🌍 #IPCC Special Report on #ClimateChange and Land: Land is where we live. Land is under growing human pressure. Land is a part of the solution. But land can’t do it all. #SRCCL press release ➡️ bit.ly/2YTjNYp SPM ➡️ bit.ly/2GWzLXz

Brazil's Amazon rainforest has seen a record number of fires this year, up 84% from 2018. We have to protect and restore forests now! bbc.com/news/world-lat…

Halting forest loss requires "a serious systemic shift in behaviour - from everyone - by reducing demand for commodities that carry embedded deforestation, reducing meat consumption, and investing in governance and protecting rights of indigenous peoples.” reut.rs/2NX8Y1K

This is the most comprehensive review of #forests globally. It highlights that we’re only making progress to reverse #deforestation when we work collaboratively. We need to accelerate #partnerships to turn the tide and shape a #forestpositive future! theguardian.com/environment/20…

Our #NYDFAssessment highlights the stark reality that we are losing forests at unsustainable rates; efforts to protect forests remain siloed and have not added up to the transformational change in how we produce and consume needed to keep temp rise <2C climatechangenews.com/2019/09/12/fiv…

A huge thank you to all who contributed to this assessment and made it possible. Proud to share the (sobering) results of our hard work and feel very fortunate for the opportunity to collaborate with so many fantastic people & orgs. Time for #deforestation -> #forestpositive!

“The Minister of Agriculture is the single most challenging person for the Minister of Environment.” - Hon. Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, Minister of Environment and Energy, Costa Rica at the #NYDF five-year event. “If we can work together we can have a direct impact.”

What the @NYDFAssessment report tells us is that “we should look ourselves in the mirror, we should be afraid, but we should not be discouraged, not lose hope, and we should learn from what is wrong and move forward” - Andrew Steer, President and CEO World Resources Institute

Powerful words from EU Vice President @TimmermansEU - “we need to recognize neoliberalism has failed and we need regulation if we want to preserve the worlds forests” #NatureNow #NatureBasedSolutions #UNClimateSummit

“There are positives happening but these are islands of solutions in an ocean of mediocrity” - Hon. Zac Goldsmith, Minister of Env & IntDev UK. “It is probable we could render this world uninhabitable without breaking any laws [...] we have to rewrite the rules of the market.”

“We need to develop a global market economy within the boundaries in nature” and “we have to overcome the view that there are tradeoffs between the environment and development” - Hon. Ola Elvestuen, Minister of Climate & Env, Norway #NYDF5Years #NatureNow #UNClimateSummit

Love seeing an all-women panel on shifting finance from grey to green! Great comments from Frances Seymour, Board Chair on behalf of ART/Emergent, @kkemperwb, Global Director of Env, Nat Res, & Blue Eco, World Bank, Deb Markowitz, VP of Initiatives & Campaigns, Ceres #NYDF5Years

“Without the traditional knowledge from indigenous communities, [the] forests would no longer exist. Tuntiak Katan, Vice Coordinator, COICA ORG and General Coordinator of the Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (COICA, AMPB, AMAN, APIB)

“The power of data is in connecting datasets that have never been connected before” - @tobyagardner. “We shouldn’t use a lack of data or data gaps as excuses for inaction [...] We should use data we do have to deliver on [sustainability] goals in more efficient ways.” Trase

"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words. And yet I'm one of the lucky ones. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing," Greta Thunberg told world leaders at the U.N. climate summit. Watch her full speech 👇

Totally worth scrolling through the wonderfully weird illustrations!

Our very own @CMJStreck will feature on BBC Radio 4's new monthly series on #forests and #deforestation. With data from World Resources Institute' Global Forest Watch and context and analysis from Climate Focus, the series will explore why deforestation matters. bit.ly/36kOMw6

In a recent post for our Climate Focus blog series, I give my quick take on #wickedproblems and the need to act now for #systemschange - I hope you find it interesting!

Have really enjoyed these few days of #NbSDigitalDialogues. Thank you to the organizers Nature-based Solutions Initiative @UniofOxford & presenters for highlighting important discussions like the one below (& many more). Looking forward to continued conversations & reconvening (hopefully in-person) next year!