Sand and Dust Storms Compendium - Information and Guidance on Assessing and Addressing

mailto:secretariat%40unccd.int?subject= Sand and Dust Storms Compendium Information and Guidance on Assessing and Addressing the Risks Acknowledgements The Sand and Dust Storms Compendium is a collaborative effort led by the Secretariat of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in collaboration with the UNCCD Science-Policy Interface (SPI), the World M. [...] Cooperation, collaboration and coordination: The United Nations Coalition on Combating Sand and Dust Storms was launched in September 2019 and has five working groups: adaptation and mitigation; forecasting and early warning; health and safety; policy and governance; and mediation and regional collaboration. [...] The resolution recognized that SDS pose Despite the dramatic effects of SDS – a significant challenge to sustainable such as sand covering crops – the lack of development and underscored the need to regular reporting on the full range of SDS promptly undertake measures to address impacts and the limited quantification of the impacts and challenges they pose to economic impacts (see chapter 6) mean. [...] This Sand and Dust Storms Compendium: Information and Guidance on Assessing and Addressing the Risks is part of efforts by the UNCCD Secretariat, guided by the COP (Decision 25/COP.14), working with other United Nations entities and affected countries, to better understand and address the impacts of SDS. [...] UNCCD | Sand and Dust Storms Compendium | Chapter 1 | Introduction 7 1.3  Compendium 1.4  Content of the objective and users Compendium The objective of the Sand and Dust The Compendium content is divided into Storms Compendium: Information and 13 chapters: Guidance on Assessing and Addressing the Risks is to provide guidance, tools • Chapter 1 – “I.