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China is home to more than 20 percent of the world's population, but has only 10 percent of the world's arable land. For decades, it's been working to roll back expanding deserts in its northwestern parts, such as Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. In this CGTN report, we find out how a tree-planting initiative has transformed one area in Xinjiang's Aksu…

by Jake Pearson Currently, Ukraine needs to irrigate more than 2 million hectares of agricultural land. The problems of drought and climate change are acute not only in the south but also in central Ukraine, so the country needs to irrigate more than 2 million hectares. Agricultural land. About this Reports Press Service of the Ministry of Agriculture Policy and Food,…

EAD's aim to monitor and mitigate soil degradation is part of wider global efforts to combat desertification and achieve Land Degradation Neutrality, set by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The UAE has been a member of the UNCCD since 1998. ABU DHABI, 16th August, 2021 (WAM) -- The Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) announced that it has completed a…

Every year, about one third of all food produced—about 1.3 billion tonnes—is wasted while 1 billion people remain undernourished and another 1 billion go to bed hungry. Households consume 29% of global energy contributing to 21% of carbon dioxide emissions (UNEP, 2020), pointing to the significant linkage between sustainable consumption and production (SCP) and the climate change challenge of…

Climate-related and geophysical events resulted in the loss of 312,000 lives and directly affected more than 277 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean, a new report released by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) revealed on Tuesday. Extreme weather and climate change are threatening the entire region, “from the heights of Andean peaks to low-lying islands and…

Scientists for Climate – Croatia sent their appeal for climate action once more to the state leadership, following a dramatic report from the International Climate Change Panel. The group believes that a state of emergency needs to be introduced in the country and warns of desertification risk, sea level rise, droughts, floods and fires. Referring to the first part of a comprehensive…