The session examined the repurposing of brownfields as a strategic solution to support the global shift from coal to renewable energy, highlighting its importance in addressing land scarcity for sustainable development. The discussion emphasized the need for large land areas as the world transitions to renewable energy, contrasting this with the lower land requirements of traditional fossil fuels.

The session centered on safeguarding tenure rights across land, forests, and fisheries, emphasizing their importance in ensuring equitable access to resources amid climate change. The discussion was anchored by an analysis of the Voluntary Guidelines on Land, Forests, and Fisheries Tenure, illustrating how a tenure-based approach can enhance resource access and resilience for vulnerable communities.

The session focused on enhancing women's rights in collective titling and resource management, highlighting successful models and best practices from various global contexts. The introductory remarks framed the discussion around the importance of expanding women's participation and rights in land and forest management, establishing a foundation for the subsequent presentations. Margaret Rugadya provided an overview of current practices and a conceptual framework, detailing specific indicators that measure women's inclusion in land and forest governance.

The session examined the integration of Climate Change Adaptation (CCA) and Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) strategies, emphasizing the importance of a holistic approach to enhance resilience in communities vulnerable to climate-related challenges such as floods and droughts. The discussion opened with welcoming remarks that set the stage for understanding the interconnected nature of CCA and DRR in the context of increasing climate variability.

The session explored the intersection of Indigenous Peoples' and Local Communities' tenure rights, livelihoods, and conservation, emphasizing the importance of rights-based approaches (RBAs) in achieving sustainable development and conservation outcomes. The discussion began with a global review by CIFOR-ICRAF on the implementation of RBAs in development and climate action projects, identifying critical success factors and challenges, alongside a set of recommendations for improving project design and execution.

The session explored the critical role of customary land tenure in advancing sustainable Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR), emphasizing its importance for community-driven conservation efforts. The discussion began with a keynote presentation by Anne Larson, who presented CIFOR's research on how secure land tenure can mobilize effective communal interventions in FLR, drawing on case studies from Madagascar and Cameroon. This presentation highlighted the link between land tenure security and improved livelihoods through sustainable forest management. Dr.

The session focused on the potential of community forestry to enhance sustainable landscape management and strengthen land tenure security, using case studies from Indonesia, Brazil, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Community forestry was framed as a method that allows local populations to manage forest resources, contributing to environmental conservation, income generation, and improved governance.

The session examined the critical role of land and property valuation in supporting sustainable urbanization, emphasizing its influence on economic development, wealth distribution, and social and environmental sustainability. Presentations highlighted how robust valuation infrastructure underpins property trading, mortgaging, property taxation, land acquisition, financial reporting, and urban planning.

The session explored strategies to curb informal urban expansion by involving rural councils in proactive land pooling and subdivision, highlighting approaches from diverse global contexts. The discussion opened with Shlomo Angel's presentation on "Laying out the urban periphery before it is occupied," emphasizing the importance of preemptive urban planning to guide orderly growth at the city’s edges.

The session examined the policy landscape necessary to secure land tenure in the context of land-intensive climate action, addressing the rising global demand for land driven by renewable energy projects and biological carbon removal commitments. The discussion acknowledged the historical impact of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs) in the Global South, which often resulted in adverse socioeconomic consequences and human rights violations, emphasizing the need to avoid similar pitfalls as land demands shift toward climate mitigation efforts.

The session centered on managing access to land for infrastructure development, focusing on the launch of the World Bank Guidance Note for the South Asia Region (SAR). This guidance aimed to enhance access to land and optimize land asset values in key sectors such as urban public land, transit-oriented development, and renewable energy projects. The presentation underscored the critical importance of leveraging land assets for value creation and capturing that value to support urban development and climate action.