Desertif'actions 2026

Désertif’Actions is an international multi-stakeholder summit initiated and run by CARI since 2006. Focusing on the issue of land, Désertif’Actions aims to encourage and maintain a process of decompartmentalising the families of players involved in implementing the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification. Through consultation and sharing, the aim is to better clarify the issues at stake, prepare positions and take the message to the heart of ongoing international negotiations.

This dynamic generally centres around a summit co-organised with the Convention and another partner before the Conference of the Parties. It includes a number of highlights, such as plenary sessions and thematic workshops, a special event open to the general public, including a concert, and an international press cartoon competition designed to illustrate the various concerns relating to the Earth. There may also be a more complete dynamic, with initial actions in the countries, online work sessions, post-CP meetings to share the results, and so on.