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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.

Editor Picks

Samuel Jepi, National Forest Initiative, outside of the NFI camp near Kupiano, Papua New Guinea. May 23, 2019
Climate

Creating credible carbon market in Africa

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Climate

Restoring landscapes, fighting climate change

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Climate

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

Portrait of Elizabeth Mrema

Elizabeth Mrema: Protecting the world’s biodiversity

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Hindou Ibrahim, SDG Advocate and Indigenous Rights Activist

Hindou Ibrahim: Living in harmony with nature

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Cameroonian activist, Cécile Ndjebet, winner of the 2022 Wangari Maathai Forest Champions Award.

Cameroonian activist wins Wangari Maathai Forest Champions’ Award 2022

Forestry

Sixth winner of the award announced at the XV World Forestry Congress in Seoul, South Korea

A young boy collects what little water.

UN climate report: It’s ‘now or never’ to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees

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Elizabeth Wathuti

Road to COP27: Voices of change

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Young Africans speak up on climate action.

UNEP celebrates 50 years of solving the world's environmental challenges

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The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) turns 50 this year, calling for more action on conservation.

An image of Wangari Maathai

‘The legacy of Wangari Maathai continues’

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— says daughter Wanjira Mathai on Wangari Maathai Day and Africa Environment Day.

Young boy tries to shield himself from storm in Central America.

IPCC adaptation report ‘a damning indictment of failed global leadership on climate’

IPCCclimate changeThe report says the world will face 'unavoidable multiple climate hazards' over the next two decades due to global warming
Seedlings laid out ready for planting in land prepared by the Delfino plough in Djibo, Burkina Faso.

Bringing degraded African land back to life

Sahelagriculture

How combining new technology and traditional knowledge harvests rain and restores land

Road to COP27: Renewable energy Eritrea’s best bet to a resilient future

Wind and solar are some of the most affordable renewable alternatives readily available in the country.

5 ways Africa can prepare for COP27

Climate Change.

— Jean-Paul Adam, Director of Technology, Climate Change and Natural Resources Division at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).

COP26 closes with ‘compromise’ deal on climate, but it’s not enough, says UN chief

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