At UNEA-6, Heads of State call for greater cooperation on the environment
Stories & Blogs UNEPFeb 29, 2024(Press Release )World leaders expressed determination to accelerate multilateral action on the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature loss and pollution.
Abundant, sustainable energy resources in the Sahel can transform the fortunes of over 340 million people and spur green industrialisation
Stories & Blogs UNDPFeb 16, 2024(Press Release )Given its significant renewable energy resource potential, the Sahel can become the first African region to pioneer and champion an industrial revolution fuelled by renewable energy investments that go beyond domestic use, by establishing and leveraging g
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
Marking International Day, Secretary-General Stresses ‘In Our World of Plenty, Poverty Should Have No Home’, Calls for Renewed Commitment to Achieve SDGs
Stories & Blogs UNOct 06, 2023(Press Release )“In our world of plenty, poverty should have no home. Yet, as we mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, nearly 700 million people are barely scraping by, living on less than $2.15 per day” UN Secretary-General António Guterres .
Call to innovators to join innovation challenge on AI for climate resilience in rural areas
Stories & Blogs IFADOct 05, 2023(News )Moonshots for Development (M4D), the alliance of innovation labs and venture arms of several multilateral development banks, launched the groundbreaking AI for Climate Resilience in Rural Areas Innovation Challenge
Every bit helps: How policies, governance and institutions can help us spend better for climate and development
Stories & Blogs World BankOct 02, 2023(Blog post )To achieve resilient and decarbonized development, countries will need major structural and policy change, and investments.