People living in drylands doubled to 2.3 billion, more than a quarter of the world population, in the past three decades.
A new report finds 77.6% of the planet's landscapes experienced drier conditions from 1990 to 2020 compared to the previous three decades – and most are now drylands inhospitable to farming, nature and people.
The U.N. Convention to Combat Desertification's report was released on Monday to influence decision-makers at its summit that will wrap up at the end of this week in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Three days of talks in Rome ended with nations agreeing to support a $200 billion a year global plan to protect nature.
Nations for plastic production limits and oil-rich producers deadlocked in the hours before the talks were set to expire.
Negotiators are meeting in Busan, South Korea to conclude the world's first legally binding plastic waste treaty.
World leaders failed to reach agreement over who should pay what into which fund toward the global biodiversity goals.
WHO members finally reach consensus on a draft pandemic agreement after 13 formal rounds of meetings since Dec. 2021.
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An A.U.-E.U. workshop focused on how to use AI to enable the 'economic integration' and success of more techology startups.
Talks will reconvene next week to finish a proposed global accord for the World Health Assembly to take up in May.
