In war-torn Sudan, hunger mounts and hopes wane
Stories & Blogs WFPFeb 07, 2024(Story )Millions of people have received WFP's assistance, but access and other constraints mean it reaches only a fraction of the neediest
Morocco: developing an industrial decarbonization roadmap framework
Stories & Blogs UNIDOFeb 06, 2024(Story )No country will be able to slash greenhouse gas emissions and meet its nationally determined contributions without decarbonizing its industries.
Central Africa needs to enhance sub-regional cooperation to ensure satisfactory appropriation of natural capital accounting as a tool for mobilizing financing for the green economy
Stories & Blogs ECAFeb 02, 2024(Story )"No Central African country, despite the Congo Basin’s enormous natural resource endowments, has an economic and environmental accounting system…", emphasized Dr. Nebiyeleul Gessese,
Le FIDA et le Burkina Faso signent un nouvel accord de financement pour renforcer la résilience des petits exploitants aux changements climatiques et à d’autres chocs
Stories & Blogs FIDAOct 11, 2023(Story )Cet accord constitue le socle d’un investissement de 107 millions d’EUR à l’appui du Programme de renforcement de la résilience des petits producteurs (RESI-2P).
Urgent action to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel operations essential to achieve global climate targets
Stories & Blogs UNEPOct 11, 2023(Story )Decisive, far-reaching efforts to cut methane emissions from fossil fuel production and use must go hand-in-hand with decarbonisation of our energy systems to limit global warming to 1.5 °C
Libya floods: WFP supporting rollout of food assistance to families in wake of storm.
Stories & Blogs WFPSep 15, 2023(Story )Relief efforts are under way as human cost of extreme-weather tragedy unfolds.
North Africa is struggling to cope. The terrible events of this week will become all too familiar unless we invest in resilience
Stories & Blogs IFADSep 15, 2023(Blog )The true impact of the earthquake is yet to be determined as roads are opened and aid slowly trickles in. Hopes of finding survivors are slim, while those who made it through the initial disaster now face a host of new challenges.
Africa must harness green resources to boost energy security and sustainable development – Antonio Pedro
Stories & Blogs ECASep 01, 2023(Story )Africa must swiftly harness its rich mineral and natural resources to drive a clean energy revolution and accelerate sustainable development amidst the current climate crisis, the Acting Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Ant
Enhancing groundwater governance through experimental games in Ghana
Stories & Blogs IFPRIAug 22, 2023(Blog )Some of the key challenges that irrigators are dealing with are declining groundwater tables and insufficient freshwater during the peak of the dry season (February-March).
Is Ethiopia missing a golden opportunity for addressing hidden hunger? The opportunities and challenges of biofortification
Stories & Blogs IFPRIAug 18, 2023(Blog )Despite some progress in reducing chronic malnutrition, Ethiopia continues to be an epicenter of the triple burden of malnutrition—undernutrition, overnutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies.