IFLA Africa Climate Change Working Group #04 – Coastal Adaptation

Date: 2 April 2024

Time: 18:00 – 19:00

The second speaker is:

Charles Buchanan - Sustainable Finance, Blue Economy, Impact Investing, ESG, Fund Structuring, Fund Raising (Cape Town, South Africa)

Charles works at EY in Cape Town and is passionate about building sustainable investment sector solutions that include blue/green bonds, carbon offset instruments and other ESG related financial instruments are a particular passion. His particular expertise is in combining these funding sources with on-the-ground initiatives run by NGO's and other custodians of natural assets in suitable funding structures to enable the conservation of natural assets whilst building a sustainable economy for communities and around the region where the natural asset is located.

Other experience is in developing and implementing growth and risk mitigation strategies across SME's and global institutions including risk management that covers all aspects of risk including investment, ESG, regulatory and enterprise risk.

Register here:

https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZcrdu2grDIjHdZUp85WulROItddJ...

IFLA Africa Climate Change Webinar: Landscapes and Water
12th March 2024, 17:30 - 18:30 SAST

Sourav Kumar Biswas is the Director of Resilient Infrastructure at Sponge Collaborative, an interdisciplinary firm specializing in integrated planning and implementation of Nature-based solutions. He has more than 13 years of experience in urban and landscape planning, international development, geospatial analysis, and visual communication design. He has worked in more than 20 countries in Asia, Europe, the Americas, and Oceania. He is the lead author of 'The Sponge Handbook: Chennai' an authoritative visual compendium of Sponge City solutions published by GiZ India and co-editor of 'From the South: Global Perspectives on Landscape and Territory.' He has a Masters in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University and has worked with reputed design and international development firms including Sasaki, SLA, AECOM, GeoAdaptive, and Zofnass Program for Sustainable Infrastructure.

Link to register here.

Webinar: Heat, Cities and Landscapes  - 1st November 17.30 SAST, online

Organised by the IFLA Africa chair of the IFLA Climate Change Working Group.

Join us and high-profile, knowledgeable guests, for what promises to be an informative webinar. 

The registration link https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-qurDwiGtacEoqJMZXD3lnd-LhB_dN3

Join IFLA Africa's Climate Change Working Group's first webinar titled "Climate change, science & landscape architecture"

Wednesday, July 19 · 4:30pm BST, Online

Join IFLA Africa's Climate Change Working Group's for an exciting online event that explores the intersection of climate change, science, and landscape architecture. This webinar is organized by the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA) Africa Climate Change Working Group (CCWG). Discover how landscape architecture can contribute to mitigating the effects of climate change and creating resilient and sustainable environments. Engage with experts from around the world as they share insights, case studies, and best practices. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and connect with like-minded professionals passionate about shaping our future!

To book free tickets visit here.

The brand new IFLA Africa Award is an honour that IFLA Africa can bestow on a landscape architect. The Award recognises a living landscape architect whose lifetime achievements and contributions have had a unique and lasting impact on the following:

- The welfare of the society and the environment
- The promotion of the profession of landscape architecture in Africa, through IFLA Africa or on an individual basis.

Nominations for the IFLA Africa Award are welcome from National Associations through their President or Delegate, and from Individual Members of IFLA Africa. All nominations must be emailed to the CER Chair IFLA Africa Tobiloba Akibo at iflaafrica@gmail.com, by February 28 2023 with the subject line clearly labelled: IFLA AFRICA AWARD 2023.

More info here.