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Bamboo bikes on display.

Young Africans create green businesses

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The youth are the driving force for action on climate and the environment.

Photo: UNDP Tunisia. Climate change is impacting Tunisia's coastal zones affecting both humans and marine biodiversity.

CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Tunisia coastline in need of climate cash boost

Desertification threatens the village of Tantaverom. Mbo Malloumu has taken the initiative to plant acacia seedlings to rehabilitate the land. In the past 50 years, Lake Chad basin shrank from 25,000 square kilometers to 2,000 square kilometers. / Hakuzim

CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Lake Chad trees keep deadly drought at bay

Market gardens have been established in coastal zones of the Democratic Republic of the Congo which provide employment, food and help to protect the environment. (March 2018) Photo Credits: Clotilde Goeman/UNDP

CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS: Congo Prospers from Environmental Protection

Trees donated by the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS are planted at the Exodus Junior Academy in the capital, Juba. (October 2018) Photo Credits: UNMISS/Eric Kanalstein

FROM THE FIELD: Green shoots of peace in South Sudan

A family goes in search of water in Burkina Faso where more than 950,000 people are severely food insecure, notably in the conflict-hit northern regions. Photo: OCHA/Otto Bakano

UN Security Council session on climate-related security risks

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Ethiopia’s forests, an undervalued resource

Weathering the uncertainties of climate change in The Gambia

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Au Kenya, un éleveur avec ses bœufs qui ont survécu à la sécheresse. Les deux tiers de son cheptel ont été décimés. Photo: FAO/Tony Karumba

FAO issues alert over third consecutive failed rainy season, worsening hunger in East Africa

Number of people needing humanitarian assistance on the rise

Pour leur subsistance, plus de 11 millions de la population au Soudan du Sud (95%) dépendent presqu’entièrement des secteurs sensibles au climat, dont l'agriculture, les ressources forestières et la pêche. Photo: Albert Gonzalez Farran, UNDP

Confronting climate change in South Sudan

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General Assembly Discusses Climate Change, Sustainable Development Agenda. UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

New Study Finds Worrying Climate Trend In Karamoja Over Last 35 Years

Barren fields due to the impact of El Niño-induced drought in the Southern African nation of Lesotho. Photo: FAO

El Niño puts more than 26 million children at risk in Eastern and Southern Africa – UNICEF

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