AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoMauritania–Saudi Development Finance: The CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development, Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Murshid, was in Nouakchott to back a new $40m loan deal with Mauritania’s Economy and Sustainable Development ministry, including support for the R’kiz agricultural project to rehabilitate and reclaim land and boost production toward self-sufficiency. Mauritania–Germany Blue Economy & Biodiversity: Nouakchott also hosted a €35m agreement with Germany for vocational training, coastal biodiversity protection and blue economy development, with funding aimed at better skills for jobs and action on marine litter, overfishing, climate impacts and coastal erosion. Sahel Land Restoration Gains: The UN World Food Programme welcomed recognition of the Sahel Integrated Resilience Initiative as a UN World Restoration Flagship, citing work across Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger to restore degraded land, cut exposure to shocks, and support school meals and smallholders. Coastal Climate Risk Mapping: A new high-resolution open dataset maps 386 UNESCO coastal World Heritage sites and their boundaries, covering 235 million hectares, to help assess flooding and erosion risks as climate change accelerates. Land Degradation Alarm: UNCCD leaders highlighted that restoration is scaling up as 40% of the world’s land faces degradation, with new flagship awards targeting nearly 5m hectares restored by 2030.
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