UN Convention to Combat Desertification

Global drought hotspots report catalogs severe suffering, economic damage in 2023-2025

UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Food, water, energy crises, human tragedies in 2023-2025 detailed in sweeping analysis Fuelled by climate change and relentless pressure

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Three-quarters of Earth’s land became permanently drier in last three decades: UN

UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Aridity: The ‘existential crisis’ redefining life on Earth; Five billion people could be affected by 2100 Even as dramatic

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Planetary boundaries: Confronting the global crisis of land degradation; Potsdam Institute report opens UNCCD COP 16

UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Land degradation undermining Earth’s capacity to sustain humanity; Failure to reverse it will pose challenges for generations; 7 of

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Rangelands’ ‘silent demise’ threatens climate, food, wellbeing of billions

UN Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Bonn/Ulaanbaatar – Degradation of Earth’s extensive, often immense natural pastures and other rangelands due to overuse, misuse, climate change and

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Drought data shows “an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale”: UN

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn UNCCD launches ‘Global Drought Snapshot’ report at COP28 in collaboration with International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA) Recent drought-related

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Sand and dust storm frequency increasing in many world regions: UN

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Bonn Two billion tons of sand and dust, equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza, enter the

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World “at a crossroads” in management of droughts, up 29% in a generation

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating mitigation must be done

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Chronic land degradation: UN report offers stark warnings, remedies

United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Bonn Up to 40 % of the planet’s land is degraded, directly affects half of humanity, threatens roughly half

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