Why is Gender Equality Crucial for Tackling Climate Change?
Stories & Blogs UNSDGMar 30, 2026(Story )Climate change can also reduce access to education. Girls are often the first to be pulled out of school after climate impacts cause families to struggle with limited resources or an increased demand for unpaid care work
Climate finance at a crossroads: Restoring trust through transparency
Stories & Blogs UNCTADMar 13, 2026(News )New analysis explores the extent to which rising climate finance figures represent additional support for developing countries.
Water, sanitation, and women’s economic empowerment across the lifecycle in Africa
Stories & Blogs ECAMar 09, 2026(Blog )Across the lifecycle, inadequate WASH services impose particularly high costs on girls and women.
OCHA’s emergency response team ensures aid flows seamlessly in Mozambique
Stories & Blogs OCHAMar 02, 2026(News )Rains from neighbouring countries that drain their water to the ocean via Mozambique caused flooding that had swept across Mozambique’s Gaza Province.
ECA sub-regional office for southern Africa transitions to clean energy with ground-breaking hybrid solar system
Stories & Blogs ECAFeb 05, 2026(Story )The Contract Close-Out Session marked the successful completion of a pioneering hybrid photovoltaic (PV) solar system at its Sub-Regional Office for Southern Africa (SRO-SA) in Lusaka, Zambia.
Narrow Path to Recovery: Finding a Climate-Smart Pathway and Stabilizing South Sudan’s Economy
Stories & Blogs World BankFeb 05, 2026(News )Two new World Bank Group reports released today underscore that South Sudan stands at a critical crossroads, where restoring public finances and taking urgent, climate-smart action are essential.
WFP scales up food assistance as record floods in Mozambique leave families stranded
Stories & Blogs WFPJan 30, 2026(News )The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is scaling up to deliver life-saving food assistance to reach 450,000 people affected by the country’s worst flooding in decades.
A Strategic Tripartite Partnership to Improve Flood Forecasting in West Africa and the Sahel
Stories & Blogs UNDP-AfricaJan 28, 2026(Blog )“Through the Sahel Resilience Project, we are strengthening institutions for disaster risk reduction and adaptation, co-creating inclusive solutions, and supporting communities to better anticipate and respond to hydrometeorological hazards—while localizi
Achieving the Paris Agreement Goals: Our Race to the Top
Stories & Blogs UNSDGNov 12, 2025(Story )On 12 December 2015, the world reached consensus on the Paris Agreement – our legally binding, universal treaty to combat climate catastrophe.
Record rise in carbon dioxide levels during 2024: UN weather agency.
Stories & Blogs UNOct 15, 2025(Story )Atmospheric carbon dioxide levels rose by a record amount in 2024, reaching new highs and locking in further long-term warming and extreme weather, according to the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).