Muralee Thummarukudy serves as the Director of the Coordination Office of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). In this role, which he has held for over three years, he leads global initiatives focused on land restoration, with a specific target of reducing degraded land by 50% by 2040. His work emphasizes capacity building, engaging the private sector, and fostering multilateral collaboration, particularly among G20 nations.