The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) at its COP-16 meeting held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, recently ...

"Neglecting [it] risks pushing humanity beyond its safe operating space." Scientists sound alarm over rapidly growing threat ...

Around 40% of all habitable land is used to produce food. This has come at the expense of nature, causing 80% of deforestation and 70% of biodiversity loss on land. Soil degradation has reduced the ...

Land degradation currently affects 1.9 billion hectares globally or about 65 per cent of global soil resources. With 85 per cent, soil erosion is the main contributor. Approximately 1.5 billion people ...

The COP16 summit in Riyadh, led by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), put a spotlight on the severe consequences of land degradation, which affects 40% of global agricultural land.

Almost 100 million hectares of land are degraded annually; that’s the size of Egypt. Adel Al-Jubeir, Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Climate Envoy, tells CNN’s Becky Anderson ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The largest-ever meeting of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is set to kick-off in Riyadh, with an action-packed ...