UN land restoration pact boosts Paris climate summit
NEWS: Diplomats strike ‘breakthrough’ deal to halt degradation of world’s terrain from 2030, but US$30bn price tag looms large
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Fighting desertification will reduce the costs of climate change
COMMENT: We should ‘climate proof’ the land to prevent some of the tragedies of a warmer world, says UN desertification chief
Slow progress on Great Green Wall prompts soul-searching at UN desertification summit
African leaders expressed frustration at UN talks in Abidjan over funding barriers as climate impacts in the Sahel outpace action to address them
African climate adaptation projects starved of cash, says UN chief
NEWS: Green Climate Fund should prioritise land restoration projects in sun-Saharan Africa, says head of UN desertification agency
Climate change could worsen Sahel conflicts: UN
Climate change-related impacts on water and land likely to trigger rise in civil war and inter-ethnic clashes says report
Comment: climate adaptation must be a priority post Haiyan
Focus on land in adapting or prepare for the imminent social chaos – the choice is ours says UN desertification chief Monique Barbut
World’s soil moisture could decrease 15% by 2099
Scientists have discovered that a change in atmospheric conditions could have serious consequences for soil chemistry
UN land degradation chief outlines ‘climate adaptation’ focus
Monique Barbut says Convention should develop adaptation ‘indicators’ for 2015 climate change summit in Paris
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
Africa’s tiny ‘sand dams’ can save millions from drought
Simple, cheap and quick to construct – small walls trapping seasonal rainwater can save Africa’s dryland regions from desertification
UN moves closer to establishing drought reduction targets
Influential panel of experts call for world leaders to adopt goals to combat desertification, land degradation and drought
Ban Ki Moon calls on leaders to take drought threat seriously
UN chief says developed and developing countries need to accelerate the development of national drought policies
UN drought chief: ‘famine dehumanizes us, but it is not a fate’
Writing for RTCC on Desertification Day 2013, UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja says it’s time to address this increasingly serious issue
Enter the UN’s desertification photo contest!
Get snapping and you could win up to €3000 in the 2013 UNCCD photo contest – find out how to enter today
Desertification crisis affecting 168 countries worldwide
Severe land degradation is now affecting 168 countries across the planet, with associated costs of US$490 billion per year
UN desertification chief bemused by Canada exit
UNCCD’s Luc Gnacadja tells RTCC he cannot understand why the Ottawa Government decided to quit the convention
Canada could leave UN climate talks after UNCCD exit
Leading Canadian politician warns country could quit UN climate talks after decision to leave UN desertification agreement
Forests hold key to feeding Earth’s growing population
UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja says International Day of Forests should be used to highlight importance of land management
UNCCD: Vulnerable nations must defend against drought
As climate change exacerbates the problem, there is a danger that drought could sneak up on unprepared governments, warns UNCCD Exec-Secretary Luc Gnacadja
UN desertification chief anger at lack of progress in Doha
COP18: UNCCD Executive Secretary Luc Gnacadja says postponement of decision on agriculture and climate change for 12 months makes no sense
UN agencies call for global response to drought
With climate change expected to increase the frequency and intensity of droughts, UN agencies call on countries to adopt urgent policies to deal with water shortages
The price of climate change: How to temper volatile food prices
Severe weather variability has affected harvests around the world but the many of the tools to enhance food security are within our grasp.
Rio+20: Global Environment Facility calls for more ‘synergy’ between UN departments
Now the three Rio Conventions have developed their own identities, GEF says it is time for them to examine the ways they can work together.
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