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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.

UNICEF Sierra Leone/2025/Songa
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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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Editor Picks

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

Plastic Art installation by Saype

Understanding plastic pollution and its impact on lives

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Blue ocean underwater and Le Morne mountain in Mauritius.

How Africa benefits from the new historic “high seas” treaty on maritime biodiversity

SDGTreaty obligates States to adopt ocean conservation measures with fair and equitable sharing of benefits.
UNFCC Executive Secretary Simon Stiell

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

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Women in Danan kebele receive critical information from a community advocate

Horn of Africa: Extreme drought deepens hunger in a region facing conflict

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World Food Programme is working with governments on the frontlines of the region’s climate crisis, as millions struggle to eat

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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

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Why Gabon is a model of environmental conservation

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— Savina Ammassari, UN Resident Coordinator, Gabon

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

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— Elena Panova, UN Resident Coordinator, Egypt

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

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— Elena Panova, UN Resident Coordinator, Egypt

The winners of the #YouthAdapt Challenge

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

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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