The study by the United Nations University, produced by more than 200 experts from 25 countries, suggests climate change is making creeping deserts “the greatest environmental challenge of our times”.
One-third the Earth’s population – about two billion people – are potential victims. Overexploitation of land and unsustainable irrigation practices are making matters worse, it says, while climate change is also a major factor degrading the soil.
As calls grow for the government to ban fossil fuel advertising, Lord Vaizey warns against stricter regulation.
UK and EU leaders have been called upon to “reject” MAGA’s “foreign interference”.
The Environmental Protection Agency threw out Colorado’s entire haze reduction plan, in what critics called ‘illegal’ and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.
