FR | SP | AR | CH | RU A statement by UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw With the Glasgow Leaders’ Declaration on Forests and Land Use, the world has put nature and sustainable land use at the heart of the global battle against climate change and biodiversity loss. And not a moment too soon! At…
As the latest round of climate negotiations got underway in Glasgow, at an event co-hosted by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, French President Emmanuel Macron and Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazaouni, it was encouraging to see a strong focus put on efforts to scale up implementation…
Statement by UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw Madame Chairperson, Bureau members, distinguished delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Let me first offer my warmest congratulations to you Madam Chair and Bureau members on your election at the helm of this Committee. You are carrying out your…
Message from the UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw Excellences, Mesdames et messieurs, Lutter contre le changement climatique est vital. Cela devient critique. Ce ne sont plus seulement les prédictions scientifiques, les faits sont matériels. Gardons cependant en tête que la lutte contre le…
Great Green Wall Accelerator: This dynamic team has started coordinating efforts among donors, implementing partners and strategic partners, through ongoing consultations, to implement a harmonized results management framework. The expected result is an online platform with various functionalities…
Mr. President Duque, Secretary General, Ministers, Friends and Colleagues Warmest greetings from the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. We are at a critical point in the discussions on the post-2020 global biodiversity framework. Hence the timeliness of this meeting. Biodiversity and climate…
Allocution d’ouverture de M. Ibrahim Thiaw, Secrétaire exécutif de la Convention des Nations-Unies sur la Lutte Contre la Désertification Mesdames et Messieurs les Ministres en charge de l’Environnement et de la lutte contre la désertification des pays membres de l’Initiative de la Grande Muraille…
Speech by the UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw First, I wish to express my deep gratitude to you, President Carlos Alvarado Quesada, and to Costa Rica, for hosting the global manifestations of the 2021 Desertification and Drought Day. This year, COVID-19 has given our global celebrations…
Speech of UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw, Thank you to Ms. Mami Mizutori, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction, for her opening remarks. Thank you for putting together this special report on drought. My take from the report is that we must act now to…
Remarks by UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw Co-Chairs, Council members, Colleagues, and friends First, allow me to wish you a Happy Anniversary. As our instrument turns 30, let us celebrate its great achievements. Celebrate above all thirty years of cooperation. Thirty years of working…
Land sustains life on the planet. Land provides us with food, clean water, and energy. Healthy land is the basis for our own health. Yet, one in five hectares of land is no longer usable. Land degradation is affecting 40% of the world’s population and costing more than 10% of the annual global GDP…
Statement by the UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw Excellency Mr. President of the General Assembly, Excellency Mr. Prime Minister of India, COP. 14 President, Excellency Mr. President of the Economic and Social Council, Excellency Ms. Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Ms…
Remarks by the Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw on UNCCD Commitment on drylands in Africa and the Sahel To speak about land is to speak about life in all its complexity. Whether wet, dry, or severely degraded, the land is humanity’s common treasure that we must protect. So, allow me to debunk five…
Opening remarks by UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw As UNCCD, we care about land. We care about people’s livelihoods. We care about ecosystems. Having “Land in balance” is our motto. Reconciling the needs of a growing population -and a growing middle class- on one hand, with the need to…
The COVID-19 situation is still dire in many regions of the world as COVID-19 mutates. As most of you already know, we lost Mr. Philbert Brown, our National Focal Point in Jamaica. He was an ardent supporter of the Convention and one of our savviest negotiators and consensus builders. Allow me to…
Message by UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw The pandemic has reminded us how much we depend on each other. How much we depend on nature. How much our fate depends on our relationships with nature. How much we need a good political will, combined with collective action, and sustained…
Statement by the UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw The Biden-Harris Administration last week outlined its vision of how the United States can conserve and restore 30 per cent of its land and waters by 2030. The report titled, Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful, identifies six…
Message to Parties and Observers from the UNCCD Executive Secretary Mr. Ibrahim Thiaw I would like to inform Parties and observers to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, that, at its intersessional meeting held on 08 April 2021, the Bureau of the fourteenth session of the…
A message from the UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw Earth Day 2021 has a starkly simple message: we must make 2021 a pivotal year in efforts to Restore our Earth and build back better from COVID-19. Building a climate resilient and net-zero world must go hand in hand with recovering from the…
