Safeguarding the Planet

Defending Earth's Largest Lung

Speakers: Jozef Sikela, Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, Gim Huay Neo, John F. Kerry

The Congo basin is the world's largest tropical forest carbon sink, sequestering 1.5 billion tons of carbon dioxide annually, and is home to 139 million people.

With nearly two thirds of the forest located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, how can bold policy and foresighted collaboration support conservation, sustainable economic development and peace-building?

Centre for Nature and Climate

The Centre for Nature and Climate accelerates net-zero climate action, regenerates food, water and ocean systems, and promotes circular economies. Global ecological systems are straining under the bur...

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