The side event “Tackling the climate emergency through nature-based solution:  the role urban/periurban forests, restoration and REDD+” will be held during the UNFCCC COP25, in Madrid, Spain. The event will focus on increasing the knowledge and political attention to nature-based solutions in the fight against climate change, with co-benefits on local livelihood and economies.

The discussions and panels will focus on the role of forests and trees as a climate drawdown strategy, the key efforts of reducing further carbon emissions to the atmosphere, such as the REDD+1 process, and the role of urban and peri-urban forests. The Paris Agreement, the Bonn Challenge, the recently launched Great Green Wall for Cities and the upcoming UN Decade on Restoration will be key framework for the discussion.

The event is co-organized by FAO REDD+, Forest and Landscape Restoration Mechanism, Agroforestry and Urban and Periurban Forestry. For more information contact Serena Fortuna, at [email protected].