This edition of the program is on the prelude conference to COP16, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD in Riyadh.
To accomplish the COP16 theme, Antonio Guterres, the UN Secretary-General Says there is a strong need to scale up ambition and investment as well as to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded lands by 2030.
The prerequisites include a collective agreement on how to tackle worsening droughts, to feed growing populations without converting more land or depleting our soils and to deliver secure land rights for all in all parts of the world.