UNIDO and Sweden launch Energy Efficiency for Sustainable Livelihoods in Africa (EELA) Programme
Stories & Blogs UNIDOMar 26, 2025(News )The event was hosted by Annika Lisa Markovic, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Sweden to UNIDO and brought together high-level representatives from the programme’s partner organizations.
Transforming Africa’s Coffee Sector: UNIDO and Italy Drive Climate-Resilient Solutions March 25, 2025
Stories & Blogs UNIDOMar 25, 2025(News )Italy supports UNIDO in promoting Africa’s sustainable industrialization, in line with the Mattei Plan’s focus on food security, renewable energy, and job creation, as reaffirmed during the Italy-Africa Summit in January 2024.
Ghana progresses on harnessing diaspora contributions to climate action.
Stories & Blogs IOMAug 01, 2024(News )As part of the Diaspora for Climate Action (D4C) project, which is funded by the IOM Development Fund, participating stakeholders started the development of a plan of action that will enable the Ghanaian diaspora in the UK to better contribute to climate
UNIDO assists Cameroon to tackle mercury pollution through new National Action Plan for ASGM sector
Stories & Blogs UNIDOJul 10, 2024(News )Cameroon has taken important steps towards tackling harmful mercury emissions from the country’s artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) sector through the development of a National Action Plan (NAP) for the Minamata Convention on mercury.
New partnership agreed between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization and the GCCA to drive industry decarbonization around the globe.
Stories & Blogs UNIDOJun 19, 2024(News )A ground-breaking agreement to work together on decarbonizing the cement and concrete industry, with a strong focus on the Global South.
Study confirms the significant potential for job creation in West Africa's cotton-producing countries, particularly for women and youth, through the development of cotton-to-clothing industries
Stories & Blogs UNIDOJun 10, 2024(News )The international workshop reviewed the findings and main recommendations of a study on the cotton-to-clothing industries in Africa’s main cotton-producing countries- namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire and Mali, also known as the C4+
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.
Climate-smart African agribusiness could be world leader
Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 22, 2023(Article )Africa can be a world leader in food system transformation that also alleviates poverty and protects the environment, but it will take collaborative and co-ordinated work, argue Angela Churie Kallhauge, [et. al]
Carbon trading offers rich rewards for Africa
Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 21, 2023(Article )The global carbon credit market is valued at around $909bn. Africa is beginning to tap into this lucrative resource but a more coordinated effort across the continent could reap rich benefits, writes Faustine Ngila.
Nairobi Declaration posts Africa’s bold climate solutions.
Stories & Blogs New African MagazineSep 19, 2023(Article )The Nairobi Declaration, issued by African leaders at the Africa Climate Summit in early September will serve as a basis for Africa’s common position in the global climate change process in the lead-up to the COP28 global climate conference.