Climate & Environment

The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) officially opened in Ulan Bator, Mongolia, on Monday, bringing together representatives from the UNCCD’s 197 parties under the theme “Restoring Land, Restoring Hope.” Mongolian Prime Minister Nyam-Osor Uchral, opening the conference, said desertification, land degradation and drought “transcend national borders

For centuries, the world’s great coastal cities have been engines of trade, innovation, and population growth. Today, many of those same cities face one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century: rising sea levels driven by climate change. Scientists have repeatedly warned that warming global temperatures are causing glaciers and ice sheets to melt