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Stories from the movement

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Reflections, frontline stories and updates from young people restoring land and shaping the response to drought and desertification.

  • Frontline

    What restoring land looks like when you’re 19

    A young restoration practitioner in the Sahel on turning degraded fields back into food and future.

    Read story →: What restoring land looks like when you’re 19
  • Explainer

    LDN, decoded: what “Land Degradation Neutrality” means

    The jargon that runs UNCCD, explained by youth, for youth, without the acronym headache.

    Read story →: LDN, decoded: what “Land Degradation Neutrality” means
  • Drought

    When the rains don’t come: youth voices on drought

    Three young people from three continents on living with, and fighting, water scarcity.

    Read story →: When the rains don’t come: youth voices on drought
  • Policy

    How to get youth demands into a COP17 decision

    From testimony to treaty language: a practical guide to influencing the mechanism.

    Read story →: How to get youth demands into a COP17 decision
  • Wellbeing

    From eco-anxiety to action

    Naming the weight young people carry, and the practices that help us keep going.

    Read story →: From eco-anxiety to action
  • Road to COP17

    Packing for Ulaanbaatar: a first-timer’s guide

    Accreditation, Blue Zone versus Green Zone, and how to make your first COP count.

    Read story →: Packing for Ulaanbaatar: a first-timer’s guide

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