UN: Three-quarters of people can live by drought by the middle of the century

«Taking care of our land and its biodiversity can help tackle the climate crisis and help achieve all sustainable development goals“, He states in his message the UN Secretary GeneralAntonio Guterres.

Antonio Guterres expresses the assumption that droughts are becoming more frequent and intense and that the well-being of millions of people is at stake by increasing sandstorms, fires, damaged crops, displacement and conflict.

In this context, the Secretary-General of the United Nations warns that by the middle of the century, three-quarters of people could live with drought. According to Antonio Guterres, climate change bears great responsibility, but so does the way we manage our land. «Half the world’s population is already facing the consequences of land degradation, with women and girls paying the highest priceHe observes.

However, the Secretary-General expresses the belief that this downward trend can and must be reversed. Ensuring land and soil productivity is a cheap, pro-poor way to fight climate change and improve their livelihoods and well-being. poorer and more vulnerable people of the world.

“THE Empowerment of women as landowners is also a game changer for land restoration. We can restore the land with a portion of the amounts currently spent on environmentally harmful subsidies. Every dollar invested in land restoration can yield 30 times more benefits. In Africa, the Sahel Great Wall has already rehabilitated millions of hectares of land and created thousands of jobs, from Dakar to Djibouti.He explains.

At the same time, Antonio Guterres proposes the need to do much more and calls for action “ttime to shield our future».