No Escape: Climate change is a growing threat to people already fleeing war
Stories & Blogs UNSDGNov 12, 2024(Story )People forced to flee war, violence and persecution are increasingly finding themselves on the front line of the global climate crisis, a new report warns, exposing them to a lethal combination of threats but without the funding and support to adapt.
Investing in Trust to Unlock Climate Solutions
Stories & Blogs UNSDGNov 12, 2024(Story )Around the world, millions of people are coping with the searing impacts of climate change as we hurtle toward the 1.5-degree celsius warming limit.
"Ambitious new climate finance goal is entirely in the self-interest of every single nation": UN Climate Chief at COP29
Stories & Blogs UNSDGNov 11, 2024(Story )“Let’s dispense with any idea that climate finance is charity;” runaway climate change is impacting “every single individual in the world one way or another,” Mr. Stiell said on Monday.
COP16: Landmark biodiversity agreements adopted.
Stories & Blogs United NationsNov 03, 2024(Story )The world’s largest biodiversity summit, known as COP16, concluded this weekend in Colombia, with several landmark decisions, including first ever agreements on nature’s genetic data and on recognizing people of Africa descent and Indigenous Peoples as ke
WFP calls for cash to front-load South Sudan operations amid warnings of rising hunger.
Stories & Blogs WFPNov 01, 2024(News )The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is urgently appealing to donors to provide early funding for next year’s operations in South Sudan so the food agency can preposition food to prevent spiralling operational costs and hunger through 2025.
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.
AI has an environmental problem. Here’s what the world can do about that.
Stories & Blogs UNEPOct 31, 2024(Story )There are high hopes that artificial intelligence (AI) can help tackle some of the world’s biggest environmental emergencies.
A Food Security Statistics Project is Enhancing Food Security Data across Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAOct 31, 2024(Story )Reliable food security statistics are essential for informed decisions on food access, quality, and affordability.
New UN report warns of conflict-induced famine and catastrophic hunger in 5 major hotspots alongside the looming La Niña climate threat in others.
Stories & Blogs WFPOct 31, 2024(News )Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 22 countries and territories.
Making peace with nature through the Global Biodiversity Framework - UNEP COP16 Plenary Statement.
Stories & Blogs UNEPOct 30, 2024(News )A plan that, as we implement and interweave it with the Climate Convention, the Desertification Convention, and the Pollution conventions, can truly address that which we refer to as the triple planetary crisis.