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Youth engagement in the UNCCD

The commitment focuses on UNCCD's Youth Engagement Strategy (YES) and related activities. The Strategy envisions empowered youth actively engaging in policies and integrating youth voices in decision-making; the commitment will foster participation and partnerships, providing financial and technical support for young people and building capacity and networking to inspire them to pursue meaningful and sustainable careers.

Entity

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) United Nations system entity

Policy, advocacy and convening power

Partners

  • UNCCD Youth Caucus

    Youth organization, civil society, non-governmental, non-profit organization

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation

  • UNCCD CSO panel

    Youth organization, civil society, non-governmental, non-profit organization

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation

  • Youth Negotiators Academy

    Youth organization, civil society, non-governmental, non-profit organization

    Technical assistance, expertise and implementation

Sustainable Development Goals & targets

  • 1.1 By 2030, eradicate extreme poverty for all people everywhere, currently measured as people living on less than $1.25 a day
  • 1.2 By 2030, reduce at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions
  • 1.4 By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resource
  • 2.1 By 2030, end hunger and ensure access by all people, in particular the poor and people in vulnerable situations, including infants, to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year round
  • 2.2 By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
  • 2.3 By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
  • 2.4 By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
  • 8.4 Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavour to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation, in accordance with the 10-Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production, with developed countries taking the lead
  • 8.5 By 2030, achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value
  • 8.6 By 2020, substantially reduce the proportion of youth not in employment, education or training
  • 15.1 By 2020, ensure the conservation, restoration and sustainable use of terrestrial and inland freshwater ecosystems and their services, in particular forests, wetlands, mountains and drylands, in line with obligations under international agreements
  • 15.2 By 2020, promote the implementation of sustainable management of all types of forests, halt deforestation, restore degraded forests and substantially increase afforestation and reforestation globally
  • 15.3 By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world

Themes

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Following decision 5/COP15 of the COP to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the Secretariat has developed a Youth Engagement Strategy (YES) to ensure stronger, effective, and meaningful participation of youth in the meetings and processes of the Convention.

The UNCCD YES envisions a future where each successive generation of young people is aware, capacitated, and empowered to fully engage with policies and integrated approaches to land restoration that can support multistakeholder action and positive outcomes for livelihoods, communities, nature, biodiversity, and climate.


The commitment aims to:

  • Facilitating the participation of the youth in UNCCD decision-making processes and having a strong voice in the broader policy discussions on land use and governance.
  • Enabling the youth to assist countries and communities in combatting desertification, land degradation, and drought.
  • Empower the youth to create opportunities for sustained engagement, resulting in leadership positions and meaningful jobs and careers that generate shared prosperity from sustainable land and water management practices.


For its implementation, the Parties and stakeholders have identified the following strategic objectives:

  • SO1: Advance youth-focused policies for the implementation of the UNCCD.
  • SO2: Support meaningful participation and partnerships.
  • SO3: Provide dedicated financial and technical support to young people.
  • SO4: Build capacity and support networking for the youth.

https://www.unccd.int/land-and-life/youth/overview
https://twitter.com/UNCCDcso
https://www.instagram.com/unccdcso

Deliverables and links to SDG targets

  • 100 young people trained in relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, ICT skills and soft skills

    15.3 By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world

    The secretariat will facilitate the participation of 100 youth representatives to attend the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties and will support their training and engagement through a pavilion and the organization of the Youth Conference.

    BY: Dec 2024
Global

Start

17-Jun-2024

End

31-Dec-2029

Target: Only young people

Primarily:
  • Young people in rural areas

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