10 things you should know about air pollution.
Stories & Blogs UNEP (Story )Car exhaust. Factory smoke. Wildfire haze. Chances are, no matter where on Earth you live, you’re exposed to some form of air pollution almost every day.
Key moments from World Environment Day 2025
Stories & Blogs UNEP (News )Plastic pollution permeates every corner of the planet—even in our bodies in the form of microplastics. World Environment Day 2025 called for collective action to tackle plastic pollution.
13th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-XIII) opens in Addis Ababa
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )“This year’s CCDA comes at a pivotal time. The climate crisis is accelerating — but so is Africa’s determination to lead with solutions grounded in equity, innovation, and resilience.” Jihane El Gaouzi , AUC.
ECA Develops an Automotive Policy Framework to support Namibia and Lesotho’s Integration into the Automotive Regional Value Chain.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Sub Regional Office for Southern Africa (ECA SRO SA) organised a virtual workshop on 2nd September 2025 to review and validate the draft automotive policy framework for Namibia and Lesotho leveraging feed
ECA leads development of SADC just energy transition framework in Windhoek
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )The Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), in partnership with the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Secretariat, has convened a consultative meeting of experts from 5 to 7 August 2025 in Windhoek, Namibia, to advance the development of a regio
ECA calls for bold action to unlock the potential of Africa’s Landlocked Developing Countries at LLDC3.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )“The data tells a troubling story,” Said Mr. Gatete. “Structural challenges, like being landlocked, should not determine a nation’s economic fate. We must act—and act together.”
The Secretary-General's message for International Youth Day.
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )On International Youth Day, we celebrate the determination, creativity and leadership of young people everywhere.
Experts validate report on cross-border cocoa and rice value chains between Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana
Stories & Blogs ECA (Story )In a pivotal move to strengthen regional trade and agricultural development, stakeholders from Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana gathered to review a draft assessment report on cross-border cocoa and rice value chains.
More time needed for plastic pollution treaty
Stories & Blogs UNEP (News )“It is clear that divides remain regarding core issues on production, plastic products, finance and voting. The world needs more time to come to full agreement on these critical issues’, said Inger Andersen -UNEP .