadi Mishra (UN Decade Youth Task Force Representative)Azeez Tobi Abubakar (UN Decade Youth Task Force Representative)Wessel van Eeden (Justdiggit, Global director of communications)Hiwot Workagegnehu (Forests4Future Ethiopia, GIZ, Head of project)

11:15 AM - 12:00 pm

The stories we live by: The importance of ecosystem restoration through the lens of values,...

Remealyn A. Tatad (Philippines, Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative)Natalia Alexeeva (UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Coordinator)Deema Assaf (TAYYŪN, Founder and Director)Gavin Edwards (Global Nature Positive Initiative, WWF International, Director)Maged El Said (Habiba community, Founder)Karenna Gore (Center for Earth Ethics, Founder and Director)Sharon Lavigne (Rise St. James, Director)Fabiola Muñoz Dodero (Governors for Climate & Forest (GCF) Task Force, Coordinator in Peru)Gopal Patel (Bhumi Global, UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Co-Founder, Advisory Board Member)Andrew Schwartz (Center for Earth Ethics, Director of Sustainability and Global Affairs Program)

3:30 PM - 4:30 pm

Unlocking solutions to finance ecosystem restoration

Ines Angulo (The World Bank, Forestry Specialist)Sean DeWitt (Global Restoration Initiative, World Resources Institute, Director)Merijn Dols (NOW Partners, Managing Partner)Valerie Hickey (Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy, the World Bank, Global Director)Carter Ingram (Pollination, Executive Director)Courtney Lowrance (Citi, Managing Director, Sustainability and Corporate Transitions)Christian Peter (World Bank, Practice Manager, Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy)Gavin Templeton (Pollination Group, Managing Director)

4:00 PM - 6:00 pm

Securing land and territorial rights for Indigenous Peoples and local communities under the UN...

Kantuta Conde (UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples, Fellow)Fridah Githuku (GROOTS Kenya, Executive Director)Daniel Kobei (Ogiek Peoples' Development Program (OPDP), Founder and Executive Director)Dario Mejía Montalvo (National Indigenous Organization of Colombia (ONIC), Leader)Lucy Mulenkei (Indigenous Information Network, Director)Martin von Hildebrand (UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, Advisory Board Member)

GLOBAL LANDSCAPES FORUM (GLF)

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, FAO, 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, UNCCD, 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)