UN warns global drought carries $300 bn annual drop
UN warns global drought carries $300 bn annual drop

Lack of rain costs the world more than $300 billion annually, the United Nations warned Tuesday in a report published on the second day of international talks on desertification in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Fuelled by human destruction of the environment, drought is projected to affect 75 percent of...

Cop16: Colombia hosts 'decisive' biodiversity summit
Cop16: Colombia hosts 'decisive' biodiversity summit

Global leaders, environment activists and researchers have arrived in Cali, Colombia for a biodiversity summit, reports the Gurardian. Experts opine that the summit will be decisive for the fate of the worlds rapidly declining wildlife populations. Colombia is also hoping that the summit,...