Healthy soil is vital for water and food supply. The question of just how the world can tackle these challenges brought 196 countries plus the European Union to Riyadh, a city in Saudi Arabia fittingly surrounded by desert,

Climate change has made three-quarters of the Earth's land permanently drier in the last three decades, a landmark United Nations (UN) report has warned. 77.6% of Earth's land has become drier in the last three decades compared to the 30 years prior,

A UN summit in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, hopes to address global desertification - once-fertile lands turning arid. View on euronews

More than 75 percent of the globe became permanently drier over the past three decades, according to a report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). The report, published Monday,

Over 77 per cent of Earth’s land experienced a drier climate during the three decades leading up to 2020, compared to the previous 30-year period, according to a report released by the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on Monday.

Just over 75 percent of the world’s land has been left “permanently drier” over the last three decades, a UN-backed report coinciding with COP16 talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia warned on Monday.