UN • 2026-08-26

Land models sprout as degradation threatens billions of livelihoods

Promising efforts to restore degraded land are now in the spotlight at a time when 40 per cent of the world’s land currently faces degradation and drought, threatening the livelihoods of over three billion people, the head of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) said Wednesday, announcing three winners of its World Restoration Flagships awards.

The Guardian • 2026-08-26

Plug-in balcony solar panels to go on sale in UK for first time

DIY system will be stocked by big retailers, starting with Argos, enabling more homes to lower bills by generating own electricity

UN • 2026-08-25

Land degradation is costing far more than restoring: UN deputy chief

Countries are spending too little to restore degraded land even as the economic cost of doing nothing climbs towards $1 trillion a year, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned at a major UN land conference in Mongolia.

UN • 2026-08-25

Can restoring land create jobs? These young entrepreneurs are proving it

From Ecuador to Bangladesh, a new generation of entrepreneurs is turning land restoration into economic opportunity. Whether repurposing agricultural waste, building greenhouses or deploying AI-powered sensors, they are showing, with support from a United Nations-backed initiative, that restoring land can also generate income and improve livelihoods.

UN • 2026-08-20

The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?

What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it?

UN • 2026-08-17

Protecting our ‘most vital infrastructure’: Pushing back on desertification

As heatwaves are turning deadlier, fires and disasters are razing cities, and rising seas are erasing territories. One environmental crisis remains dangerously overlooked: the degradation of the land beneath our feet.