UN Land and Drought
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The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification is the global voice for land. We champion healthy, productive and accessible land for all #UNited4Land
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Save the Date!
📅 18 Nov 2025 | 🕓 16:45–18:15
📍 Room 6, Blue Zone, #COP30 #Belém
Brazil, birthplace of the #RioConventions, hosts a key event to unite #ClimateAction, #LandRestoration & #Biodiversity goals.
Join us to advance synergy for a resilient future.
#UNited4Land
📅 18 Nov 2025 | 🕓 16:45–18:15
📍 Room 6, Blue Zone, #COP30 #Belém
Brazil, birthplace of the #RioConventions, hosts a key event to unite #ClimateAction, #LandRestoration & #Biodiversity goals.
Join us to advance synergy for a resilient future.
#UNited4Land
October 29, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Save the Date!
📅 18 Nov 2025 | 🕓 16:45–18:15
📍 Room 6, Blue Zone, #COP30 #Belém
Brazil, birthplace of the #RioConventions, hosts a key event to unite #ClimateAction, #LandRestoration & #Biodiversity goals.
Join us to advance synergy for a resilient future.
#UNited4Land
📅 18 Nov 2025 | 🕓 16:45–18:15
📍 Room 6, Blue Zone, #COP30 #Belém
Brazil, birthplace of the #RioConventions, hosts a key event to unite #ClimateAction, #LandRestoration & #Biodiversity goals.
Join us to advance synergy for a resilient future.
#UNited4Land
📅 Our new film, Living Desert, is premiering at the IUCN Congress on 10 October.
It's a story of resilience, restoration and the beauty of our arid landscapes.
Featuring the voices of change: our Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej. Stay tuned!
#UNited4Land
It's a story of resilience, restoration and the beauty of our arid landscapes.
Featuring the voices of change: our Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej. Stay tuned!
#UNited4Land
October 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
📅 Our new film, Living Desert, is premiering at the IUCN Congress on 10 October.
It's a story of resilience, restoration and the beauty of our arid landscapes.
Featuring the voices of change: our Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej. Stay tuned!
#UNited4Land
It's a story of resilience, restoration and the beauty of our arid landscapes.
Featuring the voices of change: our Goodwill Ambassadors Baaba Maal, Inna Modja and Ricky Kej. Stay tuned!
#UNited4Land
On #KoreaFoundationDay, we celebrate a partnership that has turned vision into action.
1️⃣ First in our Changwon Initiative success stories: How support from 🇰🇷 helped create the Drought Toolbox, turning risk into resilience.
Read more: unccd.int/resources/pu...
#UNited4Land
1️⃣ First in our Changwon Initiative success stories: How support from 🇰🇷 helped create the Drought Toolbox, turning risk into resilience.
Read more: unccd.int/resources/pu...
#UNited4Land
October 3, 2025 at 3:14 AM
On #KoreaFoundationDay, we celebrate a partnership that has turned vision into action.
1️⃣ First in our Changwon Initiative success stories: How support from 🇰🇷 helped create the Drought Toolbox, turning risk into resilience.
Read more: unccd.int/resources/pu...
#UNited4Land
1️⃣ First in our Changwon Initiative success stories: How support from 🇰🇷 helped create the Drought Toolbox, turning risk into resilience.
Read more: unccd.int/resources/pu...
#UNited4Land
📢 Registration is now open for UNCCD CRIC23 in Panama 🇵🇦
🗓️ 1–5 December 2025, Parties #UNited4Land will gather to review the progress on the only legally binding global treaty that addresses desertification, land degradation and drought.
More info: www.unccd.int/news-stories...
🗓️ 1–5 December 2025, Parties #UNited4Land will gather to review the progress on the only legally binding global treaty that addresses desertification, land degradation and drought.
More info: www.unccd.int/news-stories...
September 15, 2025 at 1:41 PM
📢 Registration is now open for UNCCD CRIC23 in Panama 🇵🇦
🗓️ 1–5 December 2025, Parties #UNited4Land will gather to review the progress on the only legally binding global treaty that addresses desertification, land degradation and drought.
More info: www.unccd.int/news-stories...
🗓️ 1–5 December 2025, Parties #UNited4Land will gather to review the progress on the only legally binding global treaty that addresses desertification, land degradation and drought.
More info: www.unccd.int/news-stories...
The Global Changemaker Academy #GCAP2025 opened today in Bonn
UNCCD ES reminded parliamentarians that 40% of land is degraded, threatening livelihoods and food security.
This 5-day academy, by the #G20GLI & #UNSSC, empowers lawmakers to advance land restoration and drought resilience. #UNited4Land
UNCCD ES reminded parliamentarians that 40% of land is degraded, threatening livelihoods and food security.
This 5-day academy, by the #G20GLI & #UNSSC, empowers lawmakers to advance land restoration and drought resilience. #UNited4Land
August 25, 2025 at 9:19 AM
The Global Changemaker Academy #GCAP2025 opened today in Bonn
UNCCD ES reminded parliamentarians that 40% of land is degraded, threatening livelihoods and food security.
This 5-day academy, by the #G20GLI & #UNSSC, empowers lawmakers to advance land restoration and drought resilience. #UNited4Land
UNCCD ES reminded parliamentarians that 40% of land is degraded, threatening livelihoods and food security.
This 5-day academy, by the #G20GLI & #UNSSC, empowers lawmakers to advance land restoration and drought resilience. #UNited4Land
The UNCCD marks a historic day as Ibrahim Thiaw hands over the role to incoming Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad from Egypt.
#UNited4Land, we can augment our efforts to restore land, strengthen drought resilience, and cultivate a greener, safer future for all.
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#UNited4Land, we can augment our efforts to restore land, strengthen drought resilience, and cultivate a greener, safer future for all.
www.unccd.int/news-stories...
August 6, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The UNCCD marks a historic day as Ibrahim Thiaw hands over the role to incoming Executive Secretary Yasmine Fouad from Egypt.
#UNited4Land, we can augment our efforts to restore land, strengthen drought resilience, and cultivate a greener, safer future for all.
www.unccd.int/news-stories...
#UNited4Land, we can augment our efforts to restore land, strengthen drought resilience, and cultivate a greener, safer future for all.
www.unccd.int/news-stories...
Join us, together with the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA),
#Cop16Riyadh, and IDRA co-chairs #Senegal and #Spain at #FfD4 for a high-level event on unlocking cooperation for #DroughtResilience.
🗓️ 2 July | 14:30 CET
📍 Room SE3, FIBES II, Sevilla
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#Cop16Riyadh, and IDRA co-chairs #Senegal and #Spain at #FfD4 for a high-level event on unlocking cooperation for #DroughtResilience.
🗓️ 2 July | 14:30 CET
📍 Room SE3, FIBES II, Sevilla
www.unccd.int/events/other...
June 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Join us, together with the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA),
#Cop16Riyadh, and IDRA co-chairs #Senegal and #Spain at #FfD4 for a high-level event on unlocking cooperation for #DroughtResilience.
🗓️ 2 July | 14:30 CET
📍 Room SE3, FIBES II, Sevilla
www.unccd.int/events/other...
#Cop16Riyadh, and IDRA co-chairs #Senegal and #Spain at #FfD4 for a high-level event on unlocking cooperation for #DroughtResilience.
🗓️ 2 July | 14:30 CET
📍 Room SE3, FIBES II, Sevilla
www.unccd.int/events/other...
Happening Now: Global partners meet in Cologne, Germany, to launch the #Riyadh Global #Drought Resilience Partnership's operational framework.
Announced at #Cop16Riyadh in Dec 2024, this is a major step to shift countries from crisis response to proactive drought preparedness.
Announced at #Cop16Riyadh in Dec 2024, this is a major step to shift countries from crisis response to proactive drought preparedness.
June 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Happening Now: Global partners meet in Cologne, Germany, to launch the #Riyadh Global #Drought Resilience Partnership's operational framework.
Announced at #Cop16Riyadh in Dec 2024, this is a major step to shift countries from crisis response to proactive drought preparedness.
Announced at #Cop16Riyadh in Dec 2024, this is a major step to shift countries from crisis response to proactive drought preparedness.
TODAY is #DesertificationAndDroughtDay! What do you see when you look at the land?
For us, it's hope. It's the power to #RestoreTheLand and #UnlockOpportunities.
This powerful video voiced over by our Land Hero Billie Dumaliang shows why investing in healthy land makes economic and human sense 🌱
For us, it's hope. It's the power to #RestoreTheLand and #UnlockOpportunities.
This powerful video voiced over by our Land Hero Billie Dumaliang shows why investing in healthy land makes economic and human sense 🌱
June 17, 2025 at 1:51 PM
TODAY is #DesertificationAndDroughtDay! What do you see when you look at the land?
For us, it's hope. It's the power to #RestoreTheLand and #UnlockOpportunities.
This powerful video voiced over by our Land Hero Billie Dumaliang shows why investing in healthy land makes economic and human sense 🌱
For us, it's hope. It's the power to #RestoreTheLand and #UnlockOpportunities.
This powerful video voiced over by our Land Hero Billie Dumaliang shows why investing in healthy land makes economic and human sense 🌱
🚜💰 Did you know?
👉 Farmers using agroforestry and sustainable practices can boost incomes by 50% - all while restoring land and building resilience.
📅 17 June is Desertification and Drought Day.
It’s time to #RestoreTheLand and unlock real opportunities.
#UNited4Land
👉 Farmers using agroforestry and sustainable practices can boost incomes by 50% - all while restoring land and building resilience.
📅 17 June is Desertification and Drought Day.
It’s time to #RestoreTheLand and unlock real opportunities.
#UNited4Land
June 13, 2025 at 7:53 AM
🚜💰 Did you know?
👉 Farmers using agroforestry and sustainable practices can boost incomes by 50% - all while restoring land and building resilience.
📅 17 June is Desertification and Drought Day.
It’s time to #RestoreTheLand and unlock real opportunities.
#UNited4Land
👉 Farmers using agroforestry and sustainable practices can boost incomes by 50% - all while restoring land and building resilience.
📅 17 June is Desertification and Drought Day.
It’s time to #RestoreTheLand and unlock real opportunities.
#UNited4Land
Did you know that, every second, we lose 4⃣ football fields of productive land to degradation?
The land we all depend on for food, water, and livelihoods. We can't afford to wait. Every second counts. #United4Land, we must act now
The land we all depend on for food, water, and livelihoods. We can't afford to wait. Every second counts. #United4Land, we must act now
June 12, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Did you know that, every second, we lose 4⃣ football fields of productive land to degradation?
The land we all depend on for food, water, and livelihoods. We can't afford to wait. Every second counts. #United4Land, we must act now
The land we all depend on for food, water, and livelihoods. We can't afford to wait. Every second counts. #United4Land, we must act now
Did you know more than 1/2 of economy is dependent on nature? But up to 40% of land is already degraded, affecting billions of people.
You can help by getting informed.
Take our #DesertificationandDroughtDay quiz, get 100% and get a certificate ➡️ bit.ly/DDDquiz2025
You can help by getting informed.
Take our #DesertificationandDroughtDay quiz, get 100% and get a certificate ➡️ bit.ly/DDDquiz2025
June 2, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Did you know more than 1/2 of economy is dependent on nature? But up to 40% of land is already degraded, affecting billions of people.
You can help by getting informed.
Take our #DesertificationandDroughtDay quiz, get 100% and get a certificate ➡️ bit.ly/DDDquiz2025
You can help by getting informed.
Take our #DesertificationandDroughtDay quiz, get 100% and get a certificate ➡️ bit.ly/DDDquiz2025
UNCCD proudly welcomes 🌍 William Troost-Ekong—Nigeria’s 🇳🇬 national team captain and Saudi Pro League player ⚽—as a #Sport4Land Champion. On #WorldFootballDay, he joins global athletes uniting through sport to restore land 🌱 and build a better future for all.
#UNited4Land
#UNited4Land
May 25, 2025 at 9:33 AM
UNCCD proudly welcomes 🌍 William Troost-Ekong—Nigeria’s 🇳🇬 national team captain and Saudi Pro League player ⚽—as a #Sport4Land Champion. On #WorldFootballDay, he joins global athletes uniting through sport to restore land 🌱 and build a better future for all.
#UNited4Land
#UNited4Land
Colombia hosts this year's #DesertificationAndDroughtDay global observance on 17 June in Bogotá.
It will spotlight the country's bold efforts to restore land, unlock opportunities, and ensure a better future for all. #UNited4Land
Learn more ➡️ www.unccd.int/news-stories...
It will spotlight the country's bold efforts to restore land, unlock opportunities, and ensure a better future for all. #UNited4Land
Learn more ➡️ www.unccd.int/news-stories...
May 14, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Colombia hosts this year's #DesertificationAndDroughtDay global observance on 17 June in Bogotá.
It will spotlight the country's bold efforts to restore land, unlock opportunities, and ensure a better future for all. #UNited4Land
Learn more ➡️ www.unccd.int/news-stories...
It will spotlight the country's bold efforts to restore land, unlock opportunities, and ensure a better future for all. #UNited4Land
Learn more ➡️ www.unccd.int/news-stories...
🗓️ 45 Days to Go | 17 June 2025
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay will spotlight the urgent need to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and drive a trillion-dollar restoration economy.
Let’s make 2025 the year we shift from loss to opportunity.
#UNited4Land #UnlockOpportunities
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay will spotlight the urgent need to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and drive a trillion-dollar restoration economy.
Let’s make 2025 the year we shift from loss to opportunity.
#UNited4Land #UnlockOpportunities
May 2, 2025 at 12:23 PM
🗓️ 45 Days to Go | 17 June 2025
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay will spotlight the urgent need to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and drive a trillion-dollar restoration economy.
Let’s make 2025 the year we shift from loss to opportunity.
#UNited4Land #UnlockOpportunities
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay will spotlight the urgent need to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land and drive a trillion-dollar restoration economy.
Let’s make 2025 the year we shift from loss to opportunity.
#UNited4Land #UnlockOpportunities
150 million hectares restored = 200 million people fed.
The link between land and life has never been clearer.
Land is our greatest ally against hunger, poverty, and #climatechange.
🗓️ 17 June – #DesertificationAndDroughtDay.
Restore the land. Unlock the opportunities.
The link between land and life has never been clearer.
Land is our greatest ally against hunger, poverty, and #climatechange.
🗓️ 17 June – #DesertificationAndDroughtDay.
Restore the land. Unlock the opportunities.
April 28, 2025 at 8:55 AM
150 million hectares restored = 200 million people fed.
The link between land and life has never been clearer.
Land is our greatest ally against hunger, poverty, and #climatechange.
🗓️ 17 June – #DesertificationAndDroughtDay.
Restore the land. Unlock the opportunities.
The link between land and life has never been clearer.
Land is our greatest ally against hunger, poverty, and #climatechange.
🗓️ 17 June – #DesertificationAndDroughtDay.
Restore the land. Unlock the opportunities.
In Kaski, Nepal 🇳🇵, Laxmi Dawadi is using digital tools to change the game.
Through the farmbetter app, she is empowering farmers to adopt climate-smart practices and restore their land.
📽️ Watch how innovation meets tradition → youtu.be/gLIeU1x8XUU
#UNited4land
Through the farmbetter app, she is empowering farmers to adopt climate-smart practices and restore their land.
📽️ Watch how innovation meets tradition → youtu.be/gLIeU1x8XUU
#UNited4land
April 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
In Kaski, Nepal 🇳🇵, Laxmi Dawadi is using digital tools to change the game.
Through the farmbetter app, she is empowering farmers to adopt climate-smart practices and restore their land.
📽️ Watch how innovation meets tradition → youtu.be/gLIeU1x8XUU
#UNited4land
Through the farmbetter app, she is empowering farmers to adopt climate-smart practices and restore their land.
📽️ Watch how innovation meets tradition → youtu.be/gLIeU1x8XUU
#UNited4land
For every $1 invested in land restoration, we get up to $30 in economic returns.
However, land degradation still drains $878 billion annually from the global economy.
Restoration is not a cost - it is an opportunity.
#UNited4Land #DesertificationAndDroughtDay2025
However, land degradation still drains $878 billion annually from the global economy.
Restoration is not a cost - it is an opportunity.
#UNited4Land #DesertificationAndDroughtDay2025
April 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
For every $1 invested in land restoration, we get up to $30 in economic returns.
However, land degradation still drains $878 billion annually from the global economy.
Restoration is not a cost - it is an opportunity.
#UNited4Land #DesertificationAndDroughtDay2025
However, land degradation still drains $878 billion annually from the global economy.
Restoration is not a cost - it is an opportunity.
#UNited4Land #DesertificationAndDroughtDay2025
💚 This 17 June, the world will come together for Desertification and Drought Day 2025! It’s our chance to restore 1.5 billion hectares of land, boost economies, and create a better future.
Healthy land means opportunity for all. #UNited4Land
Learn more: www.unccd.int/news-stories...
Healthy land means opportunity for all. #UNited4Land
Learn more: www.unccd.int/news-stories...
April 7, 2025 at 8:50 AM
💚 This 17 June, the world will come together for Desertification and Drought Day 2025! It’s our chance to restore 1.5 billion hectares of land, boost economies, and create a better future.
Healthy land means opportunity for all. #UNited4Land
Learn more: www.unccd.int/news-stories...
Healthy land means opportunity for all. #UNited4Land
Learn more: www.unccd.int/news-stories...
Participez à une table ronde de haut niveau sur la législation foncière lors de la 150e Assemblée de l'@IPUparlement à Tashkent, en #Ouzbékistan.
Nous discuterons du rôle des parlementaires dans la promotion de la sécurité foncière et de l'accès équitable à la terre. bit.ly/Legislatingf...
Nous discuterons du rôle des parlementaires dans la promotion de la sécurité foncière et de l'accès équitable à la terre. bit.ly/Legislatingf...
March 25, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Participez à une table ronde de haut niveau sur la législation foncière lors de la 150e Assemblée de l'@IPUparlement à Tashkent, en #Ouzbékistan.
Nous discuterons du rôle des parlementaires dans la promotion de la sécurité foncière et de l'accès équitable à la terre. bit.ly/Legislatingf...
Nous discuterons du rôle des parlementaires dans la promotion de la sécurité foncière et de l'accès équitable à la terre. bit.ly/Legislatingf...
Join us for a High-Level Roundtable on Legislating for Land at the 150th
@ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly in #Tashkent, #Uzbekistan
🗓️ April 6, 16:30-18:00
We will discuss the role of parliamentarians in promoting secure tenure and equitable access to land.
www.unccd.int/events/other...
@ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly in #Tashkent, #Uzbekistan
🗓️ April 6, 16:30-18:00
We will discuss the role of parliamentarians in promoting secure tenure and equitable access to land.
www.unccd.int/events/other...
March 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Join us for a High-Level Roundtable on Legislating for Land at the 150th
@ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly in #Tashkent, #Uzbekistan
🗓️ April 6, 16:30-18:00
We will discuss the role of parliamentarians in promoting secure tenure and equitable access to land.
www.unccd.int/events/other...
@ipuparliament.bsky.social Assembly in #Tashkent, #Uzbekistan
🗓️ April 6, 16:30-18:00
We will discuss the role of parliamentarians in promoting secure tenure and equitable access to land.
www.unccd.int/events/other...
Glaciers are vital - essential for drinking water, agriculture, industry, clean energy production, and healthy ecosystems. Protecting glaciers protects the delicate balance of our planet's ecosystems. Check out the infographic to understand the secret life of glaciers. #WorldWaterDay
March 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Glaciers are vital - essential for drinking water, agriculture, industry, clean energy production, and healthy ecosystems. Protecting glaciers protects the delicate balance of our planet's ecosystems. Check out the infographic to understand the secret life of glaciers. #WorldWaterDay
Healthy forests are essential for healthy ecosystems and human well-being. Forests do more than supply food; they provide fuel, employment, income, and a foundation for economic stability for millions. Conserving forests is an investment in securing the livelihoods of billions of people.
#ForestDay
#ForestDay
March 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Healthy forests are essential for healthy ecosystems and human well-being. Forests do more than supply food; they provide fuel, employment, income, and a foundation for economic stability for millions. Conserving forests is an investment in securing the livelihoods of billions of people.
#ForestDay
#ForestDay
In most countries, women have unequal and limited access to and control over land. We cannot achieve land degradation neutrality without gender equality, and we cannot exclude half the population from land management decisions because of their gender.
#HerLand #InternationalWomensDay
#HerLand #InternationalWomensDay
March 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
In most countries, women have unequal and limited access to and control over land. We cannot achieve land degradation neutrality without gender equality, and we cannot exclude half the population from land management decisions because of their gender.
#HerLand #InternationalWomensDay
#HerLand #InternationalWomensDay
What is your land footprint?
Every product we use, from the food on our plates to the clothes we wear to the gadgets we rely on, has a hidden impact on the land. By making informed choices, we can all protect vital ecosystems and promote land restoration. #UNited4Land
Every product we use, from the food on our plates to the clothes we wear to the gadgets we rely on, has a hidden impact on the land. By making informed choices, we can all protect vital ecosystems and promote land restoration. #UNited4Land
March 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
What is your land footprint?
Every product we use, from the food on our plates to the clothes we wear to the gadgets we rely on, has a hidden impact on the land. By making informed choices, we can all protect vital ecosystems and promote land restoration. #UNited4Land
Every product we use, from the food on our plates to the clothes we wear to the gadgets we rely on, has a hidden impact on the land. By making informed choices, we can all protect vital ecosystems and promote land restoration. #UNited4Land