Sentences with phrase «global land degradation»

Global land degradation is now so severe that hundreds of millions of hectares of land need to be restored back to health.

Not exact matches

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

This is a first - of - its - kind investment vehicle leveraging public money to raise private capital for sustainable land management and landscape restoration activities worldwide that contribute to the achievement of land degradation neutrality, one of the global targets under Sustainable Development Goal no. 15 «Life on Land&raqland management and landscape restoration activities worldwide that contribute to the achievement of land degradation neutrality, one of the global targets under Sustainable Development Goal no. 15 «Life on Land&raqland degradation neutrality, one of the global targets under Sustainable Development Goal no. 15 «Life on Land&raqLand».

As well as being responsible for a huge chunk of global greenhouse gas emissions, meat productionrequires increasingly unsustainable levels of precious resources — land, water and energy — and is a major contributor towards global environmental degradation.

It also requires increasingly unsustainable levels of precious resources (land, water and energy) and is a major contributor towards global environmental degradation and climate change.

On the other hand, well - managed tea production landscapes can help arrest or even reverse land degradation, while providing a range of economic and ecological benefits for local communities, downstream beneficiaries, and the global commons.

It requires increasingly unsustainable levels of precious resources including land, water and energy, and is a major contributor towards global environmental degradation and climate change.

It requires addressing interlocked issues encompassing many of the Global Goals — including water, climate change and land degradation, but also access to finance, gender equality and even literacy, which all affect farmers» ability to produce good quality crops.

United Nations scientists state that raising animals for food is «one of the major causes of the world's most pressing environmental problems, including global warming, land degradation, air and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.»

Governments of some developed nations also argue that land degradation is not a global issue of immediate concern to their citizens, but rather a problem limited to the dry lands of developing countries.

The insights into the effects of humankind on land, nature, food security, water and climate have been drawn in four assessments on Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe and Central Asia and a global assessment on Land Degradation and restoratland, nature, food security, water and climate have been drawn in four assessments on Asia, Africa, the Americas, Europe and Central Asia and a global assessment on Land Degradation and restoratLand Degradation and restoration.

Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environment, Fisheries and Maritime Affairs: «This study by ELD shows the immediate and global impact of land degradation and highlights that actions to tackle it pay off.

Absent specific strategies like these, current global targets addressing climate change, poverty, and biodiversity may fall short, including the United Nations» Sustainable Development Goals to sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation and halt biodiversity loss.

The degradation of the historically stable Filchner - Ronne Ice Shelf would upset ice on land, triggering runaway melting over a vast region of the continent and accelerating global sea level rise.

Greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and land degradation accounted for 12 percent of global emissions between 2000 and 2005, according to a report by the Congressional Budget Office.

Opening the event, Markus Repnik, the Global Mechanism's newly appointed Managing Director stated «the adoption of Land Degradation Neutrality as a Sustainable Development Goal provides us with an unprecedented opportunity to create a new momentum for the implementation of our Convention.»

Pedro Lara Almuedo explained how the Global Mechanism is «on the move» - making Land Degradation Neutrality action a top priority.

The new UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast swathes of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and to reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populatiLand Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast swathes of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and to reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populatiland, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and to reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.

We must build on the global consensus around the Sustainable development goals, particularly on gender and on Land degradation neutrality to turn dreams into reality for poor rural women.

Land degradation neutrality is a simple but revolutionary idea that can connect the dots between most global goals and targets.

Overall, the annual global cost of land degradation is estimated at around $ 300bn.

At UNCCD COP13 that took place in September 2017 in Ordos, China, the countries have agreed on a new global roadmap to address land degradation.

The United Nations recently projected that up to one quarter of global food production could be lost by 2050 due to the combined impact of climate change, land degradation, and water scarcity.

Bonn, 14 December 2017 — French President Emmanuel Macron announced in his closing statement Tuesday that the Land Degradation Neutrality Fund is one of the 12 global initiatives that will be supported under the One Planet Summit, stating that protecting land and water resources from the effects of climate change would the second of the Summit's 12 engagemeLand Degradation Neutrality Fund is one of the 12 global initiatives that will be supported under the One Planet Summit, stating that protecting land and water resources from the effects of climate change would the second of the Summit's 12 engagemeland and water resources from the effects of climate change would the second of the Summit's 12 engagements.

Land Degradation Neutrality became a global headline in 2015.

WDCD was established by the UN General Assembly 23 years ago to raise awareness on the global and national actions that address desertification, land degradation and drought.

The new UNCCD 2018 - 2030 Strategic Framework is the most comprehensive global commitment to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast expanses of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populatiLand Degradation Neutrality (LDN) in order to restore the productivity of vast expanses of degraded land, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populatiland, improve the livelihoods of more than 1.3 billion people, and reduce the impacts of drought on vulnerable populations.

(a) Increasing the political momentum: Active promotion of the UNCCD, notably by linking scientific findings with political decision - making, supports a growing global commitment to halt land degradation and rehabilitate already degraded land.

A new publication, The Global Land Outlook (GLO), was recently launched at the 13th meeting of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Ordos, China.Speaking at the launch, UNCCD Executive Secretary Monique Barbut said how land degradation and drought are global challenges «intimately linked» to food security, migration and employment, among others faGlobal Land Outlook (GLO), was recently launched at the 13th meeting of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Ordos, China.Speaking at the launch, UNCCD Executive Secretary Monique Barbut said how land degradation and drought are global challenges «intimately linked» to food security, migration and employment, among others factLand Outlook (GLO), was recently launched at the 13th meeting of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) in Ordos, China.Speaking at the launch, UNCCD Executive Secretary Monique Barbut said how land degradation and drought are global challenges «intimately linked» to food security, migration and employment, among others factland degradation and drought are global challenges «intimately linked» to food security, migration and employment, among others faglobal challenges «intimately linked» to food security, migration and employment, among others factors.

The Secretariat and the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD are supporting interested countries in the national land degradation neutrality (LDN) target setting process, including the definition of national baselines, targets and associated measures to achieve LDN by 2030 through the LDN Target Setting Programme (TSP).

The 196 country Parties attending the 13th session of their Conference are expected to agree on a 12 - year Strategy to contain runaway land degradation that is threatening global food and water security.

His research is at the interface of ecosystems, land use, and climate change focusing on tropical deforestation and degradation, functional diversity of tropical canopies, conservation of African savannas, invasive species and climate change, and the effects of land use on the global carbon cycle.

«Today, 110 of the 169 countries that declared in 2013 that they are affected by land degradation or drought have expressed interest in recovering large areas of degraded over the next 12 years, under a special global initiative, the Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme,» she obserland degradation or drought have expressed interest in recovering large areas of degraded over the next 12 years, under a special global initiative, the Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme,» shdegradation or drought have expressed interest in recovering large areas of degraded over the next 12 years, under a special global initiative, the Land Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme,» she obserLand Degradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme,» shDegradation Neutrality Target Setting Programme,» she observed.

As part of its campaign to tackle global environmental deterioration in particular by combatting the degradation of drylands — which cover up to one quarter of the world's land surface — the United Nations General Assembly designated 17 June as «World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought».

Any long term energy independence that oil shale production may provide will be at the cost of furthering global climate change and increasing environmental degradation of U.S. public lands.

My opinion is that, putting global warming and climate change aside, we have much greater evidence of the difficult future caused by land degradation, shrinking drinkable water supplies, collapsing fish stocks, and the troubles that will be caused to the economy and society as supply of oil and gas supplies shrink and energy becomes too expensive.

EcoPlanet is the first company to successfully industrialize bamboo, providing a proven model of successful ecosystem restoration at scale, converting thousands of acres of degraded land back into fully functioning ecosystems, reversing the negative effects of global climate change and providing thousands of marginalized people with the potential to change their own lives in areas of the world where few opportunities exist, all while reducing deforestation and forest degradation through the provision of a sustainable alternative fiber for timber and fiber manufacturing industries.

And the good land is often taking a battering - soil degradation has already reduced global agricultural productivity by 13 % in the last half - century.

This flyer stresses that agriculture sectors are not only among the most vulnerable sectors to the impacts of climate change but also directly responsible for 14 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions and constitute a key driver of deforestation and land degradation which account for an additional 17 percent.

This brochure published on the occasion of the Rio +20 Conference highlights the roles of the Rio Conventions» processes involved in biodiversity, combating desertification / land degradation and climate change as important contributors to the global sustainable development agenda, drawing attention to successes and future opportunities.

It is worth noting in passing that this lack suggests an important global - level policy recommendation, namely, the world's nations should commit to assessing land / ecosystem degradation using standardized methods to enable us to apply a «sustainability factor» to our present eco-Footprint estimates.

This publication on the occasion of the Rio +20 conference highlights the roles of the Rio conventions» processes involved in biodiversity, combating desertification / land degradation and climate change as important contributors to the global sustainable development agenda, drawing attention to successes and future opportunities.

Health eff ects from changes to the environment including climatic change, ocean acidification, land degradation, water scarcity, overexploitation of fisheries, and biodiversity loss pose serious challenges to the global health gains of the past several decades and are likely to become increasingly dominant during the second half of this century and beyond.

However, the increasing use of certain food crops for biofuel production can in some cases significantly raise global greenhouse gas emissions as a result of deforestation and land degradation.

Climate change, wildlife crime, micro-plastic pollution and land degradation are just a few examples of environmental ills that affect the health and well - being of communities and economies, global efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and even the security of nations.

Some of the world's great land areas and landmarks were facing degradation as a result of global warming, Oliver Maurice, a leading lobbyist, said.

Conventional agribusiness, after all, is a chemically dependent, resource - intensive venture that contributes to global warming, aquatic «dead zones,» and massive land degradation.

Farmland expansion is responsible for over 90 percent of global deforestation and degradation, while agriculture, forestry and other land uses contribute up to 24 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Soil erosion and land degradation issues are local, but their effect on food security is global.

The study highlights the need for global efforts to reduce emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (as in the initiative known as REDD +) to take into account carbon emissions lost through changing land - use practices and the challenges of reforesting and restoring degraded tropical peatlands.