Summary

UN Environment (UNEP) together with the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) hosted a sand and dust storm (SDS) technical scoping meeting at the WMO headquarters in Geneva with key partners and experts to discuss and agree on the way forward for a technical project on sand and dust storm (SDS).

The aims of this meeting were to learn about current work happening across the UN and partners on the topic of SDS, to identify problems and objectives and develop a Theory of Change. This would lead to determination of potential SDS project themes, outcomes and outputs and to outline the relative roles of UN agencies and partners. Also, to identify potential funding, donors and other stakeholders.