Amid ‘spy balloon’ controversy, WMO highlights key role of weather balloons in climate monitoring
On the heels of recent news reports about Canada and the United States shooting down several flying objects, including an alleged Chinese ‘spy balloon’,...
Climate change: Latest IPCC report highlights the critical need to transform agrifood systems
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Transforming agrifood systems is essential to adapt to human-caused climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Food and...
Nature Seychelles: Success in boutique restoration method of corals for hotels
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A diver cements a nursery-grown coral using a pastry bag. (N. Thake, Nature Seychelles)
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In a move to improve the...
Gaza conflict could spark rise in poverty, UN agencies warn
The assessment by the UN Development Programme (UNDP) and the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) looks at preliminary socio-economic impacts, warning...
African Voices Call For Radical Action At Women’s Climate Assembly
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The voices of 150 African women resonated loudly at the second Women’s Climate Assembly 2023 (WCA) where participants from 17 countries across Central and...
Climate change: Latest IPCC report highlights the critical need to transform agrifood systems
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Transforming agrifood systems is essential to adapt to human-caused climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the Food and...
Trafficking in the Sahel: Gas lighting
In this feature, part of a series exploring the fight against trafficking in the Sahel, UN News focuses on the illegal fuel trade in...
US to support Tea Tavern trail in Seychelles through small grants programme
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The agreement is for SPGA to manage the Tea Travel trail while PCA continues its work to conserve and maintain the...
African Women meet in Nairobi, launch the Women Gender Constituency pressure group
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By Imali Ngusale
As Nairobi’s vibrancy reaches a crescendo, the world remains fixated on the Africa Climate Week set to...
Guterres announces ‘no nonsense’ climate action summit; calls for practical solutions
“We owe it to people to find solutions, to fight back, and to act”, said Secretary-General António Guterres. “At times, discreetly but always with...
War against malaria record wins, but threats require urgent response
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By Henry Opondo
Although the efforts of teams across the globe and investments made to strengthen health systems have paid...
COP28: The UN’s net-zero food plan to save the 1.5-degree goal, combat climate ‘doomisim’
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has identified 10 priority areas – such as livestock, soil and water, crops, diets and fisheries –...
Global health awards recognize outstanding women in health
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Twelve women on the frontlines of health systems across the African continent including Ethiopia, Kenya, Burkina Faso, Senegal, Cote...
NMISA launches new training centre in Pretoria
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As part of its effort to address the shortage of training opportunities in accurate measurements and related fields, the...
Getting health back on the highest political agenda—the UN High-level Meetings on health in...
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By Helga Fogstad, Corine Karema and Svetlana Akselrod
In September 2023, world leaders will have a unique opportunity to commit...
New UN Advisory Body aims to harness AI for the common good
The members of the AI Advisory Body – launched on Thursday by Secretary-General António Guterres – will examine the risks, opportunities and international governance...
Menstrual Hygiene Day: Putting an end to period poverty
Period poverty, or the inability to afford menstrual products, is a serious issue especially in developing countries, an issue menstruating girls and women grapple...
Africa risks water running out
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Africa has the resources required to improve peoples’ lives, but any future prosperity will be unimaginable without constant access to clean...
Plenty abuzz on World Bee Day
Planting awareness
Zaid Sa’ad has a degree in media and communications, but has always been a farmer and beekeeper in Al Qurnah, Iraq.
“Our community has...
African organisations in supply chain partner for Africa-wide skills programme
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South Africa’s African Women in Supply Chain Association (AWISCA) has signed an MOU with the Women in Logistics &...
Climate change directly affects women and girls’ reproductive health
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Women and girls are increasingly experiencing reproductive health complications owing to climate change, Dr. Elizabeth Kimani Murage, Head of the...
Science Officer in the IPCC WGI Technical Support Unit (Ref. SCO001) â IPCC
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Working Group I of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is filling the position of
Science Officer in the Technical Support Unit (Ref....
Africa can become new global supply chain force: UNCTAD
In a new report, UNCTAD shows that Africa can become a major exporter of higher value-added goods, creating growth and jobs, and fuelling a rise...
Terrestrial Restoration Action Society Seychelles rehabilitates Pasquière wetland on Praslin
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There are rehabilitation and management plans after collecting data on baseline environmental conditions of the marsh, mangrove, degraded shrubland, and bare hills...