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The call for nominations for 🏆 2024 Awards of the United Nations Task Force on Non-communicable Diseases @UN Task Force #NCDs is open!!!
We are looking for champions achieving outstanding results to: 
🫀🫁🧠 prevent and control #NCDs and #mentalhealth
👩🏽🦽🧑🏽🦯 promote…
📝 On World Press Freedom Day, we salute the commitment of journalists who report from the field on crucial issues of desertification and #drought .
Looking forward to the upcoming regional media trainings to gear up for #UNCCDCOP16 in Riyadh.
#PressFreedomDay2024 #UNited4Land
This #DesertificationAndDroughtDay , join the movement to safeguard our land for current & future generations!
Share your stories & events with UN Land and Drought!
More info: unccd.int/events/deserti…
✨ Explore our new publication with Food and Agriculture Organization on the importance of land rights for sustainable prosperity.
Learn how empowering communities with secure land tenure is crucial for environmental care and climate action.
Full details here ➡️ unccd.int/news-stories/s…
#HerLand
This year Desertification and Drought Day is all about youth leadership and international dialogue on the future of our land 👥
Thanks for the support UN Youth Office 🙌 #UNited4Land
🙌 Major step toward meeting land restoration goals in Mongolia, who will be hosting UNCCD COP in 2026.
#UNited4Land we need renewed commitment and accelerated action to bring land back to life.
Whether you're a graduate student, researcher, policy-maker or civil society leader, the UN Land and Drought library offers a wealth of information on desertification, drought, land restoration, food systems, biodiversity conservation, land tenure & more.
Learn more:bit.ly/3jwJ6ro
Awesome to have the strong support of our Land Ambassadors as we chart the course to #UNCCDCOP16 in #SaudiArabia this December 🧭 #UNited4Land
🌍 The Saudi Green Building Forum is steps away from becoming a permanent observer at UNCCD.
This milestone, pending a decision at the #UNCCDCOP16 in Riyadh, highlights سعف commitment to community-led green development 🙌 #UNited4Land
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🌍 Taking the lead in the global fight against desertification, #SaudiArabia will host #WorldEnvironmentDay and the #UNCCDCOP16 in Riyadh this year.
#UNited4Land , we can fulfill our promise to restore 1 billion ha of land by 2030 for a sustainable + resilient future 🙌 via UN Environment Programme
In Riyadh, I had an enlightening meeting with the incoming Presidency of UN Land and Drought #COP16 .
Witnessed so much progress made by #SaudiArabia in preparing for the largest COP ever in the 30 years history of the Convention.
#UNited4Land
📣We were thrilled to have all of you on Day 1 of our SEPAL seminar with Food and Agriculture Organization and UN Land and Drought! See you all on Day 2 when we dive into the #LDNToolbox and examples of monitoring.
Join us to learn more about the #SEPAL module 15.3.1 👇🏼
🔗 Email [email protected] to register
🌪️ Athens is engulfed in a Saharan dust cloud, impacting visibility and health. Ibrahim Thiaw warns such events may increase due to climate change. Actions to boost resilience against sand and dust storms will be in focus at the #UNCCDCOP16 . #UNited4Land
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#WorldMalariaDay reminds us that ecosystem change can profoundly affect human well‐being and health.
Deforestation is linked to malaria prevalence, especially for poorest households.
Protecting forests helps fight malaria + advance many #SDGs .
#WorldMalariaDay #UNited4Land