Through Resolution A/RES/78/314, Member States proclaimed the United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms (2025–2034) with the aim of enhancing international and regional cooperation and supporting and scaling up efforts to prevent, halt and mitigate the adverse impacts of sand and dust storms, particularly in affected countries.

In pursuit of this goal, the Decade envisions a future in which the adverse impacts of sand and dust storms are significantly reduced and no longer pose a major threat to human well-being, sustainable development and environmental resilience.

Objectives

Decade seeks to:

• Accelerate and sustain action to mobilize the means of implementation needed to prevent, reduce and manage the impacts of sand and dust storms
• Strengthen international cooperation and collaboration in science, research, innovation and knowledge-sharing at the local, national, regional and global levels
• Promote inclusive public-private and multi-stakeholder partnerships to support coordinated, integrated and sustained action to combat sand and dust storms