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We often talk about global warming and its effects on the environment, but there is another phenomenon that is slowly but surely taking over our planet — desertification. It is a process in which land becomes increasingly dry, barren, and infertile, making it difficult for plants and animals to survive. It is a serious environmental issue that affects millions of people around the world and can…

Environmental management — Guidelines for establishing good practices for combatting land degradation and desertification — Part 2: Regional case studies ( see also Environmental management - Guidelines for establishing good practices for combatting land degradation and desertification- Part 1: Good practices framework published in 2017 , referenced in our catalogue ) This…

The UNCCD Science-Policy Interface (SPI) was established in 2013 and promotes dialogue between scientists and policy makers on desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD). The composition of the SPI is designed to provide independent scientific perspective from the full range of disciplines relevant to the UNCCD, taking into account regional and global issues and policy considerations…

Report of the Conference of the Parties on its second extraordinary session, held from 6 to 9 December 2021

Sustainable land management (SLM), ecosystem-based adaptation (EbA), ecosystem-based disaster risk reduction (Eco-DRR) and nature-based solutions (NbS) are widely-applied approaches that tackle certain drivers of these challenges in a goal-oriented way, in particular land degradation, climate change impacts and disasters due to natural hazards. UNCCD Decision 19/COP.14 paragraph 42…

Monitoring progress on our way to successfully achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is key to their achievement, but there are significant data gaps that make this crucial exercise difficult. A new IIASA-led study explored the use of a citizen science tool known as Picture Pile to see how it could contribute to SDG monitoring. The 17 goals, 169 targets, and 231 indicators of…