China’s effort to build large solar power “bases” in and around the desert is a major part of its current renewable plan.

Healthy soil is vital for water and food supply. But much fertile land is heavily degraded and turning to desert. Over the past two weeks, nations have been gathered in Saudia Arabia to discuss how to ...

A new global partnership to strengthen warnings for sand and dust storms has been announced during the Conference of the ...

But much fertile land is heavily degraded and turning to desert. Over the past two weeks, nations have been gathered in ...

At COP16 in Riyadh, nations debated a global drought resilience regime. While a universal agreement exists on the need for ...

Valerie Hickey, global director of the World Bank Environment Department, speaks during a side event of the 16th ...

The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative has concluded its engagements at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties of ...

The view from the U.N. desertification summit on land degradation and how to build a career in agrifood systems.

Landmark talks on desertification are set to conclude in Saudi Arabia this week amid doubts that pledged funds will make a ...

The global economy could lose $23 trillion by 2050 due to land degradation, though halting this trend would cost $4.6 ...

Based in Jeddah, the Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System (SDS-WAS), increases the number of global WMO ...