Greed is driving oceans toward collapse.
Stories & Blogs UNJun 10, 2025(Story )The ocean is under siege – and greed is to blame. UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged world leaders and grassroots groups to confront the powerful interests driving marine destruction, from illegal fishing and plastic pollution to the a
Sudan emergency: We need more help to prevent famine, says WFP.
Stories & Blogs UNJun 10, 2025(Story )The very real risk of famine continues to stalk Sudan’s communities impacted by war, the UN World Food Programme (WFP) said.
At UN Ocean Conference, IFAD advocates to boost innovative finance for coastal communities to protect the world’s oceans.
Stories & Blogs IFADJun 09, 2025(News )Governments, multilateral organizations and private sector actors must urgently scale-up innovative ways to drive finance to small-scale fishermen and coastal communities.
World leaders rally for ‘full-speed’ climate action ahead of COP30
Stories & Blogs UNApr 23, 2025(UN Story )At a high-stakes virtual summit on Wednesday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva brought together 17 national leaders from major economies and climate-vulnerable countries.
Morocco Declaration to set land governance agenda in the Arab region
Stories & Blogs UN-HabitatApr 02, 2025(News )The Third Arab Land Conference, held from 18 to 20 February in Rabat, Morocco, concluded with the adoption of the Morocco Declaration for Land Governance, a key milestone in strengthening land governance frameworks across the Arab region.
How a new Global Alliance aims to end hunger and poverty once and for all
Stories & Blogs IFADNov 15, 2024(Explainer )Over the past decades, the world has seen incredible achievements in fighting hunger and poverty.
Youth drive climate action at World Cities Day 2024 in Alexandria
Stories & Blogs UN-HabitatNov 01, 2024(News )Held at the iconic Bibliotheca Alexandrina, the observance spotlighted youth-led initiatives tackling urban climate challenges, particularly in rapidly urbanizing regions.
Solutions to hunger exist. What we are lacking is finance
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 31, 2024(News )Hunger is not driven by a lack of food or an inability to grow it. Instead, it is primarily caused by conflict, climate change and economic fluctuations.
Major step in CAFI-Cameroon partnership: First $20 million project approved to support transition to deforestation-free agroecological practices
Stories & Blogs IFADJul 02, 2024(News )A first US$20 million project funded by the Central Africa Forest Initiative (CAFI) will support Cameroon’s small-scale cocoa and coffee producers adapt to the new European Union (EU) regulations
In Zambia, I saw rural resilience first-hand
Stories & Blogs IFADJun 18, 2024(Blog )Zambia has been hit hard by extreme weather events in recent years. Drought is impacting food security and rural livelihoods so severely that the government has declared it a national emergency.