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.
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.
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).
Standards capture consensus on technologies for a better world.
Stories & Blogs ITUOct 14, 2025(News )Standards provide a common understanding about technologies – whether it’s about how to build them, how to use them, how to interconnect them, or how to keep them safe and sustainable.
Why are over 670 million people going hungry?
Stories & Blogs UNOct 14, 2025(Story )More than eight per cent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going hungry, according to the UN.