RIYADH: Saudi Arabia has outlined its efforts to combat land degradation and restore degraded ecosystems during the 15th session of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. The Kingdom’s delegation to the COP15 forum, which is being held in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, until May 20, was led by Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture
A summit meeting was held on May 9, under the patronage of the Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara. The conference was attended by various state leaders, ministers, and heads of delegations participating in COP15.
The G20 global initiative aims to prevent, halt, and reverse land degradation through building on existing relevant regional and global initiatives. To serve this end, the initiative will work jointly with existing multiple-party initiative to add momentum to the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration.