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Combating climate change? Combat land degradation, says UNCCD chief
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Combating climate change? Combat land degradation, says UNCCD chief

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By 2045, there will be 130 million people who migrated because of desertification, and out of them, 60 million will come from south of the Sahel and Africa.

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