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FrancaiseCôte d’Ivoire and
UNCCD Executive Secretary to present key outcomes
of COP15 Abidjan,
18/05/22 -
Ibrahim Thiaw,
Executive Secretary of the United Nations
Conference to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), and
a high-level representative of Côte d’Ivoire, will
hold a joint press conference on Friday, 20 May,
to present the outcomes of the fifteenth session
of the Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the
UNCCD taking place in Abidjan, Côte
d’Ivoire.
The key outcomes expected
from COP15, which opened Monday, 9 May, and closes
on 20 May, include a set of decisions agreed by
196 countries and the European Union that are
Parties to this major UN’s land management treaty,
to:
- restore
one billion hectares of degraded land between
now and 2030,
- boost
drought preparedness, response and resilience,
- future-proof
land use against the impacts of climate change,
- tackle
escalating disaster risks such as sand and dust
storms,
- address
desertification and land degradation as drivers
of forced migration and displacement,
- strengthen
land rights and gender equality as important
enablers for effective land restoration, and
- promote
decent land-based jobs for youth and strengthen
youth participation in the UNCCD process.
In addition to the formal
COP15 decisions, two political declarations were
issued, namely:
- The
Abidjan Call issued by the Heads of State and
Government attending the Summit hosted by Côte
d’Ivoire President Alassane Ouattara on 9 May,
and
- Abidjan
Declaration on achieving gender equality for
successful land restoration, which emerged from
the Gender Caucus chaired by the First Lady
Dominique Ouattara
UNCCD COP15
is the first Conference of the Parties of the
three Rio Conventions meetings to be held in 2022.
The fifteenth session of the Conference of the
Parties (COP15) to the Convention on Biological
Diversity and the twenty-seventh session of the
Conference of the Parties (COP27) to the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
will convene later this year in Kunming, China and
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt,
respectively.
During the Heads
of State Summit, President Ouattara also launched
the Abidjan Legacy Programme, which aims to boost
long-term environmental sustainability across
major value chains in Côte d’Ivoire while
protecting and restoring forests and lands and
improving communities’ resilience to climate
change, which will require mobilization of US$1.5
billion over the next five year
The
Closing Press Conference will take place in-person
at the COP15
Press Conference Room – MET
02 (Salle des Fêtes). It will also be
webcast live via
https://bit.ly/3G2ybkf
and
streamed to UNCCD YouTube
channel via
https://bit.ly/38EPZWe.
TimeFriday,
20 May 2022
13:00-13:45 hrs
(UTC/GMT)
Heads of State, ministers
and close to 7000 delegates from 196 countries
attended the conference on the future of land
management, alongside private sector, civil
society, women, youth leaders and media
representatives. A high-level segment took place
on 9-10 May.
The COP15
theme,
‘Land. Life. Legacy: From
scarcity to prosperity', is a call
to action to ensure land, which is the lifeline on
this planet, continues to benefit present and
future generations.
UNCCD
unites governments, scientists, policymakers, the
private sector and communities around a shared
vision to restore and manage the world’s
land.
About the
UNCCD The United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is
the global vision and voice for land. We unite
governments, scientists, policymakers, private
sector and communities around a shared vision and
global action to restore and manage the world’s
land for the sustainability of humanity and the
planet. Much more than an international treaty
signed by 197 parties, UNCCD is a multilateral
commitment to mitigating today’s impacts of land
degradation and advancing tomorrow’s land
stewardship in order to provide food, water,
shelter and economic opportunity to all people in
an equitable and inclusive
manner.
For more information
and to register, contact: Wagaki
Wischnewski,
pr...@unccd.int
