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Climate crisis threatens to exploit and exacerbate division and polarisation: WHO chief Ghebreyesus- Climate crisis threatens to exploit and exacerbate division and polarisation: WHO Chief GhebreyesusWHO Director-General highlighted the escalating climate crisis, emphasizing its potential to worsen global divisions. He stressed the urgen...
- UN meet fails to reach global agreement on droughtsNearly 200 countries at the UN-sponsored meeting on desertification in Riyadh failed to reach a consensus on a global drought resilience me...
- Drought resilience dominates final days of UNCCD talks in RiyadhAt COP16 in Riyadh, nations debated a global drought resilience regime. While a universal agreement exists on the need for action, disagree...
- Finance key to achieving UNCCD goals, says IndiaIndia's Environment Minister highlighted the importance of financing for achieving UNCCD goals at a UN conference in Saudi Arabia. India ha...
- India underlines efforts on land restoration, drought resilience at CoP16Union Minister Bhupender Yadav outlines India's efforts to address land degradation and desertification at CoP16 in Riyadh. He highlights I...
- The world is quietly losing the land it needs to feed itselfIronically, one of the biggest challenges in the fight against land degradation is universal: We need to eat. About 40% of the planet’s lan...
- 'You make a great ambassador.' Biocon boss Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw heaps praise on Grammy-winning composer Ricky Kej following UN honourRicky Kej, the three-time Grammy Award-winning composer, has been awarded the UN Goodwill Ambassador plaque in recognition of his environme...
- UN lists Pakistan among drought-hit countriesAbout future scenarios, the report predicts the outcomes by 2050 and the risks involved, and says by 2050, an additional 4 million square k...
- Land restoration can put world on path to green recovery: Bhupender Yadav"Land restoration is one of the proven strategies that can put us on a pathway to green recovery. It can create jobs, uplift rural communit...
- Government plans 1,400km long 'Great Green Wall’ of IndiaThe project intends to counter climate change and desertification and is inspired by Africa's “Great Green Wall” from Dakar to Djibouti.
- Fight against climate change: 200 nations pledge to focus on land-based solutionsCountries have pledged to encourage the development of community-driven transformative projects and programmes, as well as focus on efforts...
- Pakistan skips UN summit in India on restoring landDesignated seats of two Pakistani representatives remained vacant during the plenary on inaugural day.
- World comes together to slow down land degradation and desertificationThe fortnight long meeting will focus on practical measures to recover degraded land areas, critical gaps in land management and planning.
- India to restore 50 lakh hectare of degraded land by 2030: JavadekarIndia is hosting the Conference of Parties (COP) 14 of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from September 2-13.
- India to host UN conference on combating desertification
- Government committed to saving land from getting degraded: Prakash Javadekar"India will lead by example and cooperate with the world. We will make all necessary contributions in the matter," Javadekar said.
- Desertification, land degradation, drought cost India 2.54% of its GDP: StudyDesertification, Land Degradation and Drought (DLDD) cost India about 2.54 per cent of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2014-15, a new s...
- Government working to make India land degradation neutral by 2023For this to happen, all critical stakeholders— ministries of environment, agriculture, water resources and land resources— have to work tog...
- 'Desertification, climate change hinder development'United Nations Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon has warned that the twin scourges of desertification and climate change are impeding the achi...
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