UNCCD Science Policy Interface (SPI)-Bonn Water Network (BWN) Joint Session 
22 March 2024, 9:00-11:00 (CET) Hybrid 
MET 2116, Langer Eugen Building, UN Campus, Bonn, Germany

Sustainable management of land and water is the key to food security and the health of human beings and ecosystems. It is also central to building resilience to droughts, floods, and other natural disasters.  Climate change and land use changes and the interactions among both are accelerating the degradation of land, making it more susceptible to the impacts of droughts and floods. These dynamics can contribute to resource competition, civil unrest and forced migration.

In the celebration of the World Water Day 2024 on 22 March, the Science Policy Interface (SPI) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) and the Bonn Water Network (BWN) will organize a joint hybrid session to explore the role of the science-policy interface in the land-water nexus on 22 March 2024 at the UN Campus in Bonn, Germany. 

This joint session will provide a chance for the SPI and the BWN to share relevant activities, research results and case studies that may benefit the future work and the activities of both. The contributions will focus on the role of science-policy interfaces in understanding and governing the land-water nexus. A weblink will be provided for web watch by broader audience subject to registration.

Online webinar for public can be registered through this link. Detailed agenda and list of participants can be found using the menu on the right.