Exclusive: UN calls for $2.6 trillion investment to reverse land degradation
RIYADH, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Restoring the world's degraded land and holding back its deserts will require at least $2.6 ...
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Land degradation severely threatens planetary boundaries
Currently, land degradation disrupts food security, drives migration, and fuels conflicts. The global area affected by land ...
How land degradation is threatening Earth’s capacity to sustain humanity
According to UNCCD, land degradation is “the reduction or loss of the biological or economic productivity and complexity of ...
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Land use change impacting seven planetary boundaries, solutions urgent, say scientists
By Sean Mowbray Swift action must be taken to address human-caused land-system change and land degradation, which is now ...
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Meet the ‘Land Heroes’ who are fighting desertification
From planting a billion trees in Zimbabwe, in southern Africa, to exporting products from the moringa tree in Mali and ...
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UN Urges $2.6 Trillion Investment to Halt Land Degradation by 2030
The UN estimates that $2.6 trillion is required by 2030 to combat land degradation and desertification globally, driven by ...
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Arab funding group pledges $10 billion to tackle land degradation, desertification, drought by 2030
The Arab Coordination Group said Tuesday it would provide $10 billion by 2030 to combat land degradation, desertification and ...
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2.6 tln USD needed by 2030 to combat global land degradation, UN report finds
RIYADH, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least 2.6 trillion U.S. dollars are required by 2030 to restore over 1 billion hectares of ...
Saudi climate envoy: Land degradation leads to conflict
Almost 100 million hectares of land are degraded annually; that’s the size of Egypt. Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Minister of State ...
3 billion people globally impacted by land degradation: Desertification conference chief
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 02 (APP): Three billion people worldwide are suffering the impact of degraded land which will “increase ...
COP16: World needs US$1 billion daily to combat desertification, land degradation, drought up to 2030
Desertification, land degradation, and drought already cost the global economy $878 billion every year-far more than the investments needed to tackle these issues. These costs include reduced ...
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Land degradation undermining Earth’s capacity to sustain humanity: report
The planetary boundaries define nine critical thresholds essential for maintaining the Earth’s stability. How humanity uses or abuses land directly impacts seven of these, including climate change, ...