UN Land and Drought

Restoring Land, Restoring Hope. This is our message to the world. Rangelands cover more than half of the Earth's surface and support 500M people, yet they remain among the most overlooked ecosystems. See in Ulaanbaatar. #UNCCDCOP17 #UNited4Land

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Join us for a webinar on Renewable Energy and Sustainable Land Management. Organized with @iisd.org and UNU-VIE, to explore case studies and best practices to ensure a surge in renewable energy generation.

🗓28 Jan
⏰09:00 NYC / 15:00 Bonn
Register: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Great to meet a good friend again: Yasmine Fouad, the ES of the @unccd.bsky.social. Together we facilitated 2018 at #COP24 in Katowice on #climatefinance. Now she is leading the UN Rio Convention on #land and #soil. Enormously relevant for #water, #biodiversity, #climate and of cause #food!

Today at #UNEA7, we have strengthened our partnership with
#IUCN to accelerate global land action!

This agreement unites science & policy to fast-track: drought resilience, rangeland restoration, and Land Degradation Neutrality.

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#United4Land

PIK-Direktor Johan Rockström hat den Ehrenpreis des
Deutschen Nachhaltigkeitspreises erhalten, für seine "Forschung, die das Verständnis von Nachhaltigkeit und planetarer Verantwortung weltweit verändert hat" - herzlichen Glückwunsch!
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The @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23 Gender Caucus is exploring how to effectively harness indigenous women's land stewardship to effectively respond to global challenges such as land degradation, drought, water scarcity, and Sand and Dust Storms.

At @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23, the Gender Caucus meeting explored Indigenous women’s leadership and worldviews impacting sustainable land management

A scoping study of gender impacts of sand and dust storms gave insights for future work programmes

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At @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23 land degradation neutrality (LDN) dialogue, countries sharing experience with integrated planning & reporting across the 3 Rio Conventions.

Examples include Panama's Nature Pledge and South Africa's framework for ecosystem-based adaptation and resilience.

Country progress on Land Degradation Neutrality (#LDN) programmes was the focus at @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23

Panama showcased their Nature Pledge as an integrated planning, monitoring and financing model that breaks down silos of the three Rio Conventions

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A Just Transition for Land Andrea Meza Murillo & Bradley Hiller consider how to mobilize the necessary financing for drought resilience and land preservation and restoration.

A Just Transition for Land by Andrea Meza Murillo, et al @projectsyndicate.bsky.social prosyn.org/SnJToiz

Indigenous women are the architects of resilience.

Don't miss the #UNCCD Gender Caucus at #CRIC23. We are exploring the leadership and worldviews of Indigenous women in relation to sustainable land management.

#HerLand #LandRestoration #Unite4Land

2026 is the #InternationalYearofRangelandsandPastoralists.

Why it matters:
• 50% of Earth’s land is rangelands
• 34% of global carbon is stored
• 500M people depend on pastoralism
• 1$ invested in restoration can return up to $35 in benefits

When rangelands thrive, people and nature benefit.

Centering land and soils as an integrated solution for climate, biodiversity, food systems, and drought and water resilience, @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23 has opened in Panama City to assess implementation progress and chart strategic priorities ahead of UNCCD COP 17 in Mongolia in 2026.

At #CRIC23 in Panama, delegates welcome @unccd.bsky.social Secretariat's scenario note on capacity building, calling for long-term, adequately resourced & coordinated programmes, with a clear role for regional and national hubs.

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As @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23 “aims to be more than a review session,” delegates welcomed a stronger voice for science, more funding for #drought, targeted capacity-building programmes, and the first time the Gender Caucus would meet during a meeting of the CRIC

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At #CRIC23 delegates taking a deep dive into recent updates to the @unccd.bsky.social PRAIS portal & other mechanisms to improve data quality and ease the reporting burden for parties.

At @unccd.bsky.social #CRIC23, disconnects between increasingly sophisticated global datasets and local and Indigenous realities emerged during a day devoted to improving reporting processes

The International Year on Rangelands and Pastoralists officially kicked off

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Side Event #COP30 🇧🇷

From Rio to Belém: Synergistic Action for Ecosystem Restoration & Climate Resilience

🗓️ 18 Nov
🕓 16:45–18:15
📍 Room 6, Blue Zone

Brazil—birthplace of the #RioConventions—hosts a key dialogue to unite #ClimateAction, #LandRestoration & #Biodiversity goals.

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The Sahara & Sahel are difficult regions to cultivate. The #GreatGreenWall is restoring 100M ha across Africa with native vegetation. Funded by the GEF. Implemented by: @unep.org, @afdbgroup.bsky.social, @fao.org, the World Bank: thegef.org/what-we-do/t... #ForNature #UNited4Land
#ForNature

Addressing land degradation for a sustainable future Did you know that nearly 1.7 billion people live in areas where land degradation is cutting crop yields and threatening food security? The #SOFA2025 interactive story looks at how we can address land ...

Did you know that nearly 1.7 billion people live in areas where land degradation is cutting crop yields and threatening food security?

The #SOFA2025 interactive story looks at how we can address land degradation and sustain our future.

#UNited4Land

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Save the Date!

📅 18 Nov 2025 | 🕓 16:45–18:15
📍 Room 6, Blue Zone, #COP30 #Belém

Brazil, birthplace of the #RioConventions, hosts a key event to unite #ClimateAction, #LandRestoration & #Biodiversity goals.

Join us to advance synergy for a resilient future.

#UNited4Land

Living Desert premiered at the IUCN Congress in Abu Dhabi. Follow our amazing Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej to the awe-inspiring UNESCO sites of Al-Ula. Discover the bold… Living Desert: The Journey to Restore the Land

A major highlight of the World Conservation Congress! #WCC2025 saw the launch of our new film, Living Desert, featuring our Goodwill Ambassadors at #Cop16Riyadh.

Big thanks to our partners #IUCN, Royal Commission for #AlUla & #InTent.Onwards to #COP17 in Mongolia.

UNCCD’s Global Mechanism is recruiting a Fund Manager to co-develop, run, and promote the Drought Resilience Investment Facility (DRIF) under the Luxembourg Earth Impact Fund.

EOI deadline: 31 October 2025
🔗 Full call and submission details: lnkd.in/eDDew695

World Food Forum and Rome Water Dialogue call for urgent action on land and water For centuries, people’s lives have been tied to the land and the water – herders depending on the rangelands, farmers relying on the flow of rivers to nourish their fields. These landscapes have shape...

FAO and UNCCD renewed their cooperation on 15 October through a Memorandum of Understanding, backed by a Joint Action Plan, to align expertise and accelerate implementation. Read the full story and see what’s next ⤵️

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Restoring land, restoring lives: A new chapter for Kyrgyzstan In Kyrgyzstan, where steep mountains and deep valleys define both the landscape and daily life, land degradation and drought are no longer distant threats — they’re reshaping everyday reality. These s...

Restoring land restores lives, and Kyrgyzstan is showing how.

With the support of Changwon Initiative, communities have been growing nurseries, training farmers, mapping environmental risks, and putting land stewardship into young hands: unccd.int/news-stories...

#UNited4Land

A pleasure to see Adel bin Ahmad al-Jubeir, Minister of State for Foreign Affairs for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, at #UNGA.

As the current presidency of @unccd.bsky.social, Saudi Arabia is leading efforts to tackle land degradation, drought and desertification.

📅 Our new film, Living Desert, is premiering at the IUCN Congress on 10 October.
It's a story of resilience, restoration and the beauty of our arid landscapes.
Featuring the voices of change: our Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej. Stay tuned!

#UNited4Land

On #KoreaFoundationDay, we celebrate a partnership that has turned vision into action.

1️⃣ First in our Changwon Initiative success stories: How support from 🇰🇷 helped create the Drought Toolbox, turning risk into resilience.
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#UNited4Land

✨The new Rio Conventions website is now live.

Explore how @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, @unccd.bsky.social
and UNFCCC work together to tackle shared challenges and create lasting solutions for people and #ForNature.

🟢Visit the website:🔗 rioconventions.org

Scientists Urge Radical Food System Reform to Halt Land Decay - The Raisina Hills Cutting food waste by 75%, restoring half of degraded lands, and boosting sustainable ocean-based food could spare land, says landmark study.

Cutting food waste by 75%, restoring half of degraded lands, and boosting sustainable ocean-based food could spare land, says landmark study. @UNCCD #FoodForAll theraisinahills.com/scientists-u...