— Rondrotiana Barimalala, climate change researcher and contributing author to IPCC Report, Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis, on what it means for Africa.

The report highlights that human influence has warmed the climate at a rate that is unprecedented in at least the last 2,000 years.

—Damilola Ogunbiyi, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Sustainable Energy for All.

— Mr. Tanguy Gahouma-Bekale, Chair, African Group of Negotiators on Climate Change.

This Earth Day and over the crucial months ahead, let’s rise together to this moment.

A new report by UNEP and Oxford University of Oxford paints a not so rosy picture

Researchers found green spending is concentrated in wealthier countries and populations, threatening to reinforce dangerous pre-pandemic inequities.

“From where we live, we could see that the MV Wakashio had run aground on the reefs,” says Bimsen Beeharry.

— Amanda Serumaga, UNDP’s Resident Representative for Mauritius and Seychelles.