Media Advisory | 6,000 participants from over 170 countries expected to join 19th Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on shaping policies for a safe, inclusive, and innovative digital future
Media Advisory 6,000 participants from over 170 countries expected to join 19th Internet Governance Forum in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focusing on shaping policies for a safe, inclusive, and innovative digital future Media accreditation is open [...]
Holding the front line against desertification
Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they depend on the land and natural resources for jobs and livelihoods, according to the UN, but their future is increasingly [...]
Sport4Land Champions Unveiled at United Nations Land Conference
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) today unveiled its first-ever #Sport4Land Champions at COP16, the largest United Nations land conference in the Middle East region to date.
First Person: Tears of joy as Argentinian city children encounter nature for first time
An environmental lawyer has told UN News how children and teenagers from some of the most vulnerable neighbourhoods of Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, have been moved to tears after encountering nature for the first time.
‘No life without land’, says campaigning athlete at UN desertification meeting
There can be “no life without healthy land as we cannot survive,” according to an Olympic athlete who has been attending a global meeting being held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, focused on halting desertification and [...]
Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation
The private sector has been urged to make the sustainable management of land a key part of corporate and financial strategy going forward, as the world risks losing half of global GDP - estimated at $23 trillion - due to degradation.