Land is our lifeline on this planet. Yet "business as usual" in how we manage land resources puts our own future on planet Earth in jeopardy, with half of humanity already facing the impacts of land degradation. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has addressed desertification, land degradation and drought for the last 30 years. Here is a short overview of topics it has recently focused on.

When camels, which typically survive longer on a lot less water and food than people, are dying in large numbers, you know the situation is desperate. This is exactly what is now happening in the Horn of Africa. This is the fourth year without rains in the region. Millions of people, especially children, are on the brink of starvation. Five years ago, a similar drought in Southern Africa affected 20 million people. Early this year, Chile marked a record-breaking 13th year of drought. And the two-decade drought in the United States of America is now considered the country’s driest period in over 1,200 years.
Shifting from reactive to proactive drought management

Droughts have always been a part of nature and the human experience but are now much worse, largely due to human activity. The frequency of droughts has risen by up to 29 per cent since 2000, with 55 million people affected each year. The devastating consequences are not confined to drought-stricken areas but reverberate around the globe, putting stress on food security, water and energy systems, as well as on international borders. According to the Drought in Numbers 2022 report released at the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD COP 15) in May, by 2050, droughts may affect an estimated three-quarters of the world’s population. Making ecosystems and people resilient to drought is therefore of utmost importance for the survival of humankind and is also the core of UNCCD’s work.

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