Sentences with phrase «tackle desertification»

To reaffirm the progress made at the summit, more than 80 Ministers from around the world issued the Ordos Declaration urging countries to step up efforts on all fronts to tackle desertification — one of the planet's most pressing global challenges.

Next week, a meeting of UN member states in New York will begin to set out the steps needed to close that science gap and boost international efforts to tackle desertification.

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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».

The Earth Summit yielded several principles for development and international environmental law, but most importantly it gave birth to 3 main conventions or international treaties to tackle climate change, loss of biodiversity and desertification.

Although the report card has been released to coincide with the United Nation's Rio +20 Summit, few observers are holding out any hope for an ambitious agreement that tackles issues like climate change, biodiversity, and desertification.