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COP 1 CONFERENCE of the PARTIES DESERTIFICATION 1997
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CHINA 2017 - In 2017 the Conference of the Parties (COP) was held in China. This Conference witnessed the birth of the first global private sector fund dedicated to implementing the SDGs, known as the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund. China is one of the biggest users of coal, oil, diesel and petroleum fossil fuels. It is the burning of these fuels that creates greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide, the accumulation of which are causing global warming that is changing our climate to makes deserts of land that was previously arable.
The first UN Conference of the Parties to combat desertification was held in Rome, Italy from the 29th of September to the 10th of October 1997.
The
United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (UNCCD) is a Convention to combat
soil degradation that makes deserts of previously fertile land. The aim
being to mitigate the effects of drought through national action programs that incorporate long-term strategies supported by international cooperation and partnership arrangements.
197 PARTIES
The Convention’s 197 parties work together to improve the living conditions for people in drylands, to maintain and restore land and soil productivity, and to mitigate the effects of drought. The UNCCD secretariat facilitates cooperation between developed and developing countries, particularly around knowledge and technology transfer for sustainable land management.
FOOD AID - Desertification gives rise to mass human migration as climate change causes soil degradation, creating refugees who will need feeding as a result of the fossil fuel excesses of the developed world.
THE REGIONS
Five world regions – Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), Northern Mediterranean, Central and Eastern Europe - have the important job of deciding how to implement the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The Convention Text includes five annexes, which each concern one of these world regions.
The implementation of the UNCCD is organized around these five regional implementation annexes. The annexes specify how the Convention will be implemented for each region and set the focus and content of regional and subregional action programmes. These action programmes provide a framework for regional coordination and collaboration. Though the country Parties of the regions define together how the UNCCD will be implemented, most action takes place at the national level.
DESERTIFICATION COP HISTORY
SOIL EROSION - The more land that we lose for to grow crops the greater the food security issue. The more ice that melts from global warming, the more our sea level rises, again, reducing land area. World politics is not working or we would not have these problems. We need to change policies urgently to make politics work for the planet. If that means electing new representatives and executive officers free from conflicts of interest, who understand the urgency of sustainable agriculture, low carbon houses, renewable energy and transport, the electorate should give consideration to voting out the old and voting in new blood for change.
CLIMATE CHANGE COP HISTORY
BIODIVERSITY COP HISTORY
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LINKS & REFERENCE
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld https://www.unccd.int/ https://www.unccd.int/convention/about-convention https://www.un.org/
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