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.
New novel "The Sky Was Ours" reckons with escape, the false promise of technofixes, and the desire for a better world.
DeSmog writer Justin Nobel’s new book explores how workers bear the brunt of the oil and gas industry’s hidden contaminated waste.
Britain is boosting the Kremlin war effort by continuing to purchase billions of pounds worth of refined oil from India, China, and Turkey, campaigners say.
Advertorials and a podcast vanish as regulators consider greenwashing complaint against the state-owned oil giant.
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