Solution Forum 3: Energy and Climate Change: Focus on Biodiversity, Forestry and Land Degradation

The Solution Forum aims to present development solutions on bio-diversity, forestry and land degradation in the midst of climate change and increasing demand for energy - especially in restoring or rehabilitating degraded habitats and ecosystem services, promoting the conservation and sustainable use of natural resources, preserving and enhancing the ecosystem services that buffer communities from extreme events; and ensuring that the use of renewable natural resources is sustainable.

The solution presenters will bring with them new technology and capacity (i.e. transfers of know-how, technology, and exchanges of information) which can be utilized through South-South cooperation and positively influence profound changes in peoples’ lives. With the rise of new modes of dialogue and South-South cooperation among developing countries, the development solutions that will be showcased in this Forum are essential tools in the fight against poverty and for the promotion of access to information and socioeconomic opportunities, especially in the areas of knowledge sharing, civic participation, economic empowerment, agriculture and food security, as well as climate change adaptation and its peripheral themes surrounding natural and man-made disasters.