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PRESS
CONFERENCE: MONDAY, 7 SEPTEMBER 2020, 15:40-16:40
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Ministerial Press
Conference: Great Green Wall Implementation
Status and Way Ahead to
2030
| The Great Green Wall
Implementation Status and Way Ahead to 2030,
the first comprehensive assessment of the
status of the Great Green Wall for the Sahara
and Sahel Initiative (GGW) will be released
Monday, 7 September 2020 at a virtual
ministerial meeting to agree on the next
steps. A press
conference to present the outcome
will be held back-to-back with the launch.
Pre-registration is required. The event,
exclusively for media, will be conducted in
English and French. Pre-registered
journalists will have access to
embargoed
documentation. |
When: |
Monday,
7 September 2020 at 15:40-16:40 hrs
UTC/GMT |
Where:
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Virtual
Webinar registration link:
https://unccd-int.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_SzvhA-1cSyenzqb_KmRtHQ
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| Who:
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Ms
Amina Mohammed
Deputy-Secretary
General of the United Nations
(representing
the UN) |
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Ms.
Marieme Bekaye
Minister of
Environment and Sustainable Development,
Mauritania |
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Prof.
Fekadu Beyene (tbc)
Minister of
Environment, Forestry and Fisheries,
Ethiopia |
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Mr.
Mohammad Mahmood Abubakar
(tbc)
Minister of Environment,
Nigeria |
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Mr.
Baaba Maal
UNCCD Land
Ambassador
(representing civil
society) |
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| Moderator |
Ms.
Wagaki Wischnewski
Public
Information and Media Officer
United Nations
Convention to Combat
Desertification |
Background
The
Great Green Wall Implementation Status and Way
Ahead to 2030 provides an overview of the
progress made by countries to create a 15km wide
and 8,000 km long green corridor stretching
across Africa from Senegal to
Djibouti.
The report will be
released at a virtual Ministerial meeting of the
Member States of the Pan-African Agency of the
Great Green Wall convened to discuss the outlook
and actions to 2030. Ministers will present the
outcomes at the press
conference.
The Great Green Wall
for the Sahara and Sahel (GGW) reflects the will
and commitment of the Heads of State and
Government of the Sahelo-Saharan States to unite
their efforts to tackle the challenges of
climate change, land degradation, and loss of
biodiversity. GGW was created in 2005 in
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso during the Cen-Sad
Summit. The African Union endorsed it in
2007.
Notes to
Editors
A press kit is available
to pre-egistered journalists with the products
below in English and/or French.
- Embargoed
press release (available 31 August 2020)
- Embargoed
Executive Summary (31 August 2020)
- Frequently
Asked Questions (available 31 August 2020)
- Fact
sheet (available 31 August 2020)
- High
resolution photographs (Available 4 September
2020, credit © Makewaves)
- High
resolution film footage (4 September 2020, see
terms of use in package)
- Biographies
of panelists (7 September 2020)
- Ministerial
Declaration (available 7 September)
- Full
report (available 7 September)
For media information,
contact: wwisch...@unccd.int
or kjim...@unccd.int
About
the Great Green Wall, contact: cnor...@unccd.int
About
the Great Green Wall
An
African-led initiative to transform the lives of
100 million of the poorest people on Earth by
growing an 8,000 km corridor of trees and plants
that will restore land, produce food, create
jobs and promote
peace.
About the
UNCCD
The United Nations
Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is
an international agreement on good land
stewardship. Through partnerships, the
Convention’s 197 Parties set up robust systems
to manage land degradation and drought promptly
and effectively. Good land stewardship based on
a sound policy and science helps integrate and
accelerate the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals, builds resilience to climate
change and prevents biodiversity loss. Land also
plays a key role in the prevention,
preparedness, response, and recovery phases of
the COVID-19 pandemic, securing rural
livelihoods and creating green jobs, supporting
community resilience and maintaining the
sustainable delivery of ecosystem services.
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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
communities to
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