INTERVIEW: Sustainable energy offers ‘hope’ in fight against desertification and land loss

Sustainable sources of energy, including solar and wind power, can help communities across the world to reverse desertification and land loss, according to Ibrahim Thiaw, the Executive Secretary of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification. 

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INTERVIEW: Sustainable energy offers ‘hope’ in fight against desertification and land loss
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