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All that happened at UNCCD COP14

  • June 17, 2023
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All that happened at UNCCD COP14

Subject: Environment

Section: International conventions

UNCCD COP14 throws up innovative methods to fund drought mitigation

  • The commercialisation of basic livelihood and services such as water supply and sanitation would generate sufficient funds to mitigate drought.
  • The experts batted for the engagement of the private sector to get funds for drought.
  • A successful insurance model from Africa for innovative financing to tackle drought is the Africa Risk Capacity (ARC).
    • Established in 2012 as a body of the Africa Union, its aim is to improve member countries’ prepared- redness for tackling extreme weather events and natural disasters.
  • An interactive ‘drought toolbox’ was launched to monitor early drought warnings and methods of mitigation.

Public-private partnerships can help restore degraded lands

  • Business leaders were keen to collaborate with the public sector and the civil society to on land degradation projects. They called for encouraging public-private partnerships to restore degraded lands at the 14th Conference of Parties (CoP 14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).

Experts stress restoring Sahel region by 2030

  • Partners of the African-led Great Green Wall Initiative have agreed to bold targets to restore 100 million hectares of land and create 10 million green jobs by 2030 across the Sahel.
  • The Great Green Wall Initiative, launch in 2007 by African Union, is a flagship programme that aims to combat climate change and desertification. It has made major progress in restoring Sahara-Sahel landscapes.
  • They also called to focus on land degradation. Nearly 65 per cent of land in the African continent is under degradation and requires immediate attentions, they said.
  • The initiative aims to achieve:
    • Large-scale landscape restoration
    • Creation of 10 million green jobs
    • Promotion of clean energy by 2030

Land utility as solar park:

  • Generating Solar power needs the most amount of land among green energy sources, claimed Global Land Outlook, a report released by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
  • India showcased the biggest solar power plant as a model to deal with land degradation while meeting energy requirements.
    • The Pavagada power plant of Karnataka is billed as the world’s largest solar park spread over 13,000 acres of land.
    • The 2000 MW solar park is spread across five villages — Thirumani, Rayacherlu, Vallur, Balasamudra and Kyataganacherlu in Nagalamadike Hobli of Pavagada Taluk in Karnataka’s Tumakuru district.
    • The arid region with fallow land was not irrigated and a drought-like situation prevailed continuously.
All that happened at UNCCD COP14 Environment

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