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October 4, 2021 By Venkat Iyer, Mary Gronkiewicz, Samuel Kabiru, Will Anderson and Amanda Gant Cover Image by: Will Anderson/WRI Cet article est également disponible en français ici. Here’s the good news: In the past decade, development banks and the private sector have made financial commitments of more than $16 billion to restore Africa’s degraded farms, forests and other…

A single metric tonne of cotton provides jobs for five people on average, often in some of the world’s most impoverished regions; that adds up around 100 million families across the globe. To recognize these and other contributions, the United Nations is marking World Cotton Day, this Thursday. Cotton is an important means of livelihood for millions of smallholders and…

Countries hit by ecological damage and conflict are trapped in a vicious cycle where one problem reinforces the other. And climate change is expected to make things worse. Ecological threats will lead to widespread conflict and mass migration unless significant efforts are made to limit the damage, a global think-tank report published on Thursday found.   It comes ahead of the…

The expansion of drylands is leaving entire countries facing famine. It’s time to change the way we think about agriculture David R Montgomery is professor of geomorphology at the University of Washington, and author of Dirt: The Erosion of Civilizations and Growing a Revolution: Bringing Our Soil Back to Life his summer’s record-setting heatwaves and dramatic fires…

Article 8 October 2021 SDGs, SDG 13 and SDG 15 by Ibrahim Thiaw Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) A worldwide movement to protect, manage and restore the land will have fast and wide-ranging benefits. It must be the centerpiece of our global redesign. To bring…

UN General Assembly Seventy-sixth session Items 20 (d), (e) and (f) of the provisional agenda* Sustainable development: Protection of global climate for present and future generations of humankind Implementation of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa…