Mongolia is hosting the UN Convention to Combat Desertification’s COP17 in Ulaanbaatar from 17 to 28 August, bringing together representatives from 196 countries and the European Union to tackle land degradation, drought and desertification.

The meeting in Mongolia is working to combat overall climate change

UNCCD COP is one of the three Rio Conventions. The other two are the CBD COP (the Biodiversity COP) and the well-known Climate Change COP (UNFCCC COP)