Mobilizing coordinated
global action for land

The Riyadh Action Agenda is a pioneering global platform, mobilizing coordinated action between states and non-state actors to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land by 2030.

  • Tierra agrietada reseca y seca con grietas profundas.

    Every second, an equivalent of four football fields of healthy land becomes degraded.

    This is severely weakening ecosystems, biodiversity, and humanity’s capacity to withstand a heating planet.

  • But we’re still in time to save our land, and protect our future.

    With coordinated collective action, we can restore our planet’s health and secure livelihoods for humanity and deliver a prosperous future for all.

United by shared goals

The Riyadh Action Agenda aims to strengthen partnerships to advance progress on global land goals.

Scaling and speeding up practical land solutions that are socially, environmentally and economically beneficial, needs us all – from businesses, to farmers, regional and local governments to financial institutions, investors to research bodies, Indigenous Peoples and civil society – supporting state commitments and driving further ambition.

White tree outline - Conserve and restore 1.5 billion ha of degraded land, including 250 million ha of degraded agricultural land.

Conserve and restore 1.5 billion ha of degraded land, including 250 million ha of degraded agricultural land.

White droplet outline - Boost drought and water resilience, protecting 30% of lands and inland waters.

Boost drought and water resilience, protecting 30% of lands and inland waters.

White hand holding money outline - Mobilize US$2.1 trillion in global investments towards these goals.

Mobilize US$2.1 trillion in global investments towards these goals.

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  • For people, nature and climate

    Healthy land and soils are vital for people, climate and biodiversity. 

    But nearly half of the world’s land is degrading due to overexploitation – weakening ecosystems, biodiversity, and humanity’s capacity to withstand a heating planet.

    Addressing these challenges in an integrated, holistic manner can deliver countless benefits to people, nature and climate.

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  • Mujer trabajando en un campo verde, sosteniendo un machete en el hombro, con un diagrama circular sobrepuesta que muestra áreas como conservación, agricultura, resiliencia al agua y finanzas, y el enfoque en personas.

    Holding people at the heart of real-world solutions

    Launched in Dec 2024 by the UNCCD COP16 Presidency, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Riyadh Action Agenda was developed in consultation with more than 300 non-state actors – from businesses to farmers, sub-national governments to investors, and researchers to Indigenous Peoples and local communities – gathering 180+ hours of feedback in multi-stakeholder dialogues at UNCCD COP16.

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100+ supporting initiatives

Together, we can save our land and protect our future.

By supporting the Riyadh Action Agenda, you are joining a community of leading initiatives and organizations united under a pioneering global platform.

Express your interest to join the Riyadh Action Agenda, sharing your land restoration and conservation, drought and water resilience, and/or financial mobilization commitments and progress via the official online form.

YOUR IMPACT

✓ Contribute to the generation of an estimated annual economic flow of US$1.8 trillion from increased productivity and avoided damages.

✓ Support the livelihoods of 1.5 billion people working and trapped on degrading agricultural land.

✓ Avert the displacement of 700M people due to drought – and prevent water shortages for three quarters of humanity.

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What is a Riyadh Action Agenda initiative?

An organized effort with clear objectives, measurable targets and demonstrable impacts for land conservation and water resilience.
To be considered aligned with the Riyadh Action Agenda, your initiative must meet a short but considered set of criteria that ensure transparent, consistent and accountable reporting.

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How can I join the Riyadh Action Agenda?

From signalling alignment, to actively contributing towards the development of the Riyadh Action Agenda, there are three different forms of participation and associated benefits for initiatives and partners that are working to directly or indirectly contribute to the global goals on land restoration and water and drought resilience.

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How do we achieve global goals on land and drought?

Building synergies among the Rio Conventions on land, climate and biodiversity, the Riyadh Action Agenda is and active contributor to the UNFCCC COP30 Action Agenda, as part of the Activation Group on Landscape Restoration and Sustainable Agriculture.

In an inclusive process, convening diverse partners already leading real-world solutions for land, the Riyadh Action Agenda is introducing and starting the co-development process of a set of 15 measurable, time-bound milestones to to advance global land restoration and drought resilience goals.

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