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Emergency food assistance grinds to a halt in Nigeria amid surging insecurity and record hunger

Stories & Blogs WFPJul 23, 2025(News )

Without immediate funding, millions of vulnerable people will face impossible choices: endure increasingly severe hunger, migrate, or possibly risk exploitation by extremist groups in the region.

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

Millions risk losing access to humanitarian food assistance amid funding slowdown in South Sudan

Stories & Blogs WFPJul 22, 2025(News )

Half the population of South Sudan – 7.7 million people – are facing severe hunger.

Low-income countries hit hardest by global food price inflation.

Stories & Blogs FAOJul 22, 2025(News )

Special Event in New York explores the causes, consequences and solutions to the 2021-2023 food price inflation.

UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit.

Stories & Blogs UNJul 22, 2025(Story )

UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on the shift to renewables and implored governments to file sweeping new climate plans before November’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil, saying the fossil fuel er

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.

Building on AMCEN’s legacy: towards a resilient and sustainable Africa.

Stories & Blogs UNEPJul 18, 2025(Story )

The African Ministerial Conference on the Environment — AMCEN, it is time to reaffirm your commitment to protecting Africa’s natural heritage and promoting sustainable development.

One ocean, one future: scaling up action for life below water.

Stories & Blogs UNEPJul 17, 2025(Statement )

This year has marked several milestones in advancing ocean governance, including the 2025 UN Ocean Conference and an increasing number of ratifications of the BBNJ Agreement.

From diamonds to dirt: Sierra Leone youth bring land back to life

Stories & Blogs UNJul 16, 2025(Story )

Craters filled with muddy water pocket the landscape of the Kono district in Sierra Leone – the result of a blood diamond mining industry which contributed to a decade-long civil war.