
Nations challenged to restore land fertility from desert landscapes
Farming, logging, mining and other human activities add to climate impacts on land, costing up to 17% of global GDP.
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Farming, logging, mining and other human activities add to climate impacts on land, costing up to 17% of global GDP.
The 170,000 young people polled were split over whether to blame governments, companies or other young people.
Human rights experts cited a 'pervasive lack of accountability' in the Saudi-led alliance backed by Western governments.
First responders struggled to reach the scene where some survivors were believed to still be trapped under the rubble.
Under the legally binding Macolin treaty, a special committee will be set up to create procedural rules and a mandate.
The summit is held once every three years to examine protections for wild animals and plants traded internationally.
The summit in France was overshadowed by fears of an escalating trade war between the United States and China.
Oceans, landfills and public spaces are filling with degraded bits and pieces of bottles, toys and other plastic pollution.
The proposed global treaty is intended to strengthen marine protections for international waters that are beyond the 200 nautical mile (370 kilometer) jurisdiction of coastal nations.
The aim is to establish better networks of support worldwide for advocates and raise the pressure for perpetrators of violence and intimidation to be held accountable.
Prodded by China and Pakistan, the U.N. Security Council held a closed-door discussion on the Indian-controlled region.
The activist, mechanical engineer and ex-parliamentarian is set to replace UNAIDS' embattled leader Michel Sidibé.
To mark the anniversary, diplomats planned to discuss the strengths and weakness of international humanitarian law.
The U.N. food agency plans to offer food assistance to 700,000 people in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
Their demands call for supporting developing nations, paying for cleaner technologies, and pressuring wealthy nations.
The IPCC shows how overconsumption and ill treatment of animals, forests and plants is making global warming worse.