UN Convention to Combat Desertification
Sjoukje Yao Wu is an experienced professional in sustainable development and international cooperation, currently serving as an Earth expert at UNESCO since September 2023. Wu has been involved with the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification since 2014, focusing on social media initiatives. Notable contributions include serving as a jury member for the Women's Voices Now International Film Festival in early 2023 and supervising research at Tsinghua University from June 2019 to October 2021. Previous roles include advising on international cooperation projects, supporting local governance initiatives with UNDP, and assisting in environmental projects with various organizations, demonstrating a strong commitment to environmental and development issues. Wu holds multiple degrees, including a PhD in Sustainable Development Cooperation from the Sino-Danish Center for Education and Research, and a cum laude MSc in Public Administration - International Development from Leiden University.
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UN Convention to Combat Desertification
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Our lives depend on land. Healthy land feeds, shelters and clothes us. It sustains our planet’s vital ecosystems, preserves biodiversity and plays a fundamental and increasingly urgent role in mitigating climate change. When land has been degraded by human intervention or plagued by drought, it loses its capacity to sustain life with dire consequences. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is the global vision and voice for land. We unite governments, scientists, policymakers, private sector and communities around a shared vision and global action to restore and manage the world’s land for the sustainability of humanity and the planet. Much more than an international treaty signed by 197 parties, UNCCD is a multilateral commitment to mitigating today’s impacts of land degradation and advancing tomorrow’s land stewardship in order to provide food, water, shelter and economic opportunity to all people in an equitable and inclusive manner. Abundant healthy land fosters our collective wellbeing and resilience, and can enable all people to live on a safe, just and prosperous planet. #UNited4Land