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El Niño is expected to fuel further temperature increases Impacts will continue into 2024 It will exacerbate extreme weather and climate-events, like heatwaves, floods and droughts Early Warnings for All save lives Geneva, 8 November (WMO) - The ongoing El Niño event is expected to last at least until April 2024, influencing weather patterns and…

Over 100 million hectares of productive land was lost annually between 2015 and 2019 Pace of action not enough to fulfil global pledges – UN chief scientist, desertification Action must be accelerated to meet global 100 billion hectare target Governments need to stop allowing land to be converted in the face of rising global consumption, a leading UN scientist has warned,…

New UN data warns land is degrading faster than we can restore it Healthy land the size of Central Asia degraded since 2015 around the world UNCCD meets in Uzbekistan to review global progress towards ending land loss Samarkand, 13 November 2023 – At the opening of its first-ever meeting held in Central Asia, the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)…

Following months punctuated by drought, record-breaking heat and wildfires, Caroline King-Okumu, UNEP-WCMC's Deputy Head of Nature-based Solutions, outlines recent breakthroughs achieved at the international level and the key opportunities where progress can be made between now and the next global COP for combatting drought and desertification in 2024. Rebalancing our relationship…

By Aibarshyn Akhmetkali in Central Asia on 14 November 2023 SAMARKAND – With 100 million hectares of land degraded every year, it is time to measure the pulse of the planet, said Ibrahim Thiaw, the Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) at the opening of the 21st session of the UNCCD Committee on the Review…

Predicted 2030 emissions must fall by 28-42 per cent for pathway to 2°C and 1.5°C Relentless mitigation and low-carbon transformations essential to narrow emissions gap COP28 and Global Stocktake chance to build greater ambition for next round of climate pledges Nairobi, 20 November 2023 – As global temperatures and greenhouse gas emissions break records, the latest Emissions…