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Keynote address delivered by the UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw at the University of Arizona’s Black Faculty Speakers Series.

Country Parties gathered at the UNCCD COP14 requested that the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface (SPI) provide “science- based evidence on the potential contribution of integrated land use planning (ILUP) and integrated landscape management (ILM) to positive transformative change, achieving land degradation neutrality (LDN) and addressing desertification, land degradation, and drought issues” …

The policy brief was prepared by a group of students of the CHARM-EU university who worked in collaboration with the UNCCD on their capstone project. They researched the replication of the Tolou Keur agroecological initiative, which is a part of the Great Green Wall initiative in Senegal. Based on the findings of their research, which also involved a field visit to Senegal, they produced…

The policy brief demonstrates that enhancing resilience is one of the most cost-effective actions countries can take, and is typically far less expensive than interventions focused on responding to, and recovering from, the impacts of droughts, but innovative financing mechanisms are essential to fund the necessary long-term investments.

The food system is a major contributor to different environmental pressures, such as water and land use, and impacts, including land-use change and water stress1,2. Accounting for the land and water resources used by the food system is key to defining sustainable food system policies. The European Green Deal and its Farm to Fork Strategy3 aim at a sustainable food system along the whole value…

Drylands cover 48% of the earth's surface and are particularly vulnerable to climate change (F. Haddad & Herrera, 2022). Rangelands are among the drylands' most productive ecosystems covering vast areas with native vegetation, predominantly grasses, and shrubs that have the potential to be grazed and serve as a habitat for wildlife and livestock (V. G. Allen et al., 2011). A large extent of…