Mongolia hosted the first inception workshop under the ELD Initiative’s Economics of Rio Synergies project, marking an important step toward economically informed, integrated implementation of the Rio Conventions at national level.
As part of Mongolia’s preparations for UNCCD COP17, the ELD Initiative and partners conducted a training in Ulaanbaatar on the economics and financing of sustainable land management and ecosystem restoration.
The ELD Impact Report 2025 showcases how economic evidence from land assessments informs policies, investments, and restoration efforts worldwide. It highlights both the year’s achievements and ELD’s decade-long global impact.
The ELD Initiative recently convened experts in Bonn to develop a unified framework for enhancing synergies across the Rio Conventions. The approach will be piloted in Mongolia and aims to support countries in implementing coordinated, land-based…
The ELD Initiative celebrates 15 years of advancing evidence-based solutions to address land degradation worldwide. Marking this milestone, ELD reflects on its impact to date while looking ahead to the next chapter of turning economic knowledge into…
For every dollar invested in protecting nature, thirty are spent destroying it – the new SFN report report, co-authored by UNEP, ELD and Global Canopy reveals why redirecting finance is key to a nature-positive economy.
From 29th of September to 1st of October, leading experts from the ELD Working Group came together in Potsdam, Germany for a joint Writeshop with the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) addressing financing opportunities for…
Join us in showcasing innovative solutions and building a drought-resilient future: This competition calls for practical case studies addressing either economic and business cases or innovative finance mechanisms to support SLM and drought…
