CRIC23

The twenty-third session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC 23) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will be held from 1–5 December 2025 in Panama City, Panama. Representatives of 196 countries and the European Union will convene to review their efforts against desertification, land degradation and drought as Parties to the only legally binding global treaty on the matter. 

The session is expected to bring together around 500 delegates from governments, civil society and academia at the Calle General Juan D. Perón, Amador, Panama City. The CRIC will provide recommendations on achieving global targets to prevent and reverse land degradation and to build drought resilience by 2030,  discuss post-2030 strategic framework and convene key stakeholders, from women and youth to Indigenous Peoples and local communities. 

A signatory to UNCCD since 1996, Panama has committed to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality by 2030, identified 31 critical hotspots, and is advancing reforestation and Dry Corridor adaptation programmes. The nation's Nature Pledge unites its commitments on land, climate and biodiversity in a single vision that leverages synergies across ecosystem restoration, sustainable land management and land-based climate solutions.

Consultations of affected country Parties of the Convention’s Regional Implementation Annexes for Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Northern Mediterranean, and Central and Eastern Europe will be convened on 30 November 2025 at the Panama Convention Center ahead of UNCCD CRIC 23.