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Highlights: 1) Early warning maps were prepared by evaluating changes in the key indicators of desertification. 2) The research indicates that desertification is the result of humans' misuse of natural resources. 3) Roughly 78 percent of the study area was under warning for intensification of desertification. Desertification is a dynamic and complex system of land…

The US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine report Effectiveness and Impacts of Dust Control Measures for Owens Lake provides a detailed review of SDS methods used to control dust from Owens Lake in California, USA.A need to control dust from Owens Lake originated from the diversion of water from the Owens Lake basin to Los Angeles leading to Owens Lake becoming a…

Nature and biodiversity are being lost worldwide, and the capacity of ecosystems to provide services to people is deteriorating. Most of the targets for 2020 of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will not be achieved, and if the trends of the last decades persist, biodiversity will continue to decline. A new agreement to end biodiversity loss and promote nature restoration is…

2021 begins with renewed hope. With vaccines to stem a deadly pandemic. With an unprecedented global effort to repair the economic damage. And with renewed faith in science and the power of collective action to find solutions to global problems. We need to hold fast to this spirit of collaboration as we confront an existential threat even bigger than Covid-19: climate change. In 2020…

This UNEP report aims to apply an evidence-based value chain approach, mapping the textile value chain with its stakeholders, as well as environmental and socio-economic impacts along different value chain stages. Based on this analysis, the report identifies associated hotspots in all sustainability dimensions. Giving examples of the many initiatives that are already being…

Published annually, the Lancet Countdown on health and climate change is an international, multidisciplinary collaboration, dedicated to monitoring the evolving health profile of climate change, and providing an independent assessment of the delivery of commitments made by governments worldwide under the Paris Agreement. All content on this page is either Open Access or has been made free to read…