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Stepping up global efforts to combat land degradation is the only way to safeguard food and water security, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and ward against future threats to health and the environment, the UN General Assembly President told ambassadors meeting in New York on Monday. Addressing a high-level dialogue on desertification, land degradation and drought, Volkan Bozkir…

The UN agency responsible for leading global disaster risk management today warned that drought affects more people than any other slow onset disaster and will determine the course of human development in the coming years as the climate emergency worsens. “Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic and there is no vaccine to cure it. Drought has directly affected 1.5…

A Durban boy who works with the UN, is raising funds to help African Grey birds. The youngster, Romario Valentine, has used his birthday to help raise funds for birds. Romario is also passionate about cleaning up beaches, having done so over 160 times. A Durban boy who works with the UN and used his ninth birthday to raise funds for endangered birds in Umgeni River Bird Park, is…

Lutte contre la désertification : des solutions pour les collectivités Desertification is defined as land degradation in drylands and has serious consequences for the environment and the living conditions of local populations. In areas affected by desertification, the fight is organized around techniques and approaches, often carried by civil society organizations…

The heads of five international environmental conventions – on climate change, biodiversity, desertification, chemical pollutants, and mercury – joined the Global Environment Facility’s governing body to discuss their 2021 priorities and pledged to work together in new and more collaborative ways to address the planet’s urgent and inter-related challenges. Appearing together at the…

Research from the Water Footprint Network has highlighted the amount of water required to produce a kilogram of food. Bovine meat requires over 15,000 litres of water for 1kg of food. Fruit and veg typically requires much less water. We're all by now familiar with the term 'carbon footprint', but what about our water footprint? While most people have their…