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United Nations
Conference Themed "Investing in Land, Unlocking
Opportunities" Opens in New Delhi,
Monday
29 August,
New Delhi - The 14th session
of the Conference of Parties (COP14) to the
United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification, opens on Monday afternoon, 2
September 2019, in New Delhi, India, and ends
Friday, 13 September 2019.
A press
conference to present the expected outcomes will
take place on at 13:15-13:45hrs on Monday, 2
September, at the COP14 Press Conference Room
(MET02) in the India Expo Mart and Exhibitions
Center, Greater Noida, New Delhi, India. The
event will also be webcast
live:
Prakash
Javadekar, Minister of Environment,
Forests and Climate Change, India, and
Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive
Secretary, United Nations Convention to Combat
Desertification will preside over the
event.
Issues on the COP14 agenda
include, drought, land tenure, ecosystem
restoration, climate change, health, sand and
dust storms, cities of the future, financial
investment, and the roles of youth,
non-governmental organizations and the private
sector.
Close to 100 ministers and
over 3000 delegates from 196 countries are
expected at COP14. India’s Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and UN Deputy Secretary-General
Amina Mohammed are also expected to
attend.
Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive
Secretary of the UNCCD, says, “COP14 has
attracted the highest number and of
decision-makers ever and at the highest level,
in our history. The policy decisions to be taken
could mark a major turning point for how we
manage the scarce land and water resources we
have left.”
“We
are fast running out of time to build our
resilience to climate change, avoid the loss of
biological diversity and valuable ecosystems and
achieve all other Sustainable Development Goals.
But we can turn around the lives of the over 3.2
billion people all over the world that are
negatively impacted by desertification and
drought, if there is political will. And we can
revitalize ecosystems that are collapsing from a
long history of land transformation and, in too
many cases, unsustainable land
management.”
All bona fide
press and media representative are welcome to
participation but must first get the approval to
participate. Apply via this link: <https://reg.unog.ch/event/30186/>
Detailed
information about the Conference is available
from the online Press
Kit.
Transportation
from New Delhi City center
A
shuttle service for journalists will run from
the National Media centre (Raisina Road, Windsor
Place, New Delhi, Delhi 110001, India) to the
conference venue on 2 September, 9 September and
13 September. All other days, the shuttle
service will run from the Ministry of
Environment (Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, Jorbagh
Road, New Delhi 110 003) to the Conference
venue. Accredited media may use these services
for free.
Background
documents and information on COP14
are available online: at: https://www.unccd.int/convention/conference-parties-cop
Social
media for the Conference can be found on:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unccd/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/UNCCD/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/UNCCD
#UNCCDCOP14,
@unccd
For further
information, please contact: wwisch...@unccd.int,
asriv...@unccd.int,
abhi...@prprofessionals.in
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The United
Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
(UNCCD) is the only legally binding
international agreement on land issues. The
Convention promotes good land stewardship. Its
197 Parties aim, through partnerships, to
implement the Convention and achieve the
Sustainable Development Goals. The end goal is
to protect our land, from over-use and drought,
so it can continue to provide us all with food,
water and energy. By sustainably managing land
and striving to achieve land degradation
neutrality, now and in the future, we will
reduce the impact of climate change, avoid
conflict over natural resources and help
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Sent:
Thursday, August 29, 2019 2:38 PM
Subject: Press
conference with India's environment minister, Prakash
Javadekar and UNCCD Executive Secretary, Ibrahim Thiaw
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