Global – VCA

ACDD at COP16: Advocating for Sustainable Land Management in North Africa

From December 2 to 13, 2024, the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (COP16-UNCCD) convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, under the slogan “Our land, our future.” As the first COP held in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, the event brought together over 20,000 participants from 170 countries, including 3,500 representatives from civil society organisations.

Lessons from implementing the VCA’s Next Level Grants Facility (NLGF)

Fostering local ownership, responding to climate emergencies and co-creating local solutions through bridging climate finance at the local level

Powerful stories from VCA’s Knowledge Partners

Organisations and communities mobilising local knowledge and strengthening climate action

Increasing Importance of Sustainable Food Systems during COP

It has been nearly two months since the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) at Dubai’s Expo City in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Expectations had been high ahead of COP28 on progress on negotiations on sustainable food systems, particularly as the UN Food Systems Summit, UN 2023 Water Conference and the COP28 Presidency had committed to achieve net-zero, nature-positive and resilient agri-food and water systems.

Reflections on the UN Food Systems Summit+2 and the road to COP28 for food systems transformation

The first UN Food Systems Summit took place in 2021 and centred on transforming fragile global food systems that are failing to deliver food to all, leading to food insecurity and malnutrition.

Clawing back of climate finance commitments a big loss for the Global South

Maimuna Kabatesi is the Global Program Manager of the Voices for Just Climate Action program. Read her strong plea on why diverting climate finance should never be an option. The recently leaked British plans to drop a £11.6bn climate and nature funding pledge will “pave the way for other government to scale back their climate commitments.”

Making global climate finance work for local solutions

How to mobilize climate finance is one of the key recent debates sparked by the climate crisis. The first step is to recognize that not all countries bear the same responsibility for the crisis, nor are they equally able to respond to it. This means that those countries which have contributed most to the climate crisis are obliged to provide financial resources to assist developing countries implement climate action plans. But this is just the supply side: the way finance is mobilized. The way the money is spent is more complex. How best to distribute (enough) climate finance justly and equitably is a tricky question. One that’s at the heart of climate justice. Let’s get to the bottom of it!.