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Gabrielle Lipton writes for Landscapes News and Forests News.

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A rooftop garden in New York City near a water treatment plant. Gabrielle Lipton, GLF

Wrist sensors and utilizing sewers: Louise Fresco on the future of food

One of the world’s foremost food system experts, Louise Fresco, on how technology and urban agriculture can transform the world's food supply.

 
An Indigenous women with her tea crops in Tanzania. Aris Sanjaya, CIFOR

For Human Rights Day, hear the stories of two Indigenous women

At COP 25, two Indigenous leaders share what climate change looks like in their communities and how they're using their knowledge to fight it.

 
Aris Sanjaya, CIFOR

A scientific lens on gender issues at COP 25

Two scientists on why rights rather than carbon must be at the core of landscape projects

 

A ‘super-year’ in store for nature-based solutions

UNEP’s Tim Christophersen on the imminence of using nature to save it

 
Demonstrators protest against Article 6 and its potential effects on Indigenous communities. Friends of the Earth International, Flickr

Would a decision on Article 6 of the Paris Agreement do more harm than good?

Halfway through COP 25 in Madrid, climate policy analyst Steve Leonard gives his views on the negotiations happening around Article 6 and carbon markets.

 
An activist leads a chant at the climate strike in Madrid on 6 December 2019. Melissa Kaye Angel, GLF

In Madrid, the climate strike is the COP of the masses

Alongside the U.N. climate negotiations Madrid (COP 25), people take to the streets for the city's largest climate strike.

 
Mid-way through COP 25, Musonda Mumba of the U.N. Environment Programme reflects on global ecosystems. Melissa Kaye Angel, GLF

In the midst of the climate negotiations, a moment for ecosystem restoration with Musonda Mumba

Musonda Mumba, chief of the Terrestrial Ecosystems Unit of the U.N. Environment Programme (UNEP) on restoration entering its heyday.

 
Courtesy of UNFCCC, Flickr

Will the “missing piece” of the Paris Agreement be decided this week?

At COP 25, climate finance expert Jeff Swartz explains why countries are struggling to negotiate Article 6 on carbon markets.

 
The 25th U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP 25) is held 2–13 December 2019 in Madrid under the Presidency of the Government of Chile. Melissa Kaye Angel, GLF

Participants of COP 25 on what they expect from the year’s pinnacle climate event

As COP 25 kicks off in Madrid, Landscape News talked youth, Indigenous women and scientists about their hopes and concerns for the U.N. climate conference.

 
Gonzalo Muñoz, 2019's High-Level Climate Action Champion, at COP 25 in Madrid. Melissa Kaye Angel, GLF

Broadening the circle: Climate champion Gonzalo Muñoz kicks off COP 25

Meet Gonzalo Muñoz, founder of South America's game-changing waste management company and first High-Level Climate Action Champion from the private sector.

 
Marja Abad, a conservationist on the Filipino island of Siargao, surfs the island's famous waves. Courtesy of Marja Abad

Blue belles: The surfer and the scuba diver

Part 1 of a photoessay series on the young, female water sport athletes working to clean and protect the Philippines’ waters.

 
Professional kiteboarder Paula Rosales got involved in conservation work after ocean pollution affected her health. Justin K. Davey

Blue belles: The freediver and the kiteboarder

Part 2 of a photoessay series on the young, female water sport athletes working to clean and protect the Philippines’ waters

 
The fourth iteration of the Global Landscapes Forum's finance-focused symposium was held in Luxembourg on 30 November 2019. Pilar Valbuena, GLF

The risks and rewards of mainstreaming sustainable land-use finance

Leaders raise the profile of the sustainable land-use finance sector at the Global Landscapes Forum’s fourth Investment Case Symposium.

 

Taking stock: The past and present of the Luxembourg Green Exchange

In conversation with Julie Becker, the creator of the world’s first sustainability-focused trading platform, the Luxembourg Green Exchange.

 
Old architecture in Luxembourg City, the country's namesake capital. Andreas Wigmostad Bjerkhaug, Flickr

Insights into Luxembourg’s green growth

Luxembourg Ministry of Environment, Climate and Sustainable Development's André Weidenhaupt sees the country’s future with fewer cars and more finance.

 

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