The Latin Americans and Carribbeans civil society organizations lend their support to the #LoveLand4Climate campaign and petition. Join them for this good cause and show the WORLD we care! bit.ly/2l2oD2X AIDER - Asociación para la Investigación y Desarrollo Integral Pasticultores Del Desierto Misión Verde Amazonía Fundacion Antonio Núñez Jiménez de la Naturaleza y el Hombre

TIME for ACTIONS! As UNFCCC #COP23 wrapped up, climate-land actions such as restoring degraded land, preventing deforestation, implementing sustainable land management #SLM practices continue... Read more about COP23 and SDGs: http://bit.ly/2B4992h

Restoring degraded ecosystems and land is much cheaper when compared to other climate actions to achieve #SDG13 Ethiopia's Environmental Minister commented.

Land can contribute to sustainable energy, and so does sustainable energy contribute to sustainable land use!! As land is a finite resource, how do environmental renewable energies can be scaled up yet clean energy and yet contributing positively to the balance use of land? Find out more here: http://www2.unccd.int/news-events/land-missing-yet-vital-battle-front-scaling-clean-energy-and-climate-action-ground

EFFECTIVE #climateaction through enabling policies and acts. #SouthAfrica, one of 30 driest countries through White Paper on water and sanitation policy and National Water Act which emphasized the importance of economic efficiency, environmental protection, equity and empowerment of people has made significant progress in making communities resilient to climate change impacts of water shortage.

The Executive Secretaries of the three RIO Conventions: Biological Diversity, Climate Change, and Desertification Conventions have called for the establishment of a Facility to secure finance for large projects that will help to address common issues. Read more: http://bit.ly/2mxUaKC #COP23 United Nations Decade on Biodiversity UNFCCC

Cities are responsible for about 60-80% of all resource consumption & #energy use and also a source of ecosystem degradation. But if well planned, concentrating housing in one area & providing efficient transport, the consumption of water and energy can be optimized and pollution rates are reduced. #SLM #LoveLand4Climate #COP23 ICLEI World Secretariat UN-HABITAT

SE Monique Barbut reçoit le cadeau du Tchad pour l’#UNCCD. Ce chameau, symbole du désert et l’animal le plus plus résistant que l’on puisse y trouver, est un cadeau du #Tchad en reconnaissance du soutien et des opportunités donnés par l’UNCCD. C’est aussi le symbole du long partenariat entre l’UNCCD et les pays de l’#Afrique francophone dans la lutte contre la #désertification. COP23

The causes of droughts are essentially natural, but climate change increases the drought severity, frequency, duration, and spatial extent. With a proactive approach + long-term investment in restoration & creation of ecological, social and economic systems, it will help to reduce the impacts and make affected communities more resilience "UNCCD is currently developing a tool kit for drought preparedness and sharing best practices in drought resilience" says Tsegai, Drought Policy Officer, UNCCD more info on drought management: http://www2.unccd.int/issues/land-and-drought #COP23 German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik WMO #COP23

Raising awareness around what can be done through sustainable land management #slm to counter #climatechange. Join the cause SUPPORT & SHARE the campaign #LoveLand4Climate to be part of the movement for change! We need our #land and land needs us! #sdg15 #LoveLand COP23 #Germany #ClimateAction www.ipetitions.com/petition/loveland4climate?utm_medium=widget&utm_source=widget&utm_campaign

UNCCD presents land-based solutions at the 2017 Climate Change Conference #COP23. Check out what has been discussed and addressed by our colleagues last week http://www2.unccd.int/news-events/unccd-presents-land-based-solutions-2017-climate-change-conference Also stay tune with on our upcoming events or follow us via social media for further updates

Final call to submit abstract for Nexus 2018: Water, Food, Energy and Climate Deadline: 15 November 2017 What are the focuses? Comparative studies, solutions, successful partnerships, innovative tool-kits and approaches etc. to address Nexus issues #SDGs more: http://bit.ly/2hmMKaK