New Study: Urgent action to enhance food aid and revitalize agriculture critical to averting looming famine in Sudan
Stories & Blogs IFPRIApr 12, 2024(Press Release )Port Sudan - Pervasive severe food insecurity in Sudan necessitates urgent and extensive interventions to enhance food aid, revitalize agricultural systems, and restore supply chains, to mitigate the food crisis and prevent further escalation.
African Economies Projected to Grow by 3.4 % in 2024, But Faster and More Equitable Growth Needed to Reduce Poverty
Stories & Blogs World BankApr 08, 2024(Press Release )Increased private consumption and declining inflation are supporting an economic rebound in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Advancing Biodiversity Conservation: 10th Africa Regional Dialogue on Biodiversity Finance.
Stories & Blogs UNDPApr 04, 2024(Press Release )Blantyre,– Planet Earth requires approximately US$ 950 billion annually for the restoration and protection of its imperiled ecosystems, vital for sustaining livelihoods.
UN Environment Assembly advances collaborative action on triple planetary crisis
Stories & Blogs UNEPMar 01, 2024(Press Release )Member States delivering 15 resolutions aiming to boost multilateral efforts to address the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
At UNEA-6, Heads of State call for greater cooperation on the environment
Stories & Blogs UNEPFeb 29, 2024(Press Release )World leaders expressed determination to accelerate multilateral action on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
Abundant, sustainable energy resources in the Sahel can transform the fortunes of over 340 million people and spur green industrialisation
Stories & Blogs UNDPFeb 16, 2024(Press Release )Given its significant renewable energy resource potential, the Sahel can become the first African region to pioneer and champion an industrial revolution fuelled by renewable energy investments that go beyond domestic use, by establishing and leveraging g
Marking International Day, Secretary-General Stresses ‘In Our World of Plenty, Poverty Should Have No Home’, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Achieve SDGs
Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )“In our world of plenty, poverty should have no home. Yet, as we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, nearly 700 million people are barely scraping by, living on less than $2.15 per day” UN Secretary-General António Guterres .
UN Committee on the Rights of the Child calls on states to take action in first guidance on children's rights and the environment, with a focus on climate change
Stories & Blogs UNICEFAug 28, 2023(Press Release )In the face of the deepening climate crisis, the Committee specified obligations under the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.
Urgent climate action can secure a liveable future for all.
Stories & Blogs IPCCMar 20, 2023(Press Release )“Mainstreaming effective and equitable climate action will not only reduce losses and damages for nature and people, it will also provide wider benefits,” said IPCC Chair Hoesung Lee
State of Climate in Africa highlights water stress and hazards
Stories & Blogs WMOSep 08, 2022(Press Release )Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard.