Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Today marks the end of Ibrahim Thiaw's six-and-a-half-year term as Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. In this special farewell episode of our podcast, Mr. Thiaw reflects on his extraordinary journey, from a village in Mauritania to some of the highest positions in the United Nations.
“I never saw drought or desertification as statistics,” he says. 'I saw people. I saw their faces. I lived it.'
Under his leadership, land was prioritized as a key issue for global sustainability, resilience, peace, and justice. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, the UNCCD successfully organized a COP, amplifying the voices of women and young people and bringing land issues to the forefront of the international agenda.
What’s next? Listen to this heartfelt conversation about leadership, resilience, and perseverance.
#Leadership #Legacy #LandRestoration #IbrahimThiaw #UNCCD #EnvironmentalJustice #YouthLeadership #Multilateralism #UN80 #Resilience
Today marks the end of Ibrahim Thiaw's six-and-a-half-year term as Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. In this special farewell episode of our podcast, Mr. Thiaw reflects on his extraordinary journey, from a village in Mauritania to some of the highest positions in the United Nations.
“I never saw drought or desertification as statistics,” he says. 'I saw people. I saw their faces. I lived it.'
Under his leadership, land was prioritized as a key issue for global sustainability, resilience, peace, and justice. Despite the challenges of the global pandemic, the UNCCD successfully organized a COP, amplifying the voices of women and young people and bringing land issues to the forefront of the international agenda.
What’s next? Listen to this heartfelt conversation about leadership, resilience, and perseverance.
#Leadership #Legacy #LandRestoration #IbrahimThiaw #UNCCD #EnvironmentalJustice #YouthLeadership #Multilateralism #UN80 #Resilience
