On Thursday 23 November, the European Commissioner for the Environment, Jessika Roswall, presented MEPs with the “mixed” conclusions of COP16 on desertification, which was held in Riyadh at the end of 2024.
“The parties were unable to reach a compromise on the main item on the agenda - an instrument to deal with drought”, warned the European Commissioner from the outset. However, a number of successes have been achieved, according to the latter, with decisions adopted on “land...