| 2021 Desertification and Drought Day The 2021 Desertification and Drought Day on 17 June will focus on turning degraded land into healthy land. Restoring degraded land brings economic resilience, creates jobs, raises incomes and increases food security. It helps biodiversity to recover. It locks away the atmospheric carbon warming the Earth, slowing climate change. It can also lessen the impacts of climate change and underpin a green recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. UNCCD will work with the Ministry of Environment of Costa Rica, the host of the global observance, to encourage households, communities, private sector and countries to have a better relationship with nature as we recover from COVID-19. Read further |
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| | 2021 Desertification and Drought Day OVERVIEW
We invite you to join our fun-packed and educative celebration of this year’s Desertification and Drought Day. There is something for everyone – from heads of state to children.
We are also inviting you to share the program with your colleagues, friends, family and partners, and invite them to join in. The program will feature live virtual events and an online program streamed via UNCCD social media. Virtual events · High-level forum convened by President Carlos Alvarado Quesada of Costa Rica · Launch of the GAR Special Report on Drought Online Programme · A talk show · Music, film and dance shows · Children’s program with a music presentation and a one-day challenge for children · Thematic panels · Announcement of the winner of the Land for Life Award · Video messages from special guests Mainstream and Social media materials are provided for use · Social media assets and · Press kit with free film footage (b-roll) and high resolution photographs The event will be stream via the UNCCD Facebook, YouTube and Twitter accounts. @unccd A run-down of the full day program and products for the day, and contained in this issue, will be available here |
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VIRTUAL EVENTS High-Level Forum Costa Rican President Carlos Alvarado Quesada and his Minister of the Environment and Energy, Andrea Meza Murillo, will hold a Virtual international event for world leaders to rally a global high ambition to restore degrading land and hasten the post-COVID-19 recovery. The event is titled, "Restoration. Land. Recovery."
The event will be streamed live at 14:00hrs GMT from this UNCCD website World leaders, advocates and artists will deliver their views about the day’s theme through short messages. |
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Launch of the GAR Special Report on Drought The Special Report on Drought will be launched at a virtual event. Global experts on the subject will present and discuss its findings. The event is co-hosted with the UN Disaster Risk Reduction. The Report explores the systemic nature of drought and its impacts on achievement of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, the SDGs and human and ecosystems health and wellbeing.
Additional details about the event and speakers are available here:
Launch of the GAR Special Report on Drought 2021 | UNDRR.
Register here to participate in the event: Webinar Registration - Zoom |
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ONLINE PROGRAMME The event will be stream via the UNCCD Facebook, YouTube and Twitter accounts. @unccd.
Highlights Policy Panels and Perspectives of World Leaders Two panel events are planned. On gender by UNCCD. And a dialogue with WWF on the effects of the green economy on ecosystems and food systems. Music and Film shows Global artists from Costa Rica, India, Germany and the United States will deliver the Days message through music.
Short films, a documentary and two feature films will be screened. Join in music workshop featuring an American hip-hop star and UNCCD's Land Ambassadors and Land Heroes. PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES YOU CAN DO A list of actions to do to restore and recover degraded land is provided in the background note about the Day.
Scroll down to point #5 of this document, in any of these language choices:
English, Chinese, Arabic, French, Spanish and
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Children's programme #Kids4Land
For the first time in 25 years, we are featuring a children’s programme for Desertification and Drought Day. Bonn’s Youth Theater group will present a show about the land. And Bonn-based comic artist Özi is joined by 9-year-old Heba, 9-year-old Romario, 12-year-old Lukas and 13-year-old Alexis for a fun children’s art project. Children aged under 18 years old should be ready for a 24-hour #kids4land campaign kicking off on that day! Don’t miss this jam! Awards to be won. Do not miss our Environment and land for young minds - special page on land education |
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2021 Land for Life Award ceremony. Winner of Land for Life Award The 12 finalists of the Land for Life Award were announced on 10 June.
The winner will be announced on 17 June by Ms. Wanjira Mathai and UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim Thiaw.
The Award recognizes initiatives to halt, reduce and/or reverse land degradation that have had a positive impact on people and their land by using a holistic approach as well as practices that address both the environmental and social aspects of land management. Under the theme “Healthy Land, Healthy Lives,” the 2021 Award will spotlight changemakers doing innovative land restoration and conservation that is both promoting the well-being of communities and improving their relationship with nature. |
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OUTREACH MATERIALS
Benefits of land restoration Without land restoration, we will continue to face global crises. Ensuring food and water security, reducing emissions and conserving biodiversity will not be possible without concerted efforts to regenerate our natural capital and transform our food systems.
Land: 13 facts you need to know Land can be our greatest ally in fighting climate change, but first we need to restore it to full health. |
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OUTREACH MATERIALS
For the press Media advisory: The press kit for the 2021 Desertification and Drought Day contains detailed information about the events and multimedia materials sourced from different regions of the world as well as background documents, with data and facts. High-resolution pictures and film footage from Armenia, Canada and Costa Rica are available for use by journalists and media organizations. Credit © UNCCD 2021.
The press kit is available here. |
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OUTREACH MATERIALS Social Media Assets Different types of ready-to-use materials to share to social messages and publicize Thursday’s event are provided: videos, pictures, short films, social cards, virtual reality animations of ELYX and a Tik Tok dance challenge. They are available here Hashtags Hashtags for the day and related events:
#EndLandLoss
#RestorationLandRecovery
#DesertfiicationandDroughtDay
#Kids4Land Have a look at our Campaign materials. Use our social media pack to create your own posts. Share our social media posts on: · Twitter · Facebook · LinkedIn · Instagram |
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OUTREACH MATERIALS
Short film series This film series aims to raise awareness on the theme of this year: Restoration. Land. Recovery. These films are available in Trello. |
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| About the UNCCD
The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the sole legally binding international agreement on land issues. The Convention works with partners to promote good land stewardship. Its 197 Parties aim to achieve land degradation neutrality (LDN) through voluntary national targets. By achieving LDN, we will secure the health and productivity of the land, mitigate the effects of drought and make people and ecosystems more resilient to climate change.
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