UNCCD’s flagship Global Land Outlook 2 (GLO2) report will be released tomorrow, Wednesday, 27 April 2022.  

Five years in development, with 21 partner organizations and with over 1,000 references and 250+ case examples from around the world, it is the most comprehensive consolidation of information on the topic ever assembled.  

The report offers both stark warnings and hundreds of practical ways to affect local, national and regional ecosystem restoration. It shows how restoring land means restoring life, economies, communities, climate, health and so much more.  

Join us for the GLO2 virtual launch, Wednesday 27 April (12:00 GMT, 13:00 BST, 14:00 CEST, 08:00 ET) with speakers from across the globe sharing their perspective on the transformative power of restoring land, including:  

• Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD Executive Secretary 

• Zac Goldsmith, Minister for Pacific and the Environment at the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), United Kingdom  

• Teresa Ribera Rodríguez, Vice-President of the Government of Spain and Minister for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge. 

• Mariam bint Mohammed Saeed Hareb Almheiri, Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates 

• Nicole Schwab, Co-Director of the Platform to Accelerate Nature-Based Solutions and 1t.org, World Economic Forum 

• Sadhguru, Founder, SaveSoil Movement  

• Luis Figo, footballer and Zero Malaria champion  

• Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Coordinator of the Association of Peul Women and Autochthonous Peoples of Chad   

• Patricia Kombo, Founder of PaTree Initiative and UNCCD Land Hero  

• Louise Mabulo, Founder, The Cacao Project, Forbes Under 30, Young Champion of the Earth 2019, UNEP  

Join the live stream through on of our social media platforms:  

• Twitter  

• Facebook   

• Youtube  

Help us spread the word! We invite you to use our promotional materials for the Global Land Outlook 2 – please be sure to mention @UNCCD and to use the hashtag #GlobalLandOutlook  

The full GLO2 report, summary for decision makers and other materials will be available from 15:00 CEST (13:00 GMT) on our website.