- SouthSouthNorth (SSN) joins because the thirty fourth Constitution Member of the International Landscapes Discussion board (GLF)
- The GLF and SSN will assist native actors in leveraging the area’s distinctive alternative to steer the world in tackling the worldwide environmental disaster
- The organizations will deal with their alliance at GLF Africa 2024, the continent’s largest convention on ecological restoration this yr, in Nairobi, Kenya, on 17 September
Right this moment, the International Landscapes Discussion board (GLF) and SouthSouthNorth (SSN) are uniting efforts to strengthen cooperation amongst international locations within the International South, significantly in Africa. SSN, a community of companions and packages round equitable, climate-resilient growth, joins CIFOR-ICRAF, Conservation Worldwide, FAO, the Rights and Sources Initiative, UNEP, WWF and 27 different GLF Constitution Members.
“We’re excited to welcome South-South-North to our Constitution Member community. As we deepen our efforts on the bottom, it’s essential to develop our Constitution Membership to proceed together with key organizations that successfully signify various views and experience from the International South,” mentioned John Colmey, GLF Managing Director, whereas highlighting how SSN’s deep engagement with native stakeholders, dedication to capability growth, and skill to harmonize group wants with international local weather objectives replicate the rules that information the GLF.
Collectively, accelerating local weather options in probably the most affected areas
With huge pure assets, deep scientific experience, long-standing conventional information and progressive options, international locations in Africa and throughout the International South are uniquely positioned to steer the combat towards the local weather and biodiversity crises. Nevertheless, they need to additionally deal with a number of challenges.
Collaboration throughout the International South is important to rising native improvements, addressing frequent challenges and assembly international growth targets.
“As a corporation based mostly within the International South, considered one of our largest challenges is methods to redress the large injustices and inequalities that weren’t brought on by us, and the way we do it in an equitable and honest approach that features a whole-of-society method. From a decolonial perspective, South-South cooperation emphasizes the worth of locally-led motion and challenges current energy imbalances in international growth by prioritizing the wants, voices, and information methods of various actors and communities within the International South,” mentioned Dr Shehnaaz Moosa, SSN Director.
Each the GLF and SSN envision a resilient and equitable planet the place all species thrive. They supply platforms and instruments to native stakeholders whereas mobilizing assets and capabilities to speed up dialogue, promote information sharing and catalyze motion to resolve international environmental challenges, which are sometimes disproportionately felt by girls, youth and Indigenous Peoples, in addition to rural and different marginalized communities within the International South.
As a GLF Constitution Member, SSN will present strategic steering, facilitate ability sharing throughout the GLF group, advocate the landscape approach and assist enrich the GLF’s information platform to tell insurance policies and practices associated to sustainable panorama administration worldwide.
Be taught extra about this new strategic alliance from main GLF and SSN voices on the GLF Africa 2024 Hybrid Conference: Greening the African Horizon on 17 September.