Increasing aridification calls for urgent global adaptive solutions and policy action

Abstract

Aridification threatens over 2.3 billion people by reshaping landscapes and increasing socio-economic vulnerabilities, demanding immediate policy actions and global cooperation to enhance resilience and develop transformative solutions.

Description

Keywords

Climate-change impacts, Climate-change mitigation, Geography, Comment, Aridification

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG-13: Climate action
SDG-17: Partnerships for the goals

Citation

Pricope, N.G., Vicente-Serrano, S.M., Toreti, A. et al. Increasing aridification calls for urgent global adaptive solutions and policy action. Nature Water 3, 512–515 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-025-00432-9.