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“To keep the 1.5-degree limit agreed in Paris within reach, we need to cut global emissions by 45 percent this decade. But current climate pledges would mean a 14 percent increase in emissions,” United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in his statement on the release of the Panel’s Working Group III AR6 Climate Change 2022: Mitigation of Climate Change report. In…

The pressure on land is growing in many regions of the world, due to the increasing demand for arable crops, meat and dairy products, bio-energy and timber, and is exacerbated by land degradation and climate change. This policy report provides scenario projections for the UNCCD Global Land Outlook, exploring future changes to the use and condition of land and the resulting impacts on food, water,…

Under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) framework, Africa is pursuing broad-based development by addressing constraints to its long-term growth and transformation. The development vision of Africa is anchored on Agenda 2063, articulated through the Africa We Want, and the United Nations Agenda 2030. To meet these goals, by leveraging the immense potential of the continent, further bold…

This informal guide was prepared by the UNCCD secretariat with the purpose of assisting participants to the meetings in Abidjan in making the sessions a success. This guide seeks to provide an overview of the structure, programme and agenda items of COP 15, CST 15 and CRIC 20, and practical information on how the work is carried out at the formal and informal settings. …

For the meta-study, commissioned by WWF and carried out by the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI), 2,592 studies were evaluated that were conducted between 1960 and 2019. Plastic pollution in the ocean is growing exponentially and will continue to increase. Every year, about 19-23 million tonnes of plastic waste end up in the waters - the equivalent of almost two truckloads per minute…

Tenure security is a crucial enabler for land degradation neutrality. Without rights to property, communities lack the security to invest in the ecosystems on which they depend, which can hinder uptake of sustainable management practices even when support for them is offered. In September 2019, Parties to the UNCCD adopted a landmark decision 26/COP14 on Land Tenure at the 14th…