August 21, 2023
Africa: Water Action Agenda Takes Shape in Stockholm Flowing On From Landmark Conference
The biggest water conference of the year is now underway. You might be thinking, wasn't that the UN Water Conference? Two separate events - but there is spillover. Read more »
August 12, 2023
Africa: As Record Warming Puts Climate Targets At Risk, Young People's 'Green Skills' May Help Save the Planet
Young climate advocates are preparing to tell leaders at a UN summit next month that they are out of options: they must deliver now on ambitions climate action that pushes the… Read more »
July 27, 2023
Africa: Climate Litigation Report Reveals Spike in Cases Demanding Action #AfricaClimateHope
The total number of court cases focused on climate action has more than doubled since 2017 and is growing worldwide, according to a new report published on Thursday by the UN… Read more »
July 18, 2023
North Africa: Health Risks On the Rise As Heatwave Intensifies - WMO
The dangers associated with the heatwave that's engulfing the northern hemisphere aren't over yet, the UN World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warned on Tuesday. Read more »
July 14, 2023
Africa: Extreme Weather Highlights Need for Greater Climate Action - WMO
Scorching temperatures are engulfing large parts of the Northern hemisphere, while devastating floods triggered by relentless rainfall have disrupted lives and livelihoods,… Read more »
July 12, 2023
Africa: Hunger Afflicts One in Ten Globally, UN Report Finds
As many as 783 million people faced hunger worldwide in 2022 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including in Ukraine, according to a study… Read more »
Africa: UN Issues Global Alert to Combat Severe Sand and Dust Storms #AfricaClimateCrisis
Severe sand and dust storms (SDS) are becoming increasingly common, with UN climate experts attributing the rise to human-driven causes such as climate change and unsustainable… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Africa: Financial System Must Evolve in 'Giant Leap Towards Global Justice' - Guterres
Developing countries are buckling under high debt and exorbitant borrowing costs, that prevent them from reviving their economies, UN chief António Guterres said on… Read more »
June 17, 2023
Africa: Combating Drought, One Garden At a Time
Just before noon in Satara, a remote village in Niger's southwestern Tillaberi region, the thermometer is already hovering near 40°C. Read more »
June 16, 2023
Africa: Mediterranean Migrant Shipwreck - Swift Action Needed to Prevent New Tragedy
The UN refugee and migration agencies are calling for urgent and decisive action to prevent further deaths at sea following Wednesday's tragedy in the Mediterranean. With 78 bodies… Read more »
June 13, 2023
Africa: Climate Shocks Set to Worsen Already Fragile Hotspots, Security Council Hears
With an estimated 3.5 billion people living in "climate hot spots", related peace and security risks are only set to heighten, UN Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations… Read more »
June 07, 2023
Africa: World Oceans Day Underscores Need to Protect 'The Foundation of Life'
Over a third of global fish stocks are being harvested at unsustainable levels - just one example of how human activity is harming oceans, which cover more than 70 per cent of the… Read more »
May 22, 2023
Africa: Extreme Weather Caused Two Million Deaths Over Last 50 Years - World Meteorological Organisation
Over two million deaths and $4.3 trillion in economic losses; that's the impact of a half-century of extreme weather events turbo-charged by man-made global warming, the World… Read more »
May 20, 2023
Africa: Plenty Abuzz On World Bee Day
Beekeepers around the world earn their livelihoods from the golden honey their bees produce, but they also play a critical role in pollinating 87 of 115 leading food crops… Read more »
May 08, 2023
Africa: UN Forum On Forests - 5 Things You Need to Know
The sustainable management of the world's forests takes centre stage at the UN Forum on Forests, which opened on Monday at UN Headquarters in New York. Stakeholders from across the… Read more »
Africa: Countries Must Forge 'Global Blue Deal' to Protect the Ocean - Unctad
The ocean can provide vast opportunities for developing countries to build more innovative and resilient economies, but climate change, pollution and overfishing threaten the… Read more »
May 03, 2023
Africa: New Temperature Records, Food Security Threats Likely As El Niño Looms - UN
The development of an El Niño climate pattern in the Pacific Ocean this year is more and more likely, with dangerously high temperatures and extreme weather events expected,… Read more »
April 21, 2023
Africa: Human, Economic, Environmental Toll of Climate Change On the Rise - WMO
The relentless advance of climate change brought more drought, flooding and heatwaves to communities around the world last year, compounding threats to people's lives and… Read more »
April 05, 2023
Africa: 'Green Industrial Age' Can Be Sustainable Development Breakthrough, UN Says
The UN on Wednesday called for a "sustainable industrial transformation" to close the widening development gap between countries, meet ambitious climate targets, and reach the 2030… Read more »
March 31, 2023
Africa: General Assembly Votes to Seek World Court's Opinion, in Quest for 'Bolder' Climate Action
The resolution was put forward by the cyclone-battered Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu, supported by a “core group” of 17 countries from various regions, and is… Read more »
March 30, 2023
Africa: Zero Waste Day - UN Calls for a War On Garbage
The planet is literally drowning in garbage, and it is high time to clean up, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, at an event in the General Assembly… Read more »
March 24, 2023
Africa: UN Water Conference - Reducing Cross-Border Tensions
As water scarcity and the potential for conflicts between countries over resources increase, the UN is urging more nations to sign up to the Water Convention, designed to reduce… Read more »
March 23, 2023
Africa: UN's Nuclear Agency and Food and Agriculture Wing Announce Key Commitments to Tackle Global Water Crisis
On the penultimate day of the United Nations Water Conference, two UN agencies announced several potentially game-changing commitments that could enable countries to quickly gather… Read more »
March 22, 2023
Africa: UN Conference Seeks Solutions to Global Water Crisis
The world's precious water resources are "in deep trouble" and leaders are meeting at UN Headquarters this week to address what has become a multifaceted global crisis, before it… Read more »
March 21, 2023
Africa: Extreme Weather - UN Global Early Warning Initiative 'Fast-Tracked Into Action'
A global initiative launched by the UN Secretary-General to ensure that all countries are protected by early warning systems, by 2027, is being fast-tracked into action on the… Read more »