This holiday season, the UNCCD has made a collective monetary contribution to Haus Maria Königin, a Bonn charity that assists women and children in need of shelter, to help address increased violence against women.
The UNCCD secretariat and the Indian Center for Environment Education (CEE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to advance innovation in the field of environmental education with focus on desertification, land degradation and drought.
The UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw joined a video chat with the Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan Mr. Muhtar Babayev and UN Resident Coordinator Mr. Ghulam Isaczai to discuss the support provided by the UN agencies to the republic during the prolonged drought and…
Bonn, Germany – On the occasion of the Desertification and Drought Day, the UNCCD CSO panel has released the latest issue of its bimonhtly newsletter. The newsletter introduces the new website of the CSO panel, informs on the appointment of the SPI observer alternate and gives information on several…
UNCCD CSO Alliance is launching a new campaign for 2020 Desertification and Drought Day. This year’s UNCCD theme is Food.Feed.Fibre, and to support this theme CSO Alliance has chosen food as the campaign focus for its campaign. The campaign will focus specially in raising awareness about food waste…
The UNCCD secretariat is issuing a call for an alternate observer of the Science Policy Interface (SPI) representing the civil society organizations (CSOs) accredited to the convention.
Bonn, Germany – The UNCCD CSO panel has released the next issue of its bimonhtly newsletter. The newsletter highlights the role of civil society organizations in the time of the global COVID-19 crisis, inviting testimonials from CSOs that have adjusted their actions to provide assistance to partners…
UN Inter Agency Network on Youth Development (UN IANYD) has issued a statement that calls for a stronger partnership with young people who have a tremendous potential to take action and fight the COVID-19 crisis. The statement calls attention to the specific impact that the pandemic has on young…
To strengthen its communication and collective working capacity, the UNCCD CSO panel is adopting new outreach instruments. At its last meeting on 12 March 2020, the panel agreed to produce a quarterly newsletter to keep the CSO community well-informed. In this first issue, the newsletter showcases…
The COP Bureau has confirmed the members of the new Intergovernmental Working Group (IWG) on effective policy and implementation measures for addressing drought under UNCCD.
Bonn, Germany – UNCCD met with the newly appointed Executive Director of The Regional Environmental Centre for Central Asia (CAREC) Mr. Zafar Makhmudov to discuss potential collaboration on regional projects within the UNCCD Drought Initiative as well as on programs that address sand and dust storms…
Dear colleagues, On the occasion of the UNCCD 25th anniversary and within the implementation of its Gender Action Plan, the UNCCD secretariat is launching a campaign during the month of March to promote gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. Every day in the first half of March, we…
Wuwei City, Republic of China – 180 representatives from over 20 countries have gathered on 12-13 September in the northwest China's Gansu Province to share their experiences and promote non-governmental cooperation in ecological restoration along the Belt and Road -- the economic region…
The following three candidates are suitable for the elections to become the alternate CSO representative to the SPI: Noel Oettle/Environment Monitoring Group/South Africa: presentation | application form Surya Narayana Reddy/Grameena Vikas Samithi/India: presentation | application form Pradeep…
Under the theme "Sahel: cap vers une agriculture familiale, Comment assurer une valorisation des potentiels locaux?, Quelles coalitions d'acteurs pour bâtir avec les communautés un avenir durable?" the NGO SOS Sahel will organize the second edition of the Africa Days in Dakar, Senegal on 4-5 May…
The Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is inviting representatives of the Civil Society Organizations accredited to the Conference of the Parties (COP) to apply to become observer to the Science–Policy Interface (SPI). The elected person will act as…
The UNCCD CSO panel has strengthen its communication and outreach capacity with the launching of a new website that will be used for sharing information, experiences and knowledge among the nearly 500 civil society organizations accredited to the Conference of the Parties to the UNCCD. Visitors can…
65 cartoons from 42 cartoonist from 13 countries have been received on the occasion of the International press cartoon contest organized in parallel to Désertif'actions 2017 Summit. The jury composed of personalities from media, artistic and graphic jobs, cartoonists and organizers, selected 33…
The UNCCD and UNFCCC country Parties, civil society, partners got together to reflect on how to connect the dots between the challenging agendas on climate and land. Working lunch, “Why land degradation neutrality matters for climate?” was held on 16 May in Bonn. The event was organized by the UNCCD…
