Averting fossil fuel expansion in Earth’s most bio-culturally diverse ecosystems

This is a make or break moment with fossil fuel expansion threatening vital regions including the Amazon, Congo, and BorneoMekong Southeast Asian basins —three of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. Learn about what is at stake in terms of oil and gas production and exploration blocks and overlap with priority forests, Indigenous territories, and biodiversity hotspots. Explore the role of academia in supporting bold and disruptive solutions for charting different paths forward.

The workshop will be delivered by Florencia Librizzi, Engagement Director at Earth Insight and Adjunct Faculty at Fordham Gabelli School of Business. She is an international lawyer and a sustainable development professional with 18+ years of experience. Florencia's expertise combines legal and policy issues, leadership and multi-stakeholder engagement, as well as education and capacity building for a sustainable future. In the past she served for 6 years the PRME Secretariat in New York, was appointed Chair of the UN Higher Education for Sustainability Initiative (HESI) and Head of the SDG Academy, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.

Earth Insight is a research and capacity building initiative that is a sponsored project of the Resources Legacy Fund, based in Sacramento, California. Staff and partners span the globe and represent a unique grouping of individuals and organizations with diverse backgrounds in mapping and spatial analysis, communications, and policy. Earth Insight is committed to advancing new tools, awareness, and momentum for protecting critical places and supporting civil society and indigenous and local communities in this effort.