7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About Heitor Dellasta

Heitor Dellasta is a youth specialist in the field of Ecological Economics. Economist and Master in Scientific and Technological Policy at UNICAMP, he develops research and policy on social-ecological systems with a focus on biodiversity, food systems and finance. He works in the design, implementation, and evaluation of socio-environmental policies for over five years, with experience in projects involving economic incentives and financial solutions to support and develop products and services that enhance biodiversity conservation and strengthen sustainable livelihoods. He is currently the Conservation and Climate Finance Specialist at Sitawi Finance for Good, a Brazilian non-profit organization, and Policy Co-Coordinator at Global Youth Biodiversity Network (GYBN), the international youth coordination platform of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About Kumi Kitamori

Kumi Kitamori is Deputy Director at the OECD Environment Directorate, supporting work on policies for green growth, resource efficiency, and low-carbon pathways. Previously, she led the Green Growth & Global Relations Division, advancing green initiatives across OECD countries and regions like Eastern Europe and Central Asia. With experience at the World Bank and expertise in areas such as emissions trading, carbon pricing, and green finance, Kumi holds a BA and MSc in development and economics from NYU and LSE.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About Valentin Dyckerhoff

In this compelling keynote speech, Senior Policy Officer at the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) Valentin Dyckerhoff delves into the critical intersection of alternative development and sustainable landscape management.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

One landscape at a time

From the Philippines to Brazil, Peru to Bolivia, India to El Salvador the GLF Restoration Stewards and GLFx Chapters are igniting movements of hope and action. These inspiring stories show that true transformation begins within communities, where collective efforts are reshaping landscapes and restoring ecosystems. Join us in exploring how communities are leading the way in restoring our planet, one landscape at a time.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

This plenary dives into the profound ways AI is reshaping nature finance and sustainable finance across Latin America, examining both its exciting potential and its challenges. Experts will share insights into AI-powered solutions and their role in shaping the future of sustainable finance in the region. We explore how AI and fintech are expanding financial access, driving green financing and transforming the measurement of carbon footprints, while also addressing risks like market volatility and governance gaps. This session provides a balanced view of the positive and negative consequences for financial professionals, startups and policymakers alike.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

The CGIAR science program on multifunctional landscapes integrates the three Rio Conventions with climate action, biodiversity and ecosystem gains and land degradation neutrality from source to sea.

This session shows how thriving multifunctional landscapes are critical to deliver on the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). Three speakers elaborate on how to bridge current financing gaps to support multifunctional landscape research to effectively implement the GBF.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

Science is a key ingredient in ensuring the implementation of Target 19 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), specifically with evidence-based quality investments in nature-based solutions (NbS). While the relationship between science and business has been evolving, there is still a need to improve dialogue between the two fields to create synergies with substantive impact.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About this session

High-level panelists from various sectors will discuss the financial hurdles and innovative solutions needed to meet this ambitious goal. The conversation explores how different stakeholders can contribute to this effort, with particular attention to ensuring that funding reaches local communities and Indigenous Peoples, who are often on the frontlines of biodiversity conservation.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About Serge Wilmes

In this inspiring speech, Serge Wilmes, Minister of the Environment, Climate and Biodiversity and Minister for the Civil Service of Luxembourg, calls for urgent global action on climate change and biodiversity loss, emphasizing learning from the past and reviving the spirit of the 1992 Earth Summit and highlighting the crucial role of public-private partnerships and local communities in driving sustainable solutions.

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7th GLF Investment Case Symposium

How can we raise $200 billion a year for biodiversity and climate?  From 21 October to 1 November 2024, global leaders gathered in Cali, Colombia, for the 2024 UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16), tackling critical issues like ecosystem protection, climate action, and food security. The 7th GLF Investment Case Symposium, the largest sustainable finance event in the Global South, explored how to fund these efforts, including the role of emerging tech like Artificial Intelligence (AI) in finding innovative solutions.

About Ane Alencar

Ane Alencar is IPAM’s Director of Science. She holds a degree in Geography from the Federal University of Pará (UFPA), a Masters in Environmental Remote Sensing and Geographic Information System from the University of Boston, and a Ph.D. in Forest Resources and Conservation from the University of Florida. Her primary research topic has been to understand the impacts of climate change and forest fragmentation caused by deforestation on the occurrence and increase of forest fires in the Brazilian Amazon. In addition, Dr. Alencar has coordinated IPAM initiatives to develop systems to monitor forest carbon stock and loss and monitor deforestation to support the development of REDD projects. Her research involves developing land use scenarios as a tool to support public policy discussions that encourage the reduction of emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

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