24 – 25 April 2025

Bonn, Germany, and online

HYBRID CONFERENCE

GLF Forests 2025: Defining the Next Decade of Action

Join in Bonn, Germany, or online from anywhere in the world

We can’t solve the climate crisis without forests – but will forests survive in our warming world?

This year, Brazil will host the COP30 climate conference in the heart of the Amazon rainforest – putting the spotlight on one of the world’s most important tropical environments, a huge biodiversity hotspots and globally important carbon sink.

But forests are increasingly under threat, both from deforestation and from the climate crisis itself. The Amazon forest might be close to its tipping point. What do we need to do in the next decade to save the forests before it’s too late?

On the pathway from Baku to Belém, join a thousand experts, practitioners, policymakers and grassroots leaders from around the world to lay the foundations for a resilient, productive and just future for forests.

Detailed program information and in-person ticket details will be released shortly.

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Key themes

Taking stock

The state and future of forests

Policies

Forest policies for resilience and climate change mitigation

Carbon

Forest carbon and biodiversity markets, blue carbon, Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, and private sector engagement

Rights

Indigenous Peoples, forest communities, and just transition

Bioeconomy

The future forest basis for food, carbon, biomass-based products

Politics

Forest politics

Transparency

Trust, accountability, and responsibility for actions

Meet some of our past speakers

Join us online or in Bonn, Germany

Join us online from the comfort of your home or in person in Bonn at the GLF Secretariat, located in the beautiful Rheinaue Leisure Park.

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All you need to know about forests

Our top resources on these crucial ecosystems

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Venetia Galanaki

V.Galanakicifor-icraf[dot]org