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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.

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Michael Nabieu: Empowering Sierra Leone’s next generation

How Michael Nabieu is mobilizing young people to strengthen food security and climate resilience in Sierra Leone and beyond.
Fatima Zannah Mustapha
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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.
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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.
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Madina Kimaro: Empowering young minds to protect the planet

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Madina Kimaro stands with the young WASH ambassadors at Mtongani Primary School.
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Madina Kimaro: Empowering young minds to protect the planet

Children watering a garden.
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Africa’s water future requires a new mindset

Mariam Solika
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Mariam Solika: Empowering Young Voices Through Hope Driven Media

Bull Elephant in front of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park.
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Africa’s Environmental Vanguard

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.
Students receiving school meals.

How the ocean sustains a community in Cabo Verde

Climate actionSocial ProtectionIn Ribeira da Barca, the sea connects school meals, family kitchens, and local markets.
Fishing in Rincao, Cabo Verde.

From maritime to Blue economy: Transforming Cabo Verde’s fisheries Sector

Climate actionSocial ProtectionSustainable practices, value chains, and inclusive growth are shaping the country’s ocean-based development.
Environmental activist and entrepreneur Babacar Thiaw

Zero waste, big impact

Climate actionHow one surf club in Senegal is riding the wave of environmental change.
Sunset.

Not just another beautiful sunset: Why the Ocean matters more than you may think

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Secretary-General António Guterres (second from right) hosts a meeting on Climate and Just Transition convened with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (not pictured), President of Brazil.

Ahead of COP30, Guterres urges bold climate action and investment

UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls on world leaders to commit to ambitious climate action and significantly increase investment in renewables in Africa.
Gola Rainforest spans the border between Liberia and Sierra Leone.

Conserving Gola forest: Sierra Leone and Liberia unite for peace, sustainability

Modou Fall campaigns for a Senegal free of single use plastic.

The ‘Plastic Man’: Turning trash into treasure

plasticSocial ProtectionModou Fall does more than recycling, he campaigns for a cleaner and greener future.
A bone-dry part of the River Niger at Mopti, a major town in the Sudano-Sahelian zone of Mali.

Floods and droughts are two sides of the same crisis

Climate actionWetlands can fix both.
Ebaide Quincee Omiunu is one of the young African women attending the 69th Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) at the UN headquarters in New York.

Beijing+30: Women can drive positive change in Africa

Social Protection— says Nigerian SDG Advocate, Ebaide Quincee Omiunu.
Electronic waste.

Lead poisoning: the persistent threat from mismanaged waste

WHOIn excess amounts, lead can contaminate food sources, harm biodiversity, and cause severe neurological impairments in humans, especially in children.
Maguette Ba is a young climate activist, who advocates for a clean environment in her home country of Senegal.

Climate youth advocate making a difference

SenegalMaguette Ba, a young climate activist, advocates for a clean environment in her home country of Senegal. At 23, she wants to protect natural resources, raise awareness among young people and propose solutions suited to African realities.