Global efforts to address drought risk: Perspectives from the UNCCD – From policies to practice: Solutions to strengthen global to local drought risk management – 2023 Water for Food Global Conference.pptx
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- Drought is a growing global problem that is being exacerbated by climate change. By 2050, three-quarters of the world's population will live in drought-prone areas if no action is taken. - Recent drought events in regions like the Western US, Europe, Chile, Australia, and the Horn of Africa from 2020-2022 have had widespread impacts on societies, economies, and ecosystems. Droughts are causing over $100 billion in economic losses each year. - There is an urgent need for more proactive, collaborative approaches to building drought resilience rather than reactive crisis management. The UNCCD is working to catalyze action through initiatives like the International Drought Resilience Alliance.
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Global efforts to address drought risk: Perspectives from the UNCCD – From policies to practice: Solutions to strengthen global to local drought risk management – 2023 Water for Food Global Conference.pptx
- 1. Global efforts to address drought risk: Perspectives from the UNCCD Daniel Tsegai, Ph.D Programme Management Officer United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- 2. Drought, a global & urgent issue • Within the next 80 years, 129 countries will experience an increase in drought exposure mainly due to climate change alone (Smirnov et al., 2016, SRD 2021) • The direct & indirect impacts of drought across society, economy & ecosystems are often difficult to quantify. • The damage & costs resulting from drought are usually “hidden” due to widespread/cascading impacts, often “invisible” affecting the everyday life of people, not always attributed to the drought.
- 3. Droughts are hitting harder and more often By 2050, three in four people will live in drought situations. Drought is deadly. More than 10 million people lost their lives due to major drought events in the past century. Drought is devastating. Plants affected by drought has more than doubled in the last 40 years. Drought is costly. In the period 1998-2017, drought impacts generated economic losses of about US$124 billion across the world and the numbers are rising 55 million people globally are directly affected by drought every year (WHO, 2021).
- 4. DROUGHTS 2020-22 Western United States: past two decades have been the driest in 1,200 years. Europe: severe drought – the worst in 500 years Chile: mega drought is in its 13th consecutive year Recent Australian droughts may be the worst in 800 years Horn of Africa: worst drought with at least 26 million people struggling to meet basic needs
- 5. Drought Resilience: Collaborative approach needed The consequences of the recent drought events in 2022 were felt by almost everyone across the globe. It is more urgent than ever to proactively tackle the root causes of droughts & build resilience across social sectors & ecological systems. While proactive planning across sectors within countries is essential, international collaboration is needed to effectively manage drought and to allow transfer of knowledge and learning between countries. Collaborative arrangements to anticipate and respond to droughts quickly can avert /reduce the scale of the impacts.
- 6. Reactive to Proactive Approach Source: Bruenetrup and Tsegai (2017)
- 7. DROUGHT DECISIONS @ COP 15 Parties tasked an Intergovernmental Working Group with identifying and evaluating all options – including global policy instruments and regional policy frameworks – to rapidly shift from reactive to proactive drought management. Support countries to develop national plans; establish early warning systems & mobilize drought finance Foster high-level global awareness incl. co-organizing High-level Meeting on National Drought Policy (+10) in 2024.
- 8. IDRA is a collaborative platform which aims to catalyze political momentum & action that supports countries, cities, and communities. To generate political momentum to make drought resilience a priority to be mainstreamed in national development and cooperation policies To catalyze the consolidation of regional initiatives/programs that facilitate action, innovation, technology & knowledge transfer & resource mobilization. To promote full engagement of stakeholders, incl. the private sector. To facilitate knowledge sharing & networking to increase synergistic impacts of stakeholders dealing with drought resilience. Spearheaded by the governments of Senegal and Spain, a group of like-minded countries took the initiative to form an International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA). The alliance was launched in Sharm El Sheikh during COP 27.
- 9. 1. Argentina 2. Belgium 3. Chile 4. China 5. Costa Rica 6. Cote d’Ivoire 7. Dominican Republic 8. Egypt 9. European Union 10. France 11. Germany 12. Ghana 13. Honduras 14. Kenya 15. Mauritania 16. Mexico UN Entities 1. Convention on Biological Diversity 2. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations 3. United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs 4. World Meteorological Organization 5. United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction 6. United Nations Development Programme 7. United Nations Environment Programme 8. United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 17. Mongolia 18. Morocco 19. Namibia 20. Panama 21. Portugal 22. Senegal 23. Slovakia 24. Slovenia 25. Somalia 26. Spain 27. Tunisia 28. United Arab Emirates 29. United States of America 30. Uzbekistan Member States MDBs and Financial Facilities 1. Global Environment Facility 2. Green Climate Fund 3. Adaptation Fund 4. Asian Development Bank 5. European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 6. Inter-American Development Bank 7. International Fund for Agricultural Development 8. CAF Development Bank Inter governmental/nongovernmental Organizations 1. Association for Indigenous Women and Peoples of Chad 2. Comité Permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) 3. Global Water Partnership 4. International Union for Conservation of Nature 5. Observatoire du Sahara et du Sahel 6. The Nature Conservancy 7. WWF 8. Union for the Mediterranean Supporting Countries and Agencies
- 10. The four Pillars of IDRA
- 11. Road Map
- 13. UNCCD is the global vision and voice for land
- 14. Brief overview of UNCCD The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD): • Adopted on 17 June 1994 • Entered into force in 1996 • The only legally binding framework set up to address desertification and the effects of drought. • 197 Parties, including 196 countries and the European Union More about the Convention: https://www.unccd.int/convention
- 15. Land is life Our lives depend on land. Healthy land feeds, shelters and clothes us. up to 40% of land worldwide has been degraded, with dire consequences for our climate, biodiversity and livelihoods.
- 16. 86% of the UNCCD Parties are affected by desertification, land degradation and drought (169 of the 196 country parties) Desertification, land degradation and drought pose a serious challenge to sustainable development and humanity’s ability to survive in many areas of the world.
- 17. Impacts of land degradation Half the world’s population – on every continent – is affected by land degradation today. • 10% of GDP is lost due to land degradation per year • 1 in 3 people worldwide live and work in the drylands — fragile ecosystems that are on the frontline of land degradation impacts. • In the decade to 2017, drought affected at least 1.5 billion people and cost US$125 billion globally.
- 18. Global commitment to a land degradation- neutral world
- 19. Land Degradation Neutrality Adopted by 130 nations worldwide, Land Degradation Neutrality is a global commitment to end land loss by 2030. We support countries in reaching and surpassing this goal by generating new healthy land. Figure: Land Degradation Neutrality hierarchy
- 20. THANK YOU
Editor's Notes
- Much more than an international treaty signed by 197 parties, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is a multilateral commitment to mitigating today’s impacts of desertification, land degradation and drought, and to shaping tomorrow’s land stewardship.
- Source: The Land in Numbers (UNCCD, 2014) https://www.unccd.int/resources/publications/land-numbers-livelihoods-tipping-point
- Sustainable Development Goal Target 15.3 calls on countries to “combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world”. In addition, land plays an important part in achieving many other SDGs.
- Land Degradation Neutrality is groundbreaking framework and planning tool for the sustainable management of land and water systems. Adopted by 130 nations worldwide, LDN aims to counteract the potential loss of land-based capital by scaling up sound stewardship and restoration practices in target areas. The result, a baseline of net-zero land loss, ensures the continuity of essential goods and services, including food, water and energy production. The UNCCD’s goal is a future that avoids, reduces, and reverses land degradation.