Middle Income Countries (MICs) can lead shift to green industrial development
Stories & Blogs UNIDOApr 29, 2025(News )Middle-income countries (MICs) can increase their competitiveness and lead the global shift towards a green industrial system…
Morocco Declaration to set land governance agenda in the Arab region
Stories & Blogs UN-HabitatApr 02, 2025(News )The Third Arab Land Conference, held from 18 to 20 February in Rabat, Morocco, concluded with the adoption of the Morocco Declaration for Land Governance, a key milestone in strengthening land governance frameworks across the Arab region.
UNIDO and Sweden launch Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa (EELA) Programme
Stories & Blogs UNIDOMar 26, 2025(News )The event was hosted by Annika Lisa Markovic, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden to UNIDO and brought together high-level representatives from the programme’s partner organizations.
Transforming Africa’s Coffee Sector: UNIDO and Italy Drive Climate-Resilient Solutions March 25, 2025
Stories & Blogs UNIDOMar 25, 2025(News )Italy supports UNIDO in promoting Africa’s sustainable industrialization, in line with the Mattei Plan’s focus on food security, renewable energy, and job creation, as reaffirmed during the Italy-Africa Summit in January 2024.
How a new Global Alliance aims to end hunger and poverty once and for all
Stories & Blogs IFADNov 15, 2024(Explainer )Over the past decades, the world has seen incredible achievements in fighting hunger and poverty.
Youth drive climate action at World Cities Day 2024 in Alexandria
Stories & Blogs UN-HabitatNov 01, 2024(News )Held at the iconic Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the observance spotlighted youth-led initiatives tackling urban climate challenges, particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions.
Solutions to hunger exist. What we are lacking is finance
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 31, 2024(News )Hunger is not driven by a lack of food or an inability to grow it. Instead, it is primarily caused by conflict, climate change and economic fluctuations.
UNIDO assists Cameroon to tackle mercury pollution through new National Action Plan for ASGM sector
Stories & Blogs UNIDOJul 10, 2024(News )Cameroon has taken important steps towards tackling harmful mercury emissions from the country’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector through the development of a National Action Plan (NAP) for the Minamata Convention on mercury.
Major step in CAFI-Cameroon partnership: First $20 million project approved to support transition to deforestation-free agroecological practices
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 02, 2024(News )A first US$20 million project funded by the Central Africa Forest Initiative (CAFI) will support Cameroon’s small-scale cocoa and coffee producers adapt to the new European Union (EU) regulations
New partnership agreed between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the GCCA to drive industry decarbonization around the globe.
Stories & Blogs UNIDOJun 19, 2024(News )A ground-breaking agreement to work together on decarbonizing the cement and concrete industry, with a strong focus on the Global South.