Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Rising desertification shows we can’t keep farming with fossil fuels

(Version anglaise seulement)

par Jack Marley, Environment + Energy Editor, UK edition

Three-quarters of Earth’s land has become drier since 1990.

Droughts come and go – more often and more extreme with the incessant rise of greenhouse gas emissions over the last three decades – but burning fossil fuels is transforming our blue planet. A new report from scientists convened by the United Nations found that an area as large as India has become arid, and it’s probably permanent.

A transition from humid to dry land is underway…

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