The Drought Initiative, called by the Conference of the Parties (CoP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), was launched in September 2017 to support the transition from reactive drought management to a proactive one. The Drought Initiative recognized that planning early is an essential condition of resilience. For that purpose, over 70 countries have been supported to develop and further refine their national drought plans. As a step further, reviewing the plans and showcasing the best practices are timely actions to enable their implementations. 

This report draws on the overview of 31 national drought plans, validated and published under the Drought Initiative. It involves substantial knowledge resources that represent the latest advances in global policy and regulatory framework of drought risk management. With its explicit focus on the planning process of drought management, the report provides a fresh perspective on referenced planning mechanism. To this end, it introduces a rigorous assessment method to review national drought plans and sets up global benchmarks for drought planning. 

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