Live updates: UN tackles desertification, drought and land regeneration

People around the world are facing devastating consequences as the land that supports livelihoods, helps to regulate climate and protect biodiversity becomes increasingly degraded due to climate change and mismanagement. The UN Convention to Combat Desertification is meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to discuss how to regenerate the land and secure all of our futures. UN News app users can follow here.

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Live updates: UN tackles desertification, drought and land regeneration

Charting a path for global action on land and drought

14 Dec 2024

The largest and most inclusive UN land conference wrapped up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, charting a path for global action following two weeks of intense negotiations on how best to tackle land degradation, desertification and drought, which affects one quarter of the world.

Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation

02 Dec 2024

Three billion people around the world are suffering the impact of poor and degraded land which will “increase levels of migration, stability and insecurity among many communities,” according to the newly-elected President of a UN-backed conference on desertification, drought and land restoration which is taking place in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

SECURITY COUNCIL LIVE: End ‘sickening cycle’ of escalation across the Middle East, Guterres urges

02 Oct 2024

Security Council members are meeting in emergency session on Tuesday morning in New York with the Middle East on the brink of all-out war. App users can follow our live coverage here.