UNCCD COP14 ends, after 10 days of meetings and 44 exhibitions, with a landmark decision to buttress global efforts to better mitigate and manage the risks of drought.

All countries have agreed to make the Sustainable Development Goal target of achieving land degradation neutrality by 2030.

India raised its ambition of the total area that would be restored from its land degradation status from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares between now and 2030.