Africa's challenge is not a shortage of conferences or commitments; it is turning commitments into bankable projects that can attract finance and reach communities.
By
Eric Kasina
Climate action enthusiast, Communications specialist
Windward Communications Consultancy
The conference halls in Ulaanbaatar have emptied, delegates have gone home, and UNCCD COP17 is over. For Africa, the real work may only just be beginning.
She said Africa needs to move land restoration from the aid column into the investment column by developing bankable landscape…
Mongolia is hosting the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP17 in Ulaanbaatar from 17 to 28 August, bringing together…
She described COP17 as the “COP of implementation,” stressing that the true measure of success would be whether decisions taken…
Rangelands cover more than half of the world's land surface and support around two billion people. Yet up to half of these…
COP17, which will be hosted by Mongolia in August, “comes at a pivotal moment for global action on land.”
Mongolia wanted to see “a shift from talk to action” at COP17. The results were mixed.
