The UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) released its 2016 Least Developed Countries (LDCs) report, which finds that global poverty is increasingly concentrated in the world’s 48 most vulnerable countries.
FAO recognizes the potential of rural women and men in achieving food security and nutrition and is committed to overcoming gender inequality, in line with the pledge to “leave no one behind”, which is at the heart of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda. The publication…
This publication is a collection of articles written by economists, sociologists, and gender specialists and practitioners from twelve post-Soviet countries in Eastern Europe, South Caucasus and Central Asia. It is unique in its effort to review and analyze the issues that are at the intersection of…
The Cap-Net (Capacity Development in Sustainable Water Management) UNDP and Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) is offering an e-learning tutorial on Why Gender Matters in Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM).
The Cap-Net (Capacity Development in Sustainable Water Management) UNDP and Gender and Water Alliance (GWA) is offering an e-learning tutorial on Integrated Water Resources Management.
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) highlighted ongoing efforts to leverage private funding for large-scale land restoration, through the newly launched LDN Fund, a public-private funding mechanism. Simone Quatrini, Global Mechanism of the UNCCD, said more than 100 countries so far…
What exactly do people mean by ‘agrodiversity’, ‘formal remittances’ and ‘sustainable development’? Do you know the difference between a migrant, a refugee, and an internally displaced person (IDP)? In our interconnected world, global discussions rely on a shared understanding of key concepts. To…
In the coming years, the agribusiness sector will navigate a rapidly shifting, increasingly challenging time. One of the challenges will be to meet the rising demand for agricultural products, even as the land suitable for growing crops declines. Navigating the changes will mean seizing new ways of…
According to FAO, women make significant contributions to rural economies across the globe, comprising 43 percent of the global agricultural labor force, and up to 50 percent or more in many parts of Asia and Africa.
Drylands are one of the world’s major ecosystems and cover 41 percent of the earth's land surface, spanning nearly 100 countries - mostly in the developing world. One third of the world population or 2.3 billion people who inhabit the drylands live at the margin of sustainability, where moisture is…
Of the Convention’s 197 Parties, 169 countries have declared that they are affected by desertification. More than 1.5 billion people directly depend on land that is slowly being degraded. Every year 75 billion tons of fertile soil is lost to land degradation. Similarly 12 million hectares of land…
2 billion hectares of productive land are degraded worldwide while a further 12 million hectares are degraded every year. This has severe consequences for the livelihoods of land users, both at social and environmental levels. Stopping land degradation is critical in mitigating climate change: soil…
This page presents the original submissions by outside authors and contributors on events and activities around the world that promote action against desertification, land degradation and mitigation of drought. Your contributions are welcome (see contribution guidelines on the right). Information…
The Sixth Global Forum on Gender Statistics discussed ways to improve the collection, production, dissemination and use of data on gender to support progress on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 5 (Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls). The UN Statistics…
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development puts a strong emphasis on the integrated approach to achieving SDGs that can harness synergies and minimize potential trade-offs. Land can play an important part in accelerating the achievement of many SDGs. Maintaining and restoring land resources can…
Fresh water is a vital and defining feature for sustainable development. Globally, over two billion people live in countries that experience high water stress (UN-Water 2019 from UN, 2018). Other estimates are even more pessimistic, with up to four billion people – over half the population of the…
This publication is the last in a series of MDG reports. It takes stock of Africa’s performance during the 15 year development campaign and reflects on the challenges and opportunities associated with the dual transition to the new global and continental development agendas adopted in 2015: the 2030…
CIFOR scientists reviewed studies looking at gender dynamics in communities living in and near dry forests – an important but under-researched ecosystem.
How can the UNCCD Parties and other stakeholders build on their achievements on empowering women to make an even stronger impact? In the eve of the 15th session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC15), the members of the civil society organizations exchanged…
It pays particular attention to three dimensions: economic and financial volatility, the role of the private sector, and the domestic resource mobilization.
Realizing the ‘transformative potential’ of the Agenda in the decade and a half to come will be far from a technocratic exercise – and this is particularly true for the full realization of women's rights.
The gender equality goal in Agenda 2030, like many other goals, was the subject of wide-ranging consultations, position papers, and extensive commentaries issued by women’s rights organizations and networks, academics, and UN agencies.
