What We Learned From the IPCC’s Alarming Agriculture Report

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Farmland is becoming a critical resource — 500 million people are now living in areas that experience desertification. Here's what we now know from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s alarming new report.

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01:30When land is degraded, it reduces the soil's ability to take up carbon and this exacerbates climate change.

01:37In turn, climate change exacerbates land degradation in many different ways.

01:42Today, 500 million people live in areas that experience desertification.

03:00This video was made with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Land Reserve.

03:30This video was made with the support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Land Reserve.

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