Gabrielle Lipton

ABOUT THE WRITER

Gabrielle Lipton is the editor of Landscape News. To get in touch, please contact her at g.lipton@cgiar.org.

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GLF Africa 2022 by the numbers

16 Sep 2022

An overview of the Global Landscapes Forum's 2022 digital conference on Africa

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“Africa is full of stories”

16 Sep 2022

The most powerful statements from GLF Africa 2022

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Looking into Africa’s food future, power is in its people – and in its past

16 Sep 2022

GLF Africa 2022 looks at the forces transforming Africa's food systems

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The meaning of “sovereignty” to an African thinker

13 Sep 2022

Writer and intellectual Chika Esiobu on power and authority across the continent

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How do we achieve gender equity in value chains?

6 Sep 2022

GLF Live with Constance Okollet and Patti Kristjanson

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How would new narratives on Africa change the world?

3 Aug 2022

GLF Live with Moky Makura, Ibrahim Musa and Dinaw Mengestu

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How can African nations reclaim food sovereignty?

3 Aug 2022

GLF Live with Million Belay and Amanda Namayi

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In Africa, how can a just energy transition be achieved?

25 Jul 2022

GLF Live with Hamira Kobusingye and Davina Ngei

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How should we be using wild species?

30 Jun 2022

GLF Live with Marla Emery

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What’s the ecological toll of oil spills in Latin America?

15 Jun 2022

GLF Live with Marcos Orellana, Daniel Caceres Bartra and Thaís Herrero

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Sadhguru speaks: The intersection of life and soil

15 Jun 2022

An interview with the spiritual leader on restoring the universe beneath our feet

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Can soil save us?

1 Jun 2022

GLF Live with Rattan Lal

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Investing time: The growth of green finance in West Africa

26 May 2022

How Green Invest Africa is changing the regional financial landscape

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How can art and science come together to fight global warming?

25 May 2022

GLF Live for World Environment Day with Abhiyant Tiwari and Alexandra Kleeman

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Meet the women of UNCCD COP15

24 May 2022

Hailing from across Africa, 6 women tell stories about their home landscapes

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