Saudi Arabia and ICR Sign Historic MoU at COP16 Riyadh - Framework for Nature Based Solutions
REYKJAVIK, Iceland, Dec. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- In a collaboration aimed at advancing global climate solutions, the National Center for Vegetation Cover Development and Combating Desertification (NCVC) and the International Carbon Registry (ICR)...
'Turning Point' COP16 Concluding with Accelerated Action and Ambition to Fight Land Degradation and Drought
Riyadh Action Agenda provides launchpad for international engagement Over $12 billion secured for land restoration and drought resilience initiatives Riyadh Global Drought Resilience Partnership mobilizes international action RIYADH, Saudi Arabia,...
Saudi Arabia Launches Sand and Dust Storm Monitoring Initiative to Expand Global Early Warning System Capacity
Resilience Day at COP16 in Riyadh mobilizes action and financing RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Saudi Arabia's UNCCD COP16 Presidency has announced the launch of an international initiative for sand and dust storm monitoring,...
Expanse of Drylands Must be a 'Wake-up Call' Warns Saudi Arabia's UNCCD COP16 Presidency
Sustainability Innovation Week launches with new water research center RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Technology and Innovation Day saw delegates at COP16 in Riyadh seek to harness the restorative potential of innovation...
Researchers Highlight Urgent Need for Land Restoration and Food System Reforms to Protect Climate and Biodiversity
THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia's leading applied research university, in collaboration with Aeon Collective, a nonprofit organization...
Saudi Arabia Launches Riyadh Action Agenda to Accelerate Land Restoration and Drought resilience
Initiative launched during Agri-food System Day at COP16 in Riyadh RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Saudi Arabia's UNCCD COP16 Presidency has announced the launch of the Riyadh Action Agenda, a landmark initiative to mobilize state...
Researchers Call for Action on Land Restoration and Food Systems to Save Climate and Biodiversity
THUWAL, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia's leading applied research university, in collaboration with Aeon Collective, a nonprofit organization...
Saudi COP16 Presidency Calls on Private Sector to 'ramp up' Funding Amid Land Restoration Finance 'blackhole'
Land Day at UNCCD COP16 in Riyadh kicks off thematic days RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Saudi Arabia's UNCCD Presidency launched Land Day today, the first of its seven scheduled Thematic Days designed to focus discussions and...
Over $12 Billion Pledged for Land Restoration and Drought Resilience amid Crunch COP16 Land Financing Talks
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 4, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Global funding for drought resilience, land restoration and the fight against land degradation received a major boost on the second day of the sixteenth Conference of the Parties of the UN...