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04 Mar 2025

10:00 - 17:00 Hrs UTC

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Each year, the Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate hosts a research symposium focused on sharing big ideas, transformative practice and stories of impact.

This year, we invited the entire GCBC community to participate in the event through an online Open Day on Tuesday 4 March 2025.

The Open Day programme included four engaging sessions with speakers from around the world. You can access the session recordings below.

Additionally, the key takeaways from each panel session have been beautifully brought to life through the illustrations of Elly Jahnz.
 

Opening Session: Why supporting innovative research at the intersection of climate change, biodiversity loss, and poverty alleviation matters.


 

Panel Discussion 1: Contributing to global goals – Exploring the science behind national and global frameworks and targets.


 

Panel Discussion 2: Strengthening the connection between evidence and policy with a focus on practice from across the GCBC community.


 

Panel Discussion 3: Harnessing private sector investment in Nature-based Solutions.


 
For more information, read our blog on the Symposium, written by Samantha Morris, to explore the key outcomes from the full three-day event.

Thank you so much to all members of our GCBC research community who joined us in person and online for the symposium, and to our wonderful speakers, panelists, and chairs for your insight, expertise, and for generously giving your time to be with us.

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12 Nov 2024

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Understanding Cherangany Links to Human Wellbeing

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The project partners include Nature Kenya, National Museums of Kenya, Kenya Forestry Research Institute, Kenyatta University, the Kenya Forest Service and Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

We will be talking to Nature Kenya and their partners about the project and the importance of equitable partnerships, followed by a Q&A.

Register to join the webinar to hear more about the project’s ecosystem services assessment, restoration opportunity assessment and mapping (ROAM) of the Cherangany forest landscape. The project aims to collect new evidence to inform the Cherangany Forest Restoration business case for future funding, an Ecosystem Based Adaptation Strategy and action plan, and multiple Participatory Forest Management Plans implemented by community forest associations.

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Tuesday, 12 November, 2024 at

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The first Learning Event webinar on the Sustainable Use of Marine Resources, Conservation, Climate Mitigation and Adaptation took place in July 2024. The webinar featured fascinating presentations on three marine habitat projects funded by GCBC:

The presentations were followed by a Q&A, providing speakers with opportunities to expand upon their themes.

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23 Jul 2024

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The Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate (GCBC) is pleased to announce the first in a series of learning events to highlight the innovative research being done by GCBC funded projects.

We will be joined by three GCBC project leaders to discuss the sustainable use of marine resources, conservation, climate mitigation and adaptation in an hour-long Zoom webinar. The webinar will focus on sharing learning from three marine habitat projects:

 

Deep-ocean resources and biodiscovery: enabling a sustainable and healthy low-carbon future (DEEPEND project)

With vast reservoirs of minerals present in the deep sea, mining in our oceans could start within the next decade; yet little is known about the biodiversity and Marine Genetic Resources (MGR) present in these deep-sea regions. DEEPEND looks to develop a long-term project to understand the true value of biodiversity in deep-sea regions at risk from mining and climate change.

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Speaker: Dr Isabella Bovolo (Durham University)

 

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