The global economy could lose $23 trillion by 2050 due to land degradation, though halting this trend would cost $4.6 ...

The UN report comes as world leaders meet in Saudi Arabia for the agency's COP16 conference on land desertification.

The land is not just a means of livelihood — it is the soul of the people, it carries their stories, dreams and hopes, said ...

The 16th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) ...

The Mohamed bin Zayed Water Initiative has concluded its engagements at the 16th session of the Conference of the Parties of ...

Science Technology and Innovation Day saw delegates at COP16 in Riyadh seek to harness the restorative potential of ...

Just over 75 percent of the world's land has been left "permanently drier" over the previous three decades, a UN-backed report coinciding with COP16 talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia said on ...

STORY COP16 opens in RiyadhSHOOTING TIME Dec 2 2024DATELINE Dec 2 2024LENGTH 000024LOCATION RiyadhCATEGORY POLITICSSHOTLIST1 various of ...

Global dignitaries, policymakers, scientists and NGOs descend on Riyadh ahead of 'critical' UN meeting to restore land ...

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Saudi Arabia's UNCCD Presidency launched Land Day today, the first of its seven scheduled Thematic Days designed to focus discussions and ongoing ...