Rajasthani women farmers combat climate change in the desert
One of the key worries that will be discussed in Paris, at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference ― the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 21) – will be the expansion of drylands. A recent study published by Lanzhou University in China indicates that climate change will lead to ever-expanding drylands area. If global emissions continue to rise, the study estimated that dryland areas will cover 56% of the world’s land surface by 2100.
