Nearly one half of the planet's land mass is on the brink of turning into non-arable desert, according to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). These already arid lands ...

Accelerating progress to restore 1.5 billion hectares of degraded land around the world and jumpstarting a trillion-dollar land restoration economy will be the focus of this year’s Desertification and ...

The sixteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 16) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) will be held in the Saudi capital, Riyadh, from 2 to 13 December ...

The World Bank Group is attending the Conference of the Parties (COP16) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Learn how WBG integrates nature, climate, ...