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UN agencies call for global response to drought

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

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

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.

Rio+20 Day 7 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development

Rio+20 Day 7 Live: Coverage from the UN Summit on Sustainable Development

Follow all the latest news and events from Rio+20 with the RTCC team on site.

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Rio+20 Business Focus – Luc Gnacadja: “Business is one of the most important stakeholders” for desertification

UNCCD Executive Secretary explains why the role business will play in combating desertification is so important.

Bonn 2012: UNCCD calls for agriculture to be central to Rio+20

Bonn 2012: UNCCD calls for agriculture to be central to Rio+20

Talking to RTCC at the Bonn Climate Talks, UNCCD’s Sergio Bonilla calls for agriculture, land and soil to be central to talks both under the UNFCCC and at Rio this June.

Countdown to Rio+20 starts now

Countdown to Rio+20 starts now

As we enter the last 50 days before the UN Summit in Rio, RTCC kicks-off its coverage. Climate change, sustainable development and the green economy will dominate proceedings but how much can be achieved?

Comment: Why is desertification important?

Comment: Why is desertification important?

As RTCC launches Desertification Week, we examine what desertification means around the world and why it is so important.

We must correct image of desertification and promote practical solutions

We must correct image of desertification and promote practical solutions

Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, writes for RTCC ahead of Desertification Week about why it is important the image of desertification as an unstoppable monster is corrected so practical action can take place.

PHOTO GALLERY: Desertification - nature's "greatest challenge"

PHOTO GALLERY: Desertification – nature’s “greatest challenge”

To end Desertification Week RTCC and the UNCCD bring you desertification scenes from around the world.

Climate change, desertification and migration: Connecting the dots

Climate change, desertification and migration: Connecting the dots

How are climate change and desertification linked? And what increasing role are these having on migration patterns, particularly in regions hardest hit like the Sahel in Africa.

Understanding desertification in Turkey

Understanding desertification in Turkey

Duygu Kutluay writes for RTCC about how one project in Turkey is helping researchers to understand how to combat desertification on a number of levels in the country’s drylands.

How Korean organisations combat desertification in Inner Mongolia

How Korean organisations combat desertification in Inner Mongolia

As the “Yellow Dragons” hit China, Korea and Japan with more intensity, cross country initiatives are expanding to combat desertification in Inner Mongolia.

Putting communities at the heart of Iranian desertification projects

Putting communities at the heart of Iranian desertification projects

Research looking back over 50 years of desertification in Iran has found that community involvement has been key to creating successful projects with multiple benefits.

UNCCD: World Leaders must set ambitious desertification goals at Rio+20

UNCCD: World Leaders must set ambitious desertification goals at Rio+20

Luc Gnacadja tells RTCC that ambitious targets must be set for desertification at Rio+20 to “empower a land-degradation neutral society”.

Ban Ki-moon puts climate change at centre of second-term in office

Ban Ki-moon puts climate change at centre of second-term in office

UN Secretary-General targets sustainable development, food security and disaster relief.

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