UNCCD: COP15 from 9-20 May 2022 in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire

Pursuant to provisions contained in decision 33/COP.14 and subsequent consultations with the Government of Côte d’Ivoire, the fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) and the meetings of its subsidiary bodies will take place at the  Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire in Abidjan from 9 to 20 May 2022.

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UNCCD: IWG meeting provides actionable recommendations to Parties

The online meeting of the Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) on drought on 13-15 December 2021 brought together 30 regional representatives, scientists, international organizations and members of civil society, to review new policy and institutional measures that can help address drought effectively under the Convention.

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UNCCD celebrates the 10th anniversary of the Changwon Initiative

A decade ago at the UNCCD COP10 in Changwon, two key ideas in the UNCCD process were rolled out: the “Changwon Initiative” and the global target of “zero net land degradation.” The initiative has been instrumental in materializing this new vision of a land-degradation neutral world and played a pivotal role in developing the Land Degradation Neutrality concept, supporting advocacy within the international community and ensuring its reflection in Sustainable Development Goals through SDG 15.3.

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UNCCD on Climate: Fix the Land or it will be an Emitter

The Earth is warming fast, and even faster on the land. This trend is “virtually certain” to continue and no region of the world will be spared, according to the Working Group 1 assessment report released Monday by the authoritative Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Globally, the last decade was on average already one degree Celsius warmer than it was between 1850 and 1900. But it was way warmer over the land, and close to the 2 degrees in some regions.

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Food Systems Summit 2021

The UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a UN Food Systems Summit (FSS) to raise global awareness and shape global commitments that can transform food systems to resolve hunger, reduce diet-related diseases and restore the planetary health. The Secretary General is calling for collective action of every citizen to radically change the way we produce, process, transport, market and consume food.

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2021 Desertification and Drought Day

The 2021 Desertification and Drought Day to be held on 17 June will focus on turning degraded land into healthy land. Restoring degraded land brings economic resilience, creates jobs, raises incomes and increases food security. It helps biodiversity to recover. It locks away the atmospheric carbon warming the Earth, slowing climate change. It can also lessen the impacts of climate change and underpin a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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UNCCD Welcomes Two New Initiatives to Recover Millions of Hectares of Degrading Land

Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, has welcomed the Saudi and Middle East Green Initiatives that were made public this week. The Initiatives aim, among other things, to restore roughly 240 million hectares of degraded land in Saudi Arabia and across the Middle East.

Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announced the initiatives Sunday evening, 28 March 2021.

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International Women's Day 2021

Statement by UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw

This year International Women’s Day celebrates the theme ‘Women in leadership: Achieving an equal future in a COVID-19 world’. After a year of unprecedented impacts from the pandemic, it’s clear that women globally have been disproportionately affected by the health, social and economic repercussions of COVID-19.

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Webinar #2 on Land-based Jobs for Youth

Are you motivated, have great ambitions and ideas but can't find a job that matches your interests? Want to become a job creator but don’t know where to start? Concerned that you might fail because you lack the finances, connections, a winning idea or the mentors you need to get started?

Join us for the next webinar in the series, this time with the focus on the Latin America and the Caribbean region!

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World Soil Day 2020: Keep Soil Alive, Protect Biodiversity

A statement by the UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw

Plants, animals and humans – all forms of life on Earth depend on healthy soil. Soil is the basis of all terrestrial ecosystems, supporting our food and water security while playing an important part in reducing the impacts of climate change, yet its status and its biodiversity are often overlooked.

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