At COP 28 last week, I had the chance to speak with Ibrahim Thiaw, the executive secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, the U.N. agency working to combat desertification.
This conversation has been edited for length and clarity.
What are the main themes you're focused on as you look at land use restoration and how to protect the dwindling land that exists in the world today?
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Raj Kumar is the President and Editor-in-Chief at Devex, the media platform for the global development community. He is a media leader and former humanitarian council chair for the World Economic Forum and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His work has led him to more than 50 countries, where he has had the honor to meet many of the aid workers and development professionals who make up the Devex community. He is the author of the book "The Business of Changing the World," a go-to primer on the ideas, people, and technology disrupting the aid industry.
