#GLFLive - Climate crash course: Where do we stand right now?

Oct 25, 2022 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

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GLF Live with Youba Sokona

In a world that seems increasingly fragile, the Global Landscapes Forum is an organization that promotes solutions to climate change and human development, championing reasons to be optimistic about the future.
But in the third episode of our GLF Live mini-series of “climate crash courses” – 15-minute lessons on foundational climate change terms and topics – we’re putting our positivity aside for a moment to assess the climate crisis as realistically as possible. There are seemingly endless new reports on how global warming, disastrous weather events and biodiversity loss are happening more quickly than anticipated and slipping further from our control. But just how bad are things? Is there any chance of keeping temperature-rise in check? As countries gear up for another round of climate negotiations at COP27, are we generally on a path toward creating a livable future or furthering climate disaster – or are we on any clear path at all? In this conversation, we’ll hear from the vice-chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the pre-eminent organization on climate science and knowledge, on where we really stand with climate change and what we can expect in the months and years to come.

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)