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This beat covers the effects of climate change on people and the planet, and individual and collective climate actions to mitigate and adapt to its impacts.

Fatima Zannah Mustapha
Climate

Building the Next Generation of Climate-Conscious Innovators

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Zebras graze under acacia trees with Mount Kilimanjaro in the background, Kajiado County, Kenya.
Climate

Transforming climate challenges into opportunities

Climate action As the world marks World Environment Day, Rose Mwebaza, Director of the Africa Regional Office for the UN Environment Programme, highlights the urgent actions needed to strengthen climate resilience, protect natural resources and unlock green opportunities for Africa's growing population.
Madina Kimaro stands with the young WASH ambassadors at Mtongani Primary School.
Climate

Madina Kimaro: Empowering young minds to protect the planet

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Children watering a garden.
Climate

Africa’s water future requires a new mindset

Climate action Why water must be managed not as a crisis, but as Africa’s most strategic asset, and a catalyst for inclusive growth, climate resilience, and lasting peace

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Madina Kimaro stands with the young WASH ambassadors at Mtongani Primary School.
Climate

Madina Kimaro: Empowering young minds to protect the planet

Children watering a garden.
Climate

Africa’s water future requires a new mindset

Mariam Solika
Climate

Mariam Solika: Empowering Young Voices Through Hope Driven Media

Bull Elephant in front of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park.
Climate

Africa’s Environmental Vanguard

Mariam Solika

Mariam Solika: Empowering Young Voices Through Hope Driven Media

Climate action“It’s our mission to try to find the good news. And if we don’t find it, it’s our mission to be the good news.”
Mr. Sibusiso Mazomba (far left), member of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change; Ms. Eugenia Boateng (second from left), Founder and Executive Director of the African Diaspora Youth Hub, FABA Institute; Mr. Jabri Ibrahim, also of the UN Secretary-General’s Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change; and • Mr. Damon Hamman, Graduate Student, New York University, Centre for Global Affairs.

Africa’s youth are shaping the continent’s climate future

Climate actionOn the sidelines of the UN Youth Forum, four climate leaders from across the continent and diaspora unite to call for stronger protection of Africa’s environment and vital resources.
Clean drinking water runs from a faucet in Senegal.

From Resolution to Reality: Delivering Water and Sanitation for “The Africa We Want”

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Heard of cows near a watering hole. © Cheikh Seye/UNIC Dakar

There is no water security without healthy lands

Climate action
The Minister of Energy and Sustainable Development (right) and the Resident Coordinator (centre) meet with Djiboutian solar panel business owners and engineers at the first National Forum on Solar Energy (FNES 2025).

Promoting Solar Self Consumption for Sustainable Energy in Djibouti

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Lush mangrove forest lining Mida Creek in Malindi, Kenya.

The people who live with wetlands know how to protect them

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Kenya mangrove.

Bringing new life to Africa’s wetlands and the people who depend on them

Opening ceremony of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30).

COP30 in Belem must secure Africa’s future and that of humanity

Dubbed the ‘Delivery COP,’ this year’s summit in Belem, Brazil, must focus on finding solutions and leading with action and urgency
Secretary General Musonda Mumba speaks at a press conference ahead of the #WetlandsCOP15, which officially kicks off today in Victoria Falls.

As Wetlands COP15 opens in Zimbabwe, it's time to rethink how we value wetlands

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Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) delivers a special address on Climate Action “A Moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the New Energy Era”.

UN Chief urges just and inclusive energy transition as investment gaps persist

climateUN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for coordinated global action to close energy investment gaps, reform climate finance, and ensure developing countries, especially those in Africa, rich in solar potential but short on investment, are full participants in the clean energy.
Bull Elephant in front of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park.

Africa’s Environmental Vanguard

climatewomen40 Years of AMCEN and the Road to 2063.
Maria Sábado Horta Fidalgo, known to everyone as Mãezinha, is more than just a fishmonger. She is a boat owner, community leader, advocate for sustainable fishing, and a woman determined to chart her own course through hardship and hope.

Mãezinha of Rincão: A woman of the sea, a voice for her community

In the coastal town of Rincão, Maria Sábado Horta Fidalgo combines local fishing knowledge with small-scale entrepreneurship to support her family and strengthen her community’s economy.