RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Drought costs the world more than $300 billion each year, the United Nations warned Tuesday in a report published on the second day of international talks on desertification in Saudi Arabia.
Fueled by "human destruction of the environment," drought is projected to affect 75 percent of the world's population by 2050, the report cautioned.
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