New climate pledges only slightly lower dangerous global warming projections
Stories & Blogs UNEPNov 04, 2025(Press Release )A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) assessment of available new climate pledges under the Paris Agreement finds that the predicted global temperature rise over the course of this century has only slightly fallen, leaving the world heading for a serious esca
Global commitment to mercury reduction: UNEP's role in advancing the Minamata convention
Stories & Blogs UNEPNov 03, 2025(Speech )Mercury has served our industries, our medicines, even our mirrors — yet it has also poisoned rivers, silenced birds, and entered the blood of generations.
Slow climate adaptation threatening lives and economies
Stories & Blogs UNEPOct 29, 2025(Press Release )Amid rising global temperatures and intensifying climate impacts, a yawning gap in adaptation finance for developing countries is putting lives, livelihoods and entire economies at risk, according to the Adaptation Gap Report 2025: Running on Empty.
IFAD President: "Rural youth need investment to build their own future" – Africa Food Systems Forum.
Stories & Blogs IFADSep 01, 2025(Press Release )International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is stressing that investing in rural development and transforming food systems is essential to ending hunger, reducing poverty, and building long-term resilience to any type of shocks.
IFAD supports five million rural people to strengthen climate resilience in Ethiopia’s lowlands.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 29, 2025(Press Release )The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia signed a financing agreement to launch the second phase of the Lowlands Livelihood Resilience Project.
IFAD and EADB to co-finance rural development in East Africa.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 29, 2025(Press Release )The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the East Africa Development Bank (EADB) signed a cofinancing agreement to increase their impact through combined investment in IFAD’s projects for rural development and food systems transforma
Investing in rural economies can alleviate impact of high food prices on the world’s poorest people.
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 22, 2025(Press Release )With high food prices affecting people around the world, especially in low-income countries, Alvaro Lario, President of the UN’s International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), highlighted the urgency of making strategic investments in agriculture
Advancing gender responsive land governance and women’s land tenure security.
Stories & Blogs ECAJul 21, 2025(Press Release )Land remains one of Africa’s most vital yet contested natural resources, central to food security, livelihoods, inclusive growth, and community resilience.
Global Gas Flaring Hits Highest Level Since 2007, Undermining Energy Security, Access, and Emissions Goals
Stories & Blogs World BankJul 18, 2025(Press release )Global gas flaring surged for a second year in a row, wasting about $63 billion in lost energy and setting back efforts to manage emissions and boost energy security and access.
Rwanda to Restore Ecosystems and Boost Climate Resilience in the Nyungwe–Ruhango Corridor.
Stories & Blogs World BankJul 03, 2025(Press Release )Communities in Rwanda’s Southern Province are set to benefit from restored ecosystems, improved agricultural productivity, and expanded sustainable livelihood opportunities in areas vulnerable to climate-related shocks.