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.
The regulator’s findings came a day before the Tufton Street group appointed a climate denial peer as its new boss.
With the COP30 climate talks about to open in Brazil, why are agencies failing to reckon with their role in the crisis?
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Falsehoods about the flooding in Valencia last year were seen by millions on social media, new research finds.
