UNCCD launches Drought Resilience Investment Facility

Source: The Namibian · 2026-11-05T15:00:00.000Z · Climate

Parties to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) have established the Drought Resilience Investment Facility, which is the world’s first global finance instrument dedicated to shifting from crisis response to pro-active drought preparation. This was said by the senior conservation scientist in the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Tourism at a meeting of the national committee on the Rio Conventions held in Windhoek recently. Natalia Nakashona, who deals with issues of sustainable land management and biodiversity in the ministry, said the facility was launched at the 17th Conference of Parties to the UNCCD held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from

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