Droughts "an unprecedented emergency on a planetary scale": UN report

BERLIN, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) has warned the massive impacts of human-induced droughts on a planetary scale.

At the ongoing 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, UNCCD launched a "Global Drought Snapshot" report in collaboration with the International Drought Resilience Alliance (IDRA).

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