AI-CD Side Event at UNCCD-COP14 in New Delhi, India ~ Accelerating Global Efforts on Combatting Desertification Towards Achieving SDGs in 2030~

2019/11/5

Overview The Side Event of the African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) during the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) COP14 was held on 5th September 2019 at the India Expo Mart in India. As many as around 100 participants attended the side event from Africa …more

AI-CD Follow-Up Meeting at UNCCD COP14 in New Delhi, India ~ Cross-regional discussions looking ahead to the latter half of the AI-CD～

2019/11/5

Overview The Follow-Up Meeting on African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (AI-CD) was held on 3rd Sept 2019 during the UNCCD COP14 in New Delhi, India. For the mid-term point of AI-CD implementation (2016-2022), …more

AI-CD’s 3rd Regional Forum for the Sahel ーHigh-level political commitment to AI-CD shown by participating countriesー

2019/10/3

Overview Opening speech being delivered by Mr. Amedi Camara, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mauritania The 3rd Regional Forum for the Sahel region on African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (AI-…more

UNCCD COP14 Side Event: AI-CD – Accelerating Global Efforts on Combating Desertification towards Achieving SDGs in 2030 –

2019/8/29

UNCCD COP14 Side Event AI-CD – Accelerating Global Efforts on Combating Desertification towards Achieving SDGs in 2030 – Thursday, September 5, 2019 18:00 – 20:00 India Expo Centre & Mart – Room MET-10 Greater Noida Delhi NCR India *Dinner will be served. Co-organizers &#…more

AI-CD’s 3rd Regional Forum for the Horn of Africa: Seeking Ways to Access Finance

2019/7/11

Overview The 3rd Regional Forum for Horn of Africa on African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and Horn of Africa (AI-CD) was held from 14th to 16th of May 2019 in Nairobi, Kenya. It particularly focused on access to finance for promoti…more

National Workshop on African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) Held in Nigeria

2019/5/13

A two-day national workshop on the African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) hosted by the Federal Ministry of Environment of Nigeria was held in Abuja on April 11-12, 2019. It convened over 70 stakeholders who actively presented, deliberated, and discussed matters on desertification …more

The Second JICA Knowledge Co-Creation Program on AI-CD held in Tsukuba, Japan

2019/3/1

Overview The second Knowledge Co-Creation Programme (*) on “Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa,” under the African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD), was held in Tsukuba, Japan from 25 November to 8 December 2018. Nine participan…more

AI-CD’s 2nd Sahel Regional Forum: Translating Plans into Actions

2018/10/2

Overview The 2nd Regional Forum of the African Initiative for Combating Desertification to Strengthen Resilience to Climate Change in the Sahel and the Horn of Africa (AI-CD) was held from 28th to 30th August 2018 in Dakar, Senegal. Around 50 participants from seven countries in the Sahel Region att…more

Combating desertification in the Sahel: Niger awarded for best practices

2018/9/11

Claudio Zucca International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)   Niger wins competition on best practices to combat desertification and enhance resilience in the Sahel Dakar, Senegal – What are the best practices in countries in the Sahel region when it comes to combating des…more

South Sudan AI-CD Focal Point Launched Flagship Initiatives to Fight Desertification

2018/9/4

  A two-day workshop hosted by the South Sudan Focal Point for the African Initiative for Combating Desertification (AI-CD) was held in Juba on July 24-25, 2018, convening over 40 stakeholders who actively presented, deliberated, and discussed matters on desertification and its impacts in the r…more