Food, agriculture and livelihoods: how can we sustainably grow food to meet future demand? Join us for the Dubai Expo talks and become a part of an exchange of inspiring new perspectives that tackle the challenges of our time, on topics ranging from space to biodiversity. The session which will…

The Asia-Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN), developed and launched by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is an open network that strives to equip adaptation actors in the region with knowledge for designing and implementing adaptation measures, building capacity to access technologies…

On 3 June 2021, GLF will host the first-ever digital conference focused entirely on Africa’s drylands and how integrative restoration practices can see them flourish once again. The program will feature inspiring speakers, latest science, concerts, film screenings, virtual tours and networking…

Known as the people’s Summit, the ambition of the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit is to launch a collective journey of transforming our food systems to give us the best possible chance of delivering on the 2030 agenda. On Thursday 10 December, at 14:00 CET, WWF, UNFCCC, Alliance for Future Generations…

The 59th GEF Council meeting online from December 7-11. It will be preceded by a consultation with civil society on December 4. The Council meeting will be focused on ways to assist developing countries emerge stronger from the coronavirus pandemic and consider a $400 million work program. Other…

To celebrate the 2020 Desertification and Drought Day, UNCCD launched the #UNCCDLandHeroes campaign on social media, encouraging young people to share their inspiring initiatives implemented to limit the footprint we leave on the land by food, feed and fibre production and consumption. The campaign…

The Race to Zero is on! Join the Nov 17 dialogue to help scale soils as a climate solution. Learn more and register here.

Join our Lead Scientist Dr. Barron Joseph Orr for this World Soil Day event organized by WOCAT to learn more about linking databases and tools to assist projects and countries in monitoring and achieving land degradation neutrality. More info...

UNCCD Deputy Executive Secretary Tina Birmpili will speak on the role of UNCCD in mitigating desertification and how land degradation is affecting biodiversity from a climate change perspective. More info...

FAO World Soil Day 2020 event "World Soil Day 2020: Keep Soil Alive. Protect Soil Biodiversity" will take place virtually from 13:15 to 14:30 (New York time). Register here.

Nominations for the 2021 Land for Life Award of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) opened today. The submission of nominees will close after two months, on 28 January 2021. The Award recognizes initiatives to halt, reduce and/or reverse land degradation that have had a…

The winner of the Group on Earth Observation Land Degradation Neutrality (GEO-LDN) Competition will be announced at the award ceremony on 19 March, following the nineteenth session of the UNCCD’s Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 19). The virtual ceremony will…

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Bonn/Paris, January 11, 2021 – The ambitious Great Green Wall for the Sahel and Sahara Initiative (GGW) has received at least 14.326 billion US dollars in new funding. The funding will fast track efforts to restore degrading land, save biological diversity as well as create…

COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Bonn, 13 January 2021 – Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification Ibrahim Thiaw welcomes the announcement that the Government of Canada is set to invest up to 55 million Canadian dollars in the Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) Fund. The Fund supports…

The online international Climate Adaptation Summit (CAS) 2021 "Accelerating African Adaptation," hosted by the Netherlands, convenes global leaders and local stakeholders. It will see the launch of a comprehensive Adaptation Action Agenda that sets out clear commitments to deliver concrete new…

An entire week of global programming will be dedicated to helping leaders choose innovative and bold solutions to stem the pandemic and drive a robust recovery over the next year. The Davos Agenda will also mark the launch of the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset Initiative and begin the…

This year's World Wetlands Day is all about wetlands and water security SDG6. Join us between 3:00 and 4:30 CET to discuss how we can upscale and accelerate initiatives that conserve wetlands and freshwater ecosystems: https://youtu.be/v36wnjspMPo

Don't miss takeover of @FoodSystems Twitter account by UNCCD and WWF. Meet land heroes who transform food systems to protect land health and productivity. Join the discussions and see how land matters for climate, food security, biodiversity and sustainable livelihoods to meet Global Goals.

Video file Land tenure is a core aspect of responsible land governance, a fundamental component of sustainable land management and an essential element in addressing desertification/land degradation and drought. Mandate The UNCD Conference of the Parties at its fourteenth meeting (UNCCD COP14)noted…

he President of the General Assembly will convene a High-level Dialogue to assess the progress made in the fight against DLDD during the UN Decade for Deserts and the Fight against Desertification and and map the way forward. Learn more...