Sand and dust storms are well known as extreme weather events. They threaten health and economies from central Africa to Europe and all the way to northern China. Now, the UN General Assembly is taking action. They have declared 2025 to 2034 as the official United Nations Decade on Combating Sand and Dust Storms – and it’s officially kicking off on Friday (12 July). The resolution was brought by the Group of 77, a powerful UN group of 134 developing countries and China. Their representative, Uganda’s UN Ambassador Godfrey Kwoba, told the 193-member assembly the initiative aims to “halt and mit…