COP17: UN Land Summit Ends in Mongolia with $1.3bn Deal for Restoration, Drought Resilience
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COP17: UN land summit ends in Mongolia with $1.3bn deal for restoration, drought resilience
The UNCCD COP17 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, ended Friday with new political commitments, financing and initiatives aimed at turning global pledges on land restoration and drought resilience into concrete action. The post COP17: UN land summit ends in Mongolia with $1.3bn deal for restoration, drought resilience appeared first on Premium Times Nigeria.
Despite a lack of policy consensus, the Mongolian summit managed to mobilize up to $1.3 billion for land restoration and strengthening drought resilience in 23 nations.
UNCCD concludes COP17 with new drought resilience and land restoration initiatives
The recently concluded UNCCD conference in Mongolia set the stage for enhanced global drought resilience with innovative initiatives. Highlighted was a significant $1.3 billion commitment for land restoration and drought resilience projects. The newly introduced Drought Resilience Index will aid nations in evaluating their strategies, while the Drought Resilience Investment Facility seeks to attract public and private funding for impactful proje…
The UN COP17 conference on desertification ended without a global agreement on drought, which has been postponed until 2028, but it mobilized $1.3 billion to rehabilitate land in 23 countries.
Representatives of nearly 200 countries concluded Friday the United Nations talks on desertification in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, looking for ways to maintain productivity on earth as climate change increases the temperature of the planet and degraded soils and landscapes lose their ability to retain water, produce food and sustain livelihoods.
Beijing.- The Seventeenth Conference of the Parties (COP17) on desertification has formally closed this Friday in Ulan Bator without the expected global drought agreement, dragged since the previous edition, although it managed to mobilize up to $1.3 billion in funding. Following intense negotiations that have taken place in Mongolia for two weeks, the 197 parties to the convention -196 countries and the European Union - have decided to postpone…
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