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The ongoing shift to renewable energy systems is necessary to avoid catastrophic climate change impacts but carries its own complex environmental footprint when it comes to land use. Governments and stakeholders should deploy equitable and context-specific dual-land-use systems to ensure a surge in renewable energy generation not only avoids land degradation, but actually improves land, food…

The Changwon Initiative is helping bring the vision of Agenda 2030 — and a land degradation neutral world — within reach. Explore this publication to discover Changwon success stories and lessons learned through country projects supported by the Initiative.

The report analyses land as a social-ecological system and its links to freshwater and biodiversity. It explores how ecological connectivity via natural and social processes can promote sustainable land management and restoration, addressing global environmental crises.

The report explores how combining sustainable land management practices with parametric climate risk insurance can strengthen resilience for smallholder farmers in the Global South. Against the backdrop of escalating climate impacts, it examines the shortcomings of traditional insurance models and highlights how satellite and mobile technologies can overcome barriers to implementation. By…

 In Decision12/COP.14, Parties requested the secretariat to propose concrete activities and measures with a clear roadmap to be included in the Gender Action Plan to provide impetus and a focus on actions relating to women and men, and girls and boys. The roadmap outlines activities to be implemented…

 The Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership (RGDRP) Inaugural Conference, held on 23–24 June 2025 in Cologne, Germany, marked a major milestone in global efforts to address drought proactively and collaboratively. Co-hosted by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UNCCD, the event brought together high-level representatives from governments, international organizations, development…