The United Nations’ ongoing COP17 conference in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, is once again bringing together an array of countries to battle climate change. But this COP edition is focusing on a unique element of the shifting environment: desertification. As more fertile land degrades into dry, barren desert, the conference is workshopping climate solutions using its key anti-desertification treaty, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
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