COP28 – How nature-based solutions can help keep global warming within a 1.5°C threshold
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The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) will be on-site in Dubai for COP28 next week, urging governments and other stakeholders...
Hopes for a sustainable planet must not ‘melt away’: Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres was briefing reporters in New York after seeing for himself over the weekend the “profoundly shocking” speed at which ice...
World News in Brief: Delivering on health at COP28, aid for north Darfur, food...
That’s the message from UN health agency WHO, which said on Monday that negotiators at the upcoming meeting must recognize their responsibility “for the...
Hitching a ride to a better future: Sustainable Transport Day
"This first World Sustainable Transport Day reminds us that the road to a better future depends on cleaner and greener transportation systems," Antonio Guterres explained,...
The Roadmap to High-Quality Monitoring and Evaluation at MCC
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The four steps to achieving high-quality monitoring and evaluation.
MCC is excited to announce major changes to the MCC Monitoring...
Thought For Food Holiday Gift Guide 2023
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Africa 21 Trains Science Journalists on Circular Economy Concept
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By checky Abuje
Journalists from West and Eastern Africa converged in Nairobi for a one-week training on understanding the concept...
Ahead of COP28, new study suggests Indigenous peoples hold secret to restoring deforested lands,...
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A new study published today in Nature Climate Change reveals that forests formally managed by Indigenous and local communities have improved...
Sudan could be winning war against mycetoma cases
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Results from the world’s first double-blind, randomized clinical trial to find a treatment for the fungal form of a...
Guterres urges G20 to lead the way in financial and climate justice
António Guterres said the world, particularly developing countries, is facing “a perfect storm”, with growing inequalities, climate chaos, conflicts and hunger. Meanwhile, fiscal space...
Shipments to African countries herald final steps toward broader vaccination against malaria
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Shipments of the world’s first WHO-recommended malaria vaccine, RTS,S, have begun with 331,200 doses landing last night in Yaoundé,...
Sudanese Women Unite to Tackle Escalating Gender-Based Cases and Advocate for Peace and Security...
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By Lenah Bosibori
Alwya Baherldien is an activist and the coordinator of Darfur women platform, a civil society...
Lack of trust threaten Pharmaceutical industry in East Africa
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By Checky Abuje
Lack of trust, language barrier and lack of defined regulatory framework among member states of East Africa...
Third session of negotiations on an international plastics treaty end in Nairobi with much progress
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By Checky Abuje
The third session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including...
Plastic credit poised to scale up waste management and recycling In Africa
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By Checky Abuje
As the world converges at the United Nations Environmental Program (UNEP) headquarters in Nairobi Kenya, to deliberate...
World News in Brief: Ethiopia food aid resumes, ‘Stop the Lies’ campaign against big...
WFP food aid in the country, which was suspended in June, will aim to reach 3.2 million people after the relaunch.
‘Working around the clock’
WFP...
Why We Must Save Michiru Forest from the Brink
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By Blessings Chingagwe
The world grapples with climate change, with Africa bearing the brunt of it. Humanity is waging a...
IOC: Call for proposals for projects to strengthen coastal resilience in Seychelles and region
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The overall objective of the RECOS project is to strengthen the resilience of coastal ecosystems in the western Indian Ocean countries....
Stories from the UN Archive: Marlon Brando, the UN’s first frontman for water
The Oscar-winning actor helped the UN amplify the need for clean water in a South American village in a unique podcast (even before they...
‘No end in sight’ to rising greenhouse gas emissions, UN weather agency warns
The Greenhouse Gas Bulletin comes ahead of the UN climate change conference COP28 which opens in Dubai in two weeks.
Fossil fuels - coal, oil and...
Governments taking ‘baby steps’ to avert the climate crisis, New Analysis of National Climate...
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By Henry Opondo
Governments combined are taking baby steps and their national climate action plans remain insufficient to limit global...
New round of plastics pollution treaty talks underway in Nairobi
The urgency of this effort is underscored by the ongoing global plastic pollution crisis, where approximately 430 million tonnes of plastic are produced annually.
Around two-thirds...
Scientists Reveal How “Paris Agreement for Plastic” Could Slash Plastic Pollution to Almost Zero
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With both plastic production and waste projected to escalate to unmanageable levels by 2050, scientists at UC Berkeley and...
World News in Brief: Water crisis for children, hunger in East Africa, new Yazidi...
The double burden of dwindling availability - and inadequate water for drinking and sanitation services - is compounding the challenge, putting children at even...