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The #UNCCD is the global voice for land. We promote practices that avoid, reduce and reverse land degradation and are the driving force behind Sustainable Development Goal 15 and Land Degradation Neutrality.

https://www.unccd.int/our-work/overview

#reforestation

Climate Change Responsible for Irreversible Drying of Three-Quarters of Earth’s Land: UN Report
#Environment #ClimateChange #Aridity #UNReport #UNCCD #LandDegradation #EnvironmentalCrisis #Sustainability #GlobalWarming #Drought #Drylands #ClimateAction
https://the-14.com/climate-change-responsible-for-irreversible-drying-of-three-quarters-of-earths-land-un-report/

The expansion of drylands – including hyper-arid, arid and semi-arid lands – around the world needs to act as a "wake-up call" for the international community, the president of the UNCCD COP16, Dr. Osama Faqeeha, has said. #cop16 #drylands #desert #drought #unccd

The UNCCD COP16 presidency has announced the launch of the Riyadh Action Agenda, an initiative that seeks to mobilise state and non-state actors to develop solutions for land degradation, desertification and drought. #unccd #cop16 #desertification #riyadh #drought

Investment in sustainable land and water management is 'essential' for tackling costs related to drought, which total more than $307 billion annually, according to a report launched at the UNCCD COP16, taking place in Riyadh. #drought #cop16 #riyadh #unccd #water

The 16th meeting of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), which gets underway in Riyadh this week, is a "critical moment to address land degradation, drought and desertification," Saudi Arabia's deputy environment minister, Dr. Osama Faqeeha, has said. #cop16 #unccd #drought #desertification

The programme for the forthcoming UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, has been announced, with this year's event featuring the dual approach of a Negotiation Track and Action Agenda. #desertification #drought #unccd #cop16 #riyadh

Leaders from the BRICS nations have issued a joint statement calling for increased financial resources and greater collaboration to address land degradation, desertification and drought. #brics #desertification #drought #unccd

NDMC authored a policy brief on drought impacts for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.

“The Cascading and Compounding Impacts of Drought” was published at the 2023 UN Climate Change Conference last Saturday.

#drought #drought23 #COP28 #climatechange #policy #UNCCD

“Drought is one of the most expensive natural disasters… leading to widespread crop loss, land degradation and reduced soil health, ecosystem damage, loss of hydropower production and a wide range of other related and costly socioeconomic losses.” – From “The Cascading and Compounding Impacts of Drought” policy brief. (Background photo by Shravan K Acharya on Unsplash)

Estimated 2 billion tons of #sand and #dust are entering the atmosphere per year: ‘We are in a vicious circle’

Story by Jeremiah Budin, December 11, 2023

"#Pollution and human activity have ripple effects everywhere that plants grow, and one of those effects is that there is less land for plants to grow than ever before.

"According to the United Nations, the world is losing around 386,000 square miles (by some estimates, more than Texas and New Mexico combined) of productive land per year to sand and #DustStorms — the result of #HumanActivity, as Reuters reports.

What is happening?

"The United Nations Convention to Combat #Desertification (#UNCCD) recently issued a report that called attention to the issue of land loss due to #SandStorms, which have hit large areas of #Africa and #Asia. According to the report, at least 25% of the storms could be attributed to human activity, such as #overmining and #overgrazing.

Why is this concerning?

"According to the UNCCD report, 'with impacts far beyond the source regions, an estimated 2 billion tons of sand and dust now enters the atmosphere every year, an amount equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza.' And while sand storms are common in many regions, this new frequency and intensity are not.

“'We are in a vicious circle, where #LandDegradation is fueling #ClimateChange and climate change is exacerbating land loss in the world,' Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD executive secretary, told Reuters.

"Thiaw went on to explain that as the sand storms continue to make an increasing amount of land unfarmable, it affects people’s ability to get food in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries.

“'It goes well beyond individuals,' he said. 'It is affecting the entire community.'

What can be done about it?

"The UNCCD had several recommendations for steps that could be taken to prevent further land loss. For one, it said that funding needs to be increased to tackle the problem, which has drawn less attention so far than other issues caused by human-driven pollution.

"Also, new incentives are needed for the private sector to take responsibility for the land that it destroys.

"As Thiaw told Reuters, #China has been successful at combating desertification and controlling dust, by employing a #LandManagement, #restoration, and #reforestation program."

Source:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/estimated-2-billion-tons-of-sand-and-dust-are-entering-the-atmosphere-per-year-we-are-in-a-vicious-circle/ar-AA1lgYPT?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=04c6b54204964fc2c9a42f16ffd64d9a&ei=8

The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has said that drought-based data and research undertaken in the past two years indicates that the 'massive impacts of human-induced droughts are only starting to unfold', with drought levels now an 'unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale'.

https://sustainabilityonline.net/2023/12/04/impact-of-human-induced-drought-only-starting-to-unfold-says-unccd/ #drought #unccd #cop28 #sustainability

"Globally, up to 40% of #land is now degraded, according to the #UNCCD."
It's time to stop using what we have already converted in ways that degrade it further, and perhaps stop converting what is still well protected.
#landuse #erosion #food #climatechange #desertification

https://www.scidev.net/global/opinions/govts-should-stop-converting-land-use-un-scientist/

Vielen Dank Ibrahim Thiaw für den Austausch mit MdBs zu einen nachhaltigen Umgang mit Böden und zur Umsetzung der #unccd. Wir brauchen einen besseren Umgang mit Land, global. Nur mit fruchtbaren Böden sind #Biodiversitätserhalt, #Klimaschutz und #Ernährungssicherung zu erreichen!

If you want to know more about this work pls watch the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8diTv61m0Fg

👇 & read the full article:
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq4062

Or the super thread @ftmaestre (🐦 ) wrote in his profile explaining everything.

I still don't have many contacts in mastodon, so if you know people/institutions involved in this research, please share it with them!
Thanks and enjoy!

#UniversidaddeAlicante #IPBES #UNCCD #Biodesert #ERCResearch #ScienceResearch #Drylands #scicomm #Ecology

🟡 Der Welttag für die Bekämpfung der Wüstenbildung und der Dürre wurde 1994 von 179 Staaten mit beschlossen. Fast 3/4 der eisfreien Fläche der Erde wurden vom Menschen verändert. Wüstenbildung führt zu Armut, Hunger und Massenwanderungen.
Der Slogan im Jahr 2022: “Rising Up From Drought Together ” - Gemeinsam gegen die Dürre aufstehen.
Mehr Infos hier : https://t1p.de/441y5
Artist: #mesa + #skountart
#DDDay #Wüstenbildung #ggda #rufdt #UNCCD #streetart #art #desert