COP17 in Mongolia wraps up with 1.3 billion dollars of Green Investment Pledge

As much as 40% of land on the planet is turning into a desert and 3.2 billion people already suffer the consequences. UN Convention to Combat Desertification met for another COP conference in the capital of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar. Mongolia itself is severely hit by desertification with 77% of its territory affected and Gobi desert spreading. From the beginning the organisers appealed to the delegations of the 197 signatories of the…