UNCCD COP11
USA and Brazil block talks at UN desertification summit
Countries object to proposals aimed at developing new set of indicators to measure land degradation
IPCC report should generate ‘urgency’ says senior UN official
UN desertification chief Luc Gnacadja says this week’s UN climate science review should encourage governments to rapidly boost their environmental efforts
UN targets global land degradation deal in 2015
UNCCD chief Luc Gnacadja says land degradation is now a “critical” issue with huge economic and social implications