"Human-driven climate change is leading to a permanent state of increased dryness on 77.6% of the Earth's land masses, a steady desiccation that has been playing out over the 30-year period from 1990 to 2020."
"Unlike droughts—temporary periods of low rainfall—aridity represents a permanent, unrelenting transformation, said UNCCD executive secretary Ibrahim Thiaw in a statement."
"The drier climates now affecting vast lands across the globe will not return to how they were before and this is redefining life on Earth."
"Without concerted efforts, billions face a future marked by hunger, displacement, and economic decline, said Nicole Barger, chair of the UNCCD's science-policy interface in a statement."
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