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The Independentworld1 day agoDeveloping
UNCCD Reports $878 Billion Annual Cost of Land Degradation, Highlights $278 Billion Funding Gap
Yasmine Fouad, UNCCD executive secretary since 2025 and former Egyptian environment minister, highlighted a $278 billion annual shortfall in funding to combat land degradation. The latest UNCCD assessment shows only $77 billion is currently mobilised each year against a required…
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G7 Environment Ministers Convene in Paris to Discuss Ocean Conservation and Biodiversity Funding
A two-day G7 environment meeting begins in Paris on Thursday, with climate change excluded from the agenda to prevent conflict with the United States. France's ecology ministry cited known U.S. positions on the issue. Attendees will focus on ocean conservation, biodiversity fundi…
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