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Published: 17th May 2022 Climate and food crisis in East and Central Africa Tackling the climate crisis One person is likely dying of hunger every 48 seconds in drought-ravaged Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia, according to estimates by Oxfam and Save the Children in a report published today highlighting the world’s repeated failure to stave off preventable disasters. …

Report launched at United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification COP15 side-event in Abidjan 13/05/2022 Abidjan/Rome – An additional one billion hectares of land – so called “presumed drylands” face similar challenges to the world’s drylands, according to a new report launched today by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). …

Gender equality is a key entry-point for SLM adoption, spread and upscaling. Therefore, WOCAT and UNCCD are working together to improve gender-responsiveness of SLM practices. About the project Direct and indirect gender-related barriers prevent women from adopting SLM practices. These barriers include land tenure insecurity; land availability; education or literacy levels;…

When war is waged, people go hungry,” Secretary-General António Guterres told the Security Council on Thursday during a debate on conflict and food security chaired by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Some 60 per cent of the world’s undernourished people live in areas affected by conflict he said, adding that “no country is immune”. Conflict means hunger Last…

The UN agency WMO has warned of the “serious risks” posed by airborne dust PARIS: Sandstorms have engulfed the Middle East in recent days, in a phenomenon experts warn could proliferate because of climate change, putting human health at grave risk. At least 4,000 people went to hospitals on Monday for respiratory issues in Iraq where eight sandstorms have blanketed the country…

Press statement, Bonn, 20/05/2022 UPDATE Aerosol forecasts from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service observed yet another large plume of Saharan dust moving north across southern and central Europe from 20-23 May. CAMS data monitor the dust transport every year and throughout all stages, while also noting that this year has shown, and continues to show, high levels of…