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Climate

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.

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.
Climate

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.
Climate

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

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

The ‘Plastic Man’: Turning trash into treasure

plasticSocial Protection Modou 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.
Climate

Floods and droughts are two sides of the same crisis

Climate action Wetlands can fix both.

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Samuel Jepi, National Forest Initiative, outside of the NFI camp near Kupiano, Papua New Guinea. May 23, 2019
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Creating credible carbon market in Africa

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Restoring landscapes, fighting climate change

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Transforming Africa’s Food Systems: the challenges and opportunities

A motor bike rider in Nairobi, October 19, 2022, next to an electric bus
Climate

Energy: Africa’s stand at COP27

Residents of the Bulengo camp for displaced people in North Kivu, in DRC, take part in a football festival on 6 January, organized by the Confederation of African Football to which WFP provides logistical support. Photo: WFP/Michael Castofas

Afcon: DRC kicks off football dreams as conflict and climate change drive hunger

Democratic Republic of the CongoAfrican Cup of Nations joy is marred by displacements and soaring sexual violence in the east as the World Food Programme makes tough decisions amid funding shortages
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Transforming Africa’s Food Systems: the challenges and opportunities

food— A Conversation with Ibrahim Mayaki, African Union Special Envoy
UNFCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell

COP27 closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief

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Seraphine Wakana

Effective climate action will help the Gambia’s peace and stability

COP27Gambia— Seraphine Wakana, UN Resident Coordinator in the Gambia
A participant walks past the Rwanda pavillon at the Sharm El Sheikh International Convention Centre

Climate action: Rwanda is a laboratory of innovative ideas

COP27Rwanda— Ozonnia Ojielo, UN Resident Coordinator, Rwanda
Landscape of Ranomafana National Park, Madagascar

Protecting Madagascar’s rich biodiversity is an investment in our planet

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—Issa Sanogo, UN Resident Coordinator in Madagascar

TROPICAL RAINFOREST. WESTERN CONGO BASIN, GABON

Why Gabon is a model of environmental conservation

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— Savina Ammassari, UN Resident Coordinator, Gabon

The winners of the #YouthAdapt Challenge

20 young African entrepreneurs bag $100,000 each to boost their climate adaptation businesses

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Elena Panova

The world expects COP27 to be solutions focused—and it will

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— Elena Panova, UN Resident Coordinator, Egypt

Sanda Ojiambo, CEO, UN Global Compact (Center) at COP27 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt.

Why top African companies are backing the climate fight

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— Sanda Ojiambo, CEO, UN Global Compact

Global leaders urged to scale up support for the Great Blue Wall initiative

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An Africa-led effort seeking to unlock blue economy potential and counter effects of climate change in the Western Indian Ocean region

Millions pledged at Africa adaptation acceleration event

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UK pledged $230 million, the Netherlands $110 million, AfDB $12.5 billion, Germany to increase contribution to $6 billion by 2025