🌍🌾 Desertification is causing a growing health crisis.

🗓️ On #DesertificationandDroughtDay, we call for a united approach to reduce risks from with slow-onset disasters like desertification & drought, to preserve our health, our legacy, & our future.

📹 Watch 👇#UNited4Land https://t.co/CWOVQKe2Vt

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Over 3.2 billion people are affected by desertification - and it’s spreading rapidly.

This #DesertificationandDroughtDay, let’s stop taking our soils for granted 🌱

Submit your innovative soil health research project for EU funding under #MissionSoil 👉 https://t.co/88Aux2i3jw https://t.co/hqopEMbysF

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On #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, here's a reminder:

Droughts are intensifying across Europe 🏜️

In May 2025, large parts of Eastern & Northern Europe faced warning or alert drought levels - impacting crops, ecosystems & people.

Learn more: https://t.co/LZ5PkJjses https://t.co/FUgTcXdwhv

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Desertification & drought demand global action NOW!

This #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, we're launching new initiatives aimed at:
🌍 Boosting Global Drought Resilience
♀️ Empowering Women in Environmental Negotiations

More 👉 https://t.co/vJJeWClvQg

#WaterWiseEU #UnitedForLand https://t.co/GWK2aOEOdH

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By 2030, Africa’s #GreatGreenWall aims to:
✅ Restore 100M hectares of degraded land

✅ Sequester 250M tonnes of CO2

✅ Create 10M jobs
See how @FAO is providing support
🔗 https://t.co/JNhVv0Zj0G
#DesertificationAndDroughtDay #UNited4Land @_AfricanUnion https://t.co/vNKkQDMSxJ

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RT @UNCCD: It's #DesertificationandDroughtDay!

Leaders, civil society and #Indigenous Peoples gather in Bogotá, Colombia to call for 🌍 land restoration as a foundation of food security, sustainable development and peace.

Join us on YouTube at 18:30 Bogotá time: https://t.co/ZzI6xqenC8 https://t.co/YihDh6fRl4

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🚨Up to 40% of the world’s land is degraded, putting over 3 billion people at risk. The good news? Land can recover🌱

This #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, let’s unite to restore land and secure a more resilient, equitable, and sustainable future for all.

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🌵Today is #DesertificationAndDroughtDay—a reminder that healthy land = healthy people, nature, climate & economies.

40% of land is degraded—but unlocking the potential of restoration offers hope, jobs & resilience. 🌱

#LandRestoration #ForPeopleForPlanet #NaturePositive https://t.co/z3Gos9Wfqx

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RT @LIFEprogramme: It’s #DesertificationAndDroughtDay 🏜️

#LIFEProject LIFE AgrOassis is enhancing #ClimateChange adaptation in the agricultural sector🌾

The project aims to reduce the risk of desertification and wildfires in Greece & Cyprus.

👉 https://t.co/tuFm5oa23U

#EUSoil #ClimateAction https://t.co/bsgmAKnkkt

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Do we hear enough about the opportunities of restoration?

This #DesertificationAndDroughtDay, @UNCCD calls for a “Restoration Economy” where healthy land unlocks jobs, food, water & climate resilience.

Restoration = economic + development opportunity. 🌱

#ForPeopleForPlanet https://t.co/GP3WnEYR3F

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