Luc Gnacadja

Luc Gnacadja

human

Ein sex anaa gender	male
Country wey e be citizen	Benin
Name wey dem give am	Luc
Ein date of birth	19 October 1958
Place dem born am	Porto-Novo
Languages edey speak, rep anaa sign	French
Ein occupation	politician
Employer	UN
Position ehold	Minister of the Environment of Benin
Educate for	John F. Kennedy School of Government

Luc-Marie Constant Gnacadja anaa simply Luc Gnacadja be a Beninese politician den architect. He be Executive Secretary of de United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification from 2007 to 2013.

Political career

Gnacadja serve insyd de government of Benin as Minister of de Environment, Housing, den Urban Planning from June 1999 to February 2005 under long-time President Mathieu Kérékou. Due to major political changes taking place since 2005, particularly plus President Kérékou barred from running again by a two-term limit den an age limit of 70 years for candidates, Gnacadja ran for president as de unique candidate of de Envol movement insyd de March 2006 presidential election, receiving 11th place den 0.68% of de vote insyd de first round.

United Nations career

Insyd terms of ministerial authority, Luc Gnacadja represent Benin as de head of delegation to de UNCCD den at de UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) den Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) while serving as Minister.

Insyd September 2007, dem appoint Luc Gnacadja as Executive Secretary of de United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, after he be endorse by de Bureau of de Conference of de Parties of de UNCCD. Insyd applying for de position, dem talk say Gnacadja be backed by Beninese President Yayi Boni. Gnacadja's second term concluded at de end of September 2013.

Since he first take office insyd 2007, he manage to effectively address de UNCCD's lack of scientific basis. Ein vision of de UNCCD process be base on moving de Convention towards effective implementation through evidence-based policymaking, target setting den monitoring of implementation by means of agreeing a strong den globally trusted set of impacts den progress indicators by de scientific community; so as to build a strong den authoritative science den policy interface for de Convention. Accordingly, de Conference of the Parties (COP) at its eighth session insyd 2007 decide dat future sessions of de Committee on Science and Technology (CST) shall be organize insyd a predominantly scientific den technical conference-style format den focus on a specific thematic topic relevant to de implementation of The ten-year Strategy to enhance de implementation of de Convention (2008-2018), to be determined insyd advance by de COP De UNCCD 3rd Scientific Conference on “Combating Desertification, Land Degrdation den Drought (DLDD) for poverty reduction den sustainable development: de contribution of science, technology, traditional knowledge den practices” (decision 18/COP.10) be expecte to hold insyd March 2015 insyd Mexico.

Key issues

Insyd 1992, de first Earth summit wey dey hold insyd Rio agree to combat land degradation. Under Gnacadja's direction, Rio+20 wey hold insyd 2012 witness de birth of a new paradigm: "land degradation neutrality" meant to reduce land degradation to de minimum level close to de unavoidable degradation by means of prevention while at de same time restoring degraded areas whenever possible by means of sustainable land management (SLM). Insyd dis respect, one of ein main interests include a priority focus on Land den Soil insyd de Global Sustainability Agenda.

Gnacadja be a guiding voice for sustainable land development insyd de negotiations leading up to Rio+20, de June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development. Ein personal efforts to promote adoption of an international commitment to a “land degradation–neutral world” be deem a critical step forward according to de expert committee overseeing de Cook Prize for Desert Architecture led by Prof. David Perlmutter, chair of de Bona Terra Department of Man insyd de Desert at de BIDR.