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Senegal musician Maal named UN ambassador on desertification
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSenegalese singer-songwriter Baaba Maal on Monday was named a goodwill ambassador for the U.N....
Leaders meet in Madrid to mark world day to fight drought
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPoliticians and experts are meeting in Madrid on Friday to discuss ways to tackle drought and the...
Worsening sand, dust storms driving global land loss, says UN
Reuters via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe world is losing almost 1 million square kilometres (386,000 square miles) of productive land a...
Drought-stricken work together to fight water woes
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Drought-stricken countries, led by Senegal and Spain, announced an alliance Monday to help each other manage water...
'We are treating nature like a toilet,' U.N. secretary-general says as biodiversity conference kicks...
Yahoo News via AOL· 2 years agoUnited Nations Secretary-General António Guterres opened the U.N. Biodiversity Conference in...
In dry, unreliable weather, Indian farmers restore arid land
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRamesh Hanumaiya digs a few inches into his field with his hand and examines the soil. “This soil...
Satellite photos reveal major change in one of the world’s largest lakes left it unrecognizable
The Cool Down via Yahoo News· 6 months agoSome things naturally get better with time, but satellite photos of one of the world’s largest lakes...
Why It's So Hard to Put a Price on Carbon
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoExhaust gases rise from the chimney of Uniper's Schkopau lignite power plant on Dec. 17, 2019 near Halle, Germany. The German federal government and...