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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.

Opening ceremony of the 30th Conference of the Parties (COP30).
Climate

COP30 in Belem must secure Africa’s future and that of humanity

Dubbed the ‘Delivery COP,’ this year’s summit in Belem, Brazil, must focus on finding solutions and leading with action and urgency
Secretary General Musonda Mumba speaks at a press conference ahead of the #WetlandsCOP15, which officially kicks off today in Victoria Falls.
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As Wetlands COP15 opens in Zimbabwe, it's time to rethink how we value wetlands

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Secretary-General António Guterres (at podium) delivers a special address on Climate Action “A Moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the New Energy Era”.
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UN Chief urges just and inclusive energy transition as investment gaps persist

climate UN Secretary-General António Guterres is calling for coordinated global action to close energy investment gaps, reform climate finance, and ensure developing countries, especially those in Africa, rich in solar potential but short on investment, are full participants in the clean energy.
Bull Elephant in front of Kilimanjaro, Amboseli National Park.
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Africa’s Environmental Vanguard

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

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

Perched on the heights of Mount el Gorrâa, the gardens of Djebba el Olia form a unique agroforestry system.

Tunisia’s unique farming systems win recognition as part of the global agricultural heritage

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A woman tends to saplings in the tree nursery in Al Jabalain, Sudan.

Restoring Sudan’s forest cover, one tree at a time

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Refugees and their hosts together plant one million trees in a massive reforestation drive in Sudan’s White Nile State.

When sea cucumbers are farmed sustainably, they can boost biodiversity and livelihoods in Zanzibar.

How sea cucumbers are boosting the bioeconomy in Zanzibar

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Offering alternative livelihoods, sea cucumbers provide new hope

An unusually early and exceptionally intense heatwave has set new temperature records in Europe, posing a major threat to people's health, agriculture and the environment

Flagship UN study shows accelerating climate change on land, sea and in the atmosphere

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A swarm of desert locusts fill the sky near a farm.

More funding needed to combat locust swarms ‘unprecedented in modern times’

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Amina J Mohammad visiting Hwange National Park in Zimbabwe

UN Deputy Secretary-General sees firsthand climate change effects in Zimbabwe’s largest animal park

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Locusts can devastate crops and pastures.

East Africa locusts threaten food security across subregion, alerts UN agriculture agency

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Secretary-General António Guterres (left) with Greta Thunberg (right), Climate Activist.

Climate summit, a major step in achieving reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020

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Secretary-General António Guterres, Greta Thunberg and others on stage at the Youth Climate Summit.

Youth activists press for bold action on climate, vow to hold leaders accountable

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Secretary-General António Guterres (on screens and at podium) opens UN Climate Action Summit 2019

Summit expected to deliver concrete actions to halt climate change

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New pathways and practical actions to shift global response

Adjany Costa looking through binoculars.

Protecting the world’s last wild places

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Victorin Laboudallon provides a tour of his tree nursery.

Forests and passion: a hero’s guide to resisting climate change

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