"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)."
"Extreme drought linked to human-made global heating is helping to transform this area into infertile wasteland, with one in three of the world's people living in these drylands."
"The problem is so severe that a United Nations desertification conference (COP16) is demanding that 1.5 billion hectares of the world's desertified land be restored by 2030."
"Today, up to 40% of the world's land is already degraded, according to the UNCCD, with extreme drought and heat driving water scarcity and leading to soil degradation."
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