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Vulnerability to food insecurity is related to a complex system of environmental, social and economic factors, which include, among others, land degradation, climate change, natural hazards, and insufficient access to infrastructure and services. These factors add to the already high exposure of mountain people to multiple risks and reduce their ability to cope with food shortages and other…
A global overview of countries' restoration commitments under the Rio Conventions and other pledges
The Great Green Wall: Implementation Status and Way Ahead to 2030 launched 7 September 2020. It evaluates the implementation of a most ambitious project along the southern tip of the Saharan desert in Africa.The report , which was presented at a virtual meeting of the ministers of environment of the participating countries, takes stock of the progress…
The intergovernmental working group on drought which is one of the subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (“UNCCD” or “Convention”) is currently discussing options on how the UNCCD can address drought within the framework of the Convention. The UNCCD Secretariat has sought the advice of the UNEP Law Division on legal and other institutional options that the working group may wish to consider in the light of the practices of Multilateral Environment Agreements (MEAs) and the experiences of UNEP
