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Biofuels such as sustainable charcoal could provide alternatives to more emissions-intensive energy sources. Ahtziri Gonzalez, CIFOR

Carbon emissions failing to decline, even with international targets, IEA says

Emissions have reached an all-time high since the signing of the Paris Agreement

 
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.

 
Taking stock of growth progress of the Afrormosia tree in a forestry project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Metric gold: Are better measurements the key to boosting sustainable finance?

Accounting for progress and developing a universal language for reporting findings can attract sustainable finance investors, finance experts say.

 
Acacia trees are readied to be planted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Axel Fassio, CIFOR

Food, water, economic security improved through blueprint for ecological restoration standards

Scientists create the second edition of restoration standards to help guide a U.N.-led decade focused on restoring degraded ecosystems.

 
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.

 
Tarvurvur volcano in Papua New Guinea, one of two countries to support a proposed decade-long moratorium on Pacific Ocean seabed mining. Taro Taylor, Flickr

Should we mine the Pacific Ocean’s seabed?

Island states the weigh the financial revenues of mining the Pacific Ocean for minerals against biodiversity and environmental impacts.

 
Protests in Chile on 22 October 2019. Diego Correa, Flickr

COP 25 moves to Spain: What does it mean for climate justice?

With the COP 25 climate conference now set to take place in Madrid rather than Santiago, Latin American issues risk being pushed down the agenda.

 
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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