Africa: COP17 - Finance, Water, Land Top Agenda As UN Desertification Talks Enter Final Stretch in Mongolia
Ministers will seek new public and private funding for land restoration and drought resilience as delegates race to finish an Action Agenda.
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Africa: COP17 - Finance, Water, Land Top Agenda As UN Desertification Talks Enter Final Stretch in Mongolia
As the 17th session of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification enters its final week in Ulaanbaatar, ministers and global leaders will focus on finance, water, land, and food systems.
Today, the most critical part of COP17 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has begun in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. This week, the convention’s protagonists are the ministerial talks on restoration of pastureland, drought and financing. This morning, African and small island ministers have mainly taken part in the dialogues on the most innovative financial mechanisms. Today, security and migration are also being discussed, a problem…
COP17: Finance, water, land top agenda as UN desertification talks enter final stretch in Mongolia
As the 17th session of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification enters its final week in Ulaanbaatar, ministers and global leaders will focus on finance, water, land, and food systems. The post COP17: Finance, water, land top agenda as UN desertification talks enter final stretch in Mongolia appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
The 17th United Nations Conference to Combat Desertification (COP17) entered the final and decisive week of negotiations in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia. The next four days of the meeting will be divided into specific thematic axes to try to speed up agreements. On Monday (24), the main focus is on finance. Delegations are mobilized to try to capture more resources for soil restoration and drought control. Investments announced during th…
The land, the soil we tread, is a fundamental element for the survival of humanity. On its health and good condition not only the crops, but the climate, biodiversity and other links of the complex chain of life depend. However, the soil of the planet is increasingly degraded and this causes a series of cascade effects that threaten the human being. Since last day 17, delegates from 179 countries remain gathered in Mongolia to try to stop this d…
The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP17 enters its ministerial week in Ulan Bator with the global South demanding urgent funding in the face of drought, grasslands and land degradation. UNCLD is the least media-friendly of the three major environmental summits, but its agenda touches on the most basic fiber: land, water and food. In a context of recurrent droughts, each year of delay in financing results in lost crops, livestoc…
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