• Six ‘big ideas’ on forests and climate

Six global thought leaders presented their big ideas on changing the future of forests and climate research at the Colloquium on Forests and Climate, a special high-level scientific debate hosted by CIFOR, the Earth Institute and Columbia University. Here’s a sampling of what they had to say:  

• JOHN HOLDREN: “Expanded access to clean energy has to be at the heart of any international development agenda.”
• CARLOS NOBRE: “Innovation would come from emergence of a new, transformative economic paradigm for the global tropics.”
• CHERYL PALM: “Bioversity is becoming more important than the carbon story.”

Click here to see videos and transcripts of all the presentations at the Colloquium on Forests and Climate.

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• Landscapes loom large at Development Dialogues

How do we maximize the overall benefits of land use? In a session held during the CGIAR Development Dialogues, a side event to the UN Climate Summit, CIFOR Director General Peter Holmgren led a discussion of high-level panelists on integrated landscape approaches for agriculture, forestry and other land uses. Watch a video of the session here.

• Imperative to regain momentum in efforts to tackle carbon emissions

Twenty-five years ago, the Montreal Protocol initiated a worldwide ban on ozone-depleting substances. It worked: The Earth’s ozone layer is now recovering. A similarly ambitious plan could curb carbon emissions by enabling carbon storage in forests, write Louis Verchot and Peter Howson, but will require more pushing to overcome technical and financing issues to address humanity’s greatest challenge.

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