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The Climate vulnerability monitor comprises 34 indicators of the economic, human and ecological effects of climate change and the carbon economy. The Monitor presents a new and original analysis, synthesizing the latest research and scientific information on the global impact – including benefits and losses – of climate change and the carbon economy in economic, environmental and health terms. If…

Rangelands provide numerous goods and services that have great economic, social, cultural, and biological value. Inhabitants of rangelands have engineered pastoral, hunter-gatherer, and farming systems that have sustained their livelihoods in these usually dry environments for centuries. Primarily, rangelands are grazing-dependent systems, characterised by dry periods and droughts. However, these…

Current loss and damage patterns – illustrated by the evidence featured in this research from Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States, and African countries – strike at the very purpose of climate policy: to avoid dangerous climate change and ensure the possibility of timely adaption so as not to impede food production and sustainable development. Loss and damage patterns…

The "Changwon initiative" aims at complementing activities in line with the UNCCD Ten Year Strategic Plan (10 year strategic plan and framework to enhance the implementation of the convention, 2008-2018) and subsequent COP decisions. The Government of the Republic of Korea identified focus areas, which include 1) enhancing the UNCCD scientific process, 2) providing a framework for…

Like any tool, the impact and progress of the Convention needs to be measured to allow for better and swifter action and policy, and as such its reporting and review system has evolved down the years. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), in its capacity as one of the implementing agencies for the Global Environment Facility (GEF), has supported the Convention in this process. In…

Land degradation is widespread and increasing in eastern Africa highlands. Available knowledge towards SLM unfortunately, remains concentrated at isolated “islands of successes” and largely fragmented in terms of adoption/ uptake. Although individuals and institutions recognise the need for wide adoption of SLM innovations, the inhibiting challenges including: (i) long time to realize benefits;…