En France, l'Assurance maladie comptabilise plus de 700 000 patients atteints d'une maladie chronique et dépourvus de médecin. Mais la pénurie est loin d’être uniforme sur le territoire, avec des espaces bien dotés et d’autres en déficit, en particulier dans certains départements ruraux. L'exemple de l'Orne, en Normandie, montre que le départ ou la retraite d'un seul médecin peut faire basculer un bassin de vie dans la désertification médicale.

https://geoconfluences.ens-lyon.fr/actualites/veille/breves/deserts-medicaux-france-orne

#désertification #medicale

Iran faces a critical threat of desertification, which could turn its future to dust. Desertification is the degradation of land due to climate change, overgrazing, deforestation, and water scarcity. It affects the livelihoods, food security, and health of millions of people and increases the risk of conflicts and migration. #Desertification #Iran #ClimateCrisis https://americanmilitarynews.com/2023/08/condition-critical-desertification-threatens-to-turn-irans-future-to-dust/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=HariTulsidas%2Fmagazine%2FArchetypes

#GlobalHeating likely to hit world #food supply before 1.5C, says #UN expert | #Desertification | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert

#Environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateChange

" #GlobalHeating likely to hit world #food supply before 1.5C, says #UN expert - #Water scarcity threatening #agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 #desertification president

The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification conference has warned, as the impacts of the climate crisis combine with water scarcity and poor farming practices to threaten global agriculture.

Alain-Richard Donwahi, a former Ivory Coast defence minister who led last year’s UN Cop15 summit on desertification, said the effects of drought were taking hold more rapidly than expected.

“Climate change is a pandemic that we need to fight quickly. See how fast the degradation of the climate is going – I think it’s going even faster than we predicted,” he said. “Everyone is fixated on 1.5C [above pre-industrial levels], and it’s a very important target. But actually, some very bad things could happen, in terms of soil degradation, water scarcity and desertification, way before 1.5C.”

The problems of rising temperatures, #heatwaves and more intense #droughts and #floods, were endangering food security in many regions, Donwahi said. “[Look at] the effects of droughts on food security, the effects of droughts on migration of population, the effect of droughts on inflation. We could have an acceleration of negative effects, other than temperature,” he said.

Poor farming practices were not helping, he said. “The degradation of soil comes with bad habits, and the way we do our agriculture will lead to degradation of the soil. When the soil is affected, the yield is affected,” he said."
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"Rich countries should look to Africa for the solutions to the climate crisis, he added. Africa enjoys many of the natural resources – from minerals required for renewable energy technology, to forests, sun and vast groundwater reserves – needed to cut greenhouse gas emissions, improve food security and preserve biodiversity.

“Africa is a continent of solutions. It’s a continent where you have the most natural resources. The people who have the finance should help the people who have the natural resources. It’s a win-win situation, a partnership situation,” he said.

He called on Africans to seize these opportunities. “If the Africans realise that Africa is a solution, they will act differently – they will come with a more positive attitude, that you’re fighting to find solutions together. That’s how we should think – you don’t want to always be the one waiting for the help, for the handout, waiting cap in hand.”

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert

#GlobalWarming #Migration #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Climate #Klima #Klimakrise #ClimateDiary #WaterScarcity

'Global heating likely to hit world #food #supply before 1.5C, says UN expert

#Water scarcity threatening agriculture faster than expected, warns #Cop15 #desertification president'

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
#Climate #ClimateChange

#GlobalHeating likely to hit world #food supply before 1.5C, says #UN expert

#WaterScarcity threatening #agriculture faster than expected, warns #Cop15 #desertification president
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert #ClimateCrisis

TheGuardian: Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/global-heating-likely-to-hit-world-food-supply-faster-than-expected-says-united-nations-desertification-expert #Globaldevelopment #Desertification #Climatecrisis #UnitedNations #Foodsecurity #Environment #Worldnews #Farming #Africa #Soil

During the 2016-2020 period, Xinjiang, one of the most desertified and sandy regions in China, saw 1.89 million hectares of its desertified land restored, effectively reversing the trend of desertification. #China #desertification #environment

@dompteurdetrain Bonjour, malheureusement la politique ferroviaire en #France est un désastre, - « Six ans de blog paysages c’est aussi d’une certaine manière, être le témoin de la #désertification ferroviaire de la France[2]. La remise du rapport de la commission Duron[3] le mardi 26 mai ne semble que confirmer mon impression déjà décrite en août 2014 «… ecrit en 2014 voire https://cneffpaysages.blog/2015/05/31/six-ans-de-blog-paysages-sur-le-monde-fr-31-05-2015/ #trains #sncf

"According to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification, 75 percent of #Spain 's land is battling climatic conditions that could lead to #desertification, making it the European nation most threatened by the problem."

https://phys.org/news/2023-08-spain-lifeless-desertification.html

@RichStein @TucsonSentinel unfortunately we're likely to see a lot more of the land underneath Lake Powell in the near future. People in Utah refuse to regulate to avoid the tragedy of the commons.

They're more interested in green church lawns, golf courses and degeneratively farmed alfalfa than they are drinking water. It was incredibly frustrating when I lived there.

#WaterScarcity #LakePowell #Utah #desertification #DestroyingTheEarth

‘Swallowed by the sand’: Somalia’s coastal towns succumb to the desert
As deforestation and fierce winds compound the climate crisis-driven drought, sand dunes are burying the medieval port of Hobyo. Will pledges to green the desert save families already displaced by war?

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/jul/06/swallowed-by-sand-somalia-hobyo-desertification-deforestation-climate-crisis

#desertification #ClimateCrisis #environment #GlobalWarming

RT Stefano Mallia
❗️2 billion people do not have safe drinking #water
💧#Waterscarcity is a critical issue which requires international partnership as well as private sector involvement
Pleased to moderate debate on water scarcity and #desertification at #Euromed summit
#Mediterranean https://t.co/VXJwEDbRyc

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/StefanoMalliaEU/status/1676885795523665920

To try & slow down the human caused ecological crisis that is & will increasingly disrupt life as many people know it, we need?

(Multiple choices poll)

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #SpeciesExtinction #wildlife #nature
#ecological #polyCrisis #corruption #apathy #BusinessAsUsual #economy #economics #politics
#AirPollution #technology #mining #habitatDestruction #PlasticPollution #ClimateHeating #ForestFires #SeaLevelRise #desertification

🌍Tomorrow is World Day to Combat #Desertification and #Drought! 🌊
A new analysis suggests that while generally effective, flood and drought risk management strategies are usually not designed to cope with unprecedented events.
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https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/flood-and-drought-analysis-shows-impact-reduction-strategies-are-effective-fail-unprecedented-events-2023-03-08_en https://t.co/JaBTzNv1pN

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/SfEP/status/1669619232684883968

Combating desertification in developing countries: A question of political will https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/combating-desertification-in-developing-countries-a-question-of-political-will/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ClimateChange #COP15 #desertification #GreatGreenWall

Combating desertification in developing countries: A question of political will https://www.euractiv.com/section/climate-environment/opinion/combating-desertification-in-developing-countries-a-question-of-political-will/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #ClimateChange #COP15 #desertification #GreatGreenWall

#OnThisDay Mumtaz Mahal died during child birth (1631). #TajMahal in Agra, often cited as one of the Wonders of the World, was commissioned by her husband Shah Jahan to act as her final resting place.

Happy Birthday Venus Williams (1980) - A former world No. 1 in both singles and doubles #Tennis.

Today is World Day to Combat #Desertification and #Drought.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

Working day in desert. To make it short: #desertification control efforts are always worthy of respect.

Happy to see the forum paying attention to the vulnerable. This year’s World Day to Combat #Desertification and Drought spotlights “her land, her rights.” Heard lots of insights here!