More time needed for plastic pollution treaty
Stories & Blogs UNEPAug 15, 2025(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 .
IFAD supports five million rural people to strengthen climate resilience in Ethiopia’s lowlands.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 29, 2025(Press Release )The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia signed a financing agreement to launch the second phase of the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project.
IFAD and EADB to co-finance rural development in East Africa.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 29, 2025(Press Release )The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the East Africa Development Bank (EADB) signed a cofinancing agreement to increase their impact through combined investment in IFAD’s projects for rural development and food systems transforma
Global hunger declines, but rises in Africa and western Asia: UN report.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 28, 2025(News )It is projected that 512 million people could be chronically undernourished by 2030. Almost 60 percent of those will be in Africa.
Investing in rural economies can alleviate impact of high food prices on the world’s poorest people.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 22, 2025(Press Release )With high food prices affecting people around the world, especially in low-income countries, Alvaro Lario, President of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), highlighted the urgency of making strategic investments in agriculture
Building on AMCEN’s legacy: towards a resilient and sustainable Africa.
Stories & Blogs UNEPJul 18, 2025(Story )The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment — AMCEN, it is time to reaffirm your commitment to protecting Africa’s natural heritage and promoting sustainable development.
One ocean, one future: scaling up action for life below water.
Stories & Blogs UNEPJul 17, 2025(Statement )This year has marked several milestones in advancing ocean governance, including the 2025 UN Ocean Conference and an increasing number of ratifications of the BBNJ Agreement.
40 years of environment action in Africa.
Stories & Blogs UNEPJul 16, 2025(Statement )“We must create a forward-looking strategy that builds on past successes while also confronting rising challenges, such as land degradation, and resource pressures: said Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, AMCEN.
4 steps to boost private investment in rural development.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 03, 2025(Explianer )At a time of overlapping global crises, small-scale farmers in developing countries are key to building stability and prosperity that benefit everyone. But they can’t do it alone.
Green Climate Fund and UNEP boost climate adaptation with USD 120 million for new projects.
Stories & Blogs UNEPJul 02, 2025(Press Release )The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over USD 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, the Maldives, and Mauritania.