News headlines for “Environmental Issues”, page 81
Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation
- UN News
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.
Live updates: UN tackles desertification, drought and land regeneration
- UN News
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.
Plastic pollution treaty negotiations adjourn in Busan, to resume next year
- UN News
Countries negotiating a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution concluded their fifth session in the small hours of Monday in Busan, Republic of Korea, with plans to reconvene in 2025.
What’s desertification? Experts hopeful devastating trend can be reversed
- UN News
An area the size of Egypt, around 100 million hectares, of healthy and productive land is being degraded each year due to drought and desertification, which is being driven mainly by climate change and poor land management.
Maya Train is Yet to Deliver Promised Benefits
- Inter Press Service
VALLADOLID, Mexico, Nov 29 (IPS) - Indigenous craftsperson Alicia Pech doesn’t know about the Maya Train (TM), the Mexican government's most emblematic megaproject that runs through five states in the country’s south and southeast
A New Compass for Climate Action
- Inter Press Service
PORT VILA, Vanuatu, Nov 29 (IPS) - The climate crisis has become devastating across the world over the past few months: super typhoons sweeping through the Western Pacific, unprecedented superstorms in the Gulf of Mexico, raging wildfires across the Amazon rainforest, severe flooding in Central and Eastern Europe, just to mention a few. Rising seas and intensifying storms threaten to devastate communities and erase entire countries from the map.
Devastating 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends, marked by record-setting storms
- UN News
The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes this weekend, leaving a trail of destruction, loss of life and massive economic damage across the Americas and the Caribbean, the UN meteorological agency reported on Friday.
Solar Project Causes Social and Environmental Conflict in Rural El Salvador
- Inter Press Service
IZALCO, El Salvador, Nov 28 (IPS) - With machete in hand, Salvadoran farmer Damián Córdoba weeds the undergrowth covering the trunk of what was once a leafy tree to show the deforestation taking place on the Santa Adelaida farm, where a company seeks to install a solar park in western El Salvador.
Equitable Ocean Prediction Systems: Bridging the North-South Divide
- Inter Press Service
GENEVA / PARIS, Nov 28 (IPS) - At their recent Leaders’ Summit in Rio de Janeiro, the G20 committed to support developing countries in responding to global crises and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To meet that pledge, the world’s leading economies need to enhance global collaboration and investment in ocean prediction systems and technology.
Lahore's Smog: With the Sun Out, the Government Lifts Restrictions
- Inter Press Service
KARACHI, Nov 28 (IPS) - Atif Manzoor, 45, the owner of the renowned blue pottery business in Multan, had every reason to feel cheerful last week when the sun finally came out. For a good three weeks, the city of Sufi shrines had been shrouded in an envelope of thick smog.
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