UN chief: Countries bound for COP27 must make climate action ‘the top global priority’

04 october 2022 - 07:04:48 MA

New York, US (PANA) - As government representatives begin to finalise the agenda for the COP27 climate change conference in Egypt next month and for pre-COP [...] Full text...

More action and investment needed in cities to end ‘cascade of challenges' - Guterres

03 october 2022 - 17:57:55 MA

New York, US (PANA) - In his message marking World Habitat Day on Monday, the UN chief has said more “urgent action and greater investment” is the [...] Full text...

First Africa-France Forum in Tunis on ecological and energy transition begins 27 Sept

26 september 2022 - 19:05:08 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The first Africa-France Forum on ecological and energy transition will be held on 27-29 September 2022 in Tunis, official sources said [...] Full text...

77th UNGA: Gambian President calls on countries to raise investments and focus on saving and protecting lives

22 september 2022 - 13:11:10 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Gambian President Adama Barrow has told  a meeting on mobilising climate financing held on the sidelines of the 77th UN General [...] Full text...

US gives nod to Kigali Amendment to Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete Ozone layer

22 september 2022 - 06:43:40 MA

Washington, DC, US (PAA) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday gave consent to ratification of the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that [...] Full text...

1.5 degree climate pledge ‘on life support’, Guterres tells leaders

22 september 2022 - 05:23:16 MA

New York, US (PANA) - During a private meeting of Heads of State and Government held on Wednesday at UN Headquarters in New York, UN [...] Full text...

Guterres calls for 'course correction' to end geopolitical divisions, tackle climate crisis

20 september 2022 - 06:31:45 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for strengthened international solidarity to address a raft of global challenges – from climate change and [...] Full text...

Guterres: ‘Global addiction to fossil fuels’ must end and a ‘renewables revolution’ jumpstarted

19 september 2022 - 05:53:50 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Achieving a just and equitable energy transition is “one of the biggest challenges facing our world”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the [...] Full text...

Global cooperation to protect ozone layer can ensure better future for us all - UNEP

17 september 2022 - 06:32:57 MA

New York, US (PANA) - As the Montreal Protocol to Protect the Ozone Layer turned 35 on 16 September, World Ozone Day, the United Nations [...] Full text...

Climate change impacts ‘heading into uncharted territory’, warns UN chief

14 september 2022 - 05:15:53 MA

New York, US (PANA) - “Climate science is clear: we are heading in the wrong direction,” declares a major, multi-agency UN climate science report released [...] Full text...

Rights group says Egyptian govt 'undermining' environmental groups

12 september 2022 - 07:55:03 MA

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - A human rights group on Monday criticised the Egyptian government for severely curtailing environmental groups’ ability to carry out independent policy, advocacy, [...] Full text...

US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate to visit Nigeria, Senegal

10 september 2022 - 10:19:02 MA

Washington, US (PANA) - US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate, John Kerry, will travel to Nigeria and Senegal from 12-15 September for discussions with government [...] Full text...

WMO: Climate change in Africa can destabilize ‘countries and entire regions’

09 september 2022 - 10:09:44 MA

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Water stress and hazards like withering droughts and devastating floods are hitting African communities, economies and ecosystems hard, according to a [...] Full text...

Mauritius launches Air Quality Indexing System

08 september 2022 - 09:36:57 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius on Wednesday launched an Air Quality Indexing (AQI) system to collect and analyse data with the view to reduce levels [...] Full text...

US gives $250,000 to Red Cross for Gambia's flood victims

07 september 2022 - 14:17:25 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - The U.S. Embassy in Banjul has donated $250,000 in humanitarian assistance to the Red Cross to assist victims of the recent [...] Full text...

Mauritius to regulate and monitor use of pesticides

07 september 2022 - 07:52:25 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government has taken several measures to regulate, control and monitor the importation and use of pesticides. The objective is to [...] Full text...

Egypt prepares for flagship UN climate conference, in a year of unprecedented global weather shocks

05 september 2022 - 15:12:44 MA

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Regional authorities in Egypt, the host country of the 2022 UN climate conference (COP27), are ramping up initiatives designed to improve [...] Full text...

Court bars oil giant from surveying South African waters

02 september 2022 - 12:27:42 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Eastern Cape High Court on Thursday ruled that the exploration rights granted by South Africa to Impact Africa [...] Full text...

Wildfire, floods don’t need to turn into disasters: UN risk report

31 august 2022 - 05:55:25 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Hazards such as earthquakes, floods, heatwaves, and wildfires, can be prevented from becoming life-threatening disasters, according to the authors of [...] Full text...

Greater Horn of Africa drought forecast to continue for fifth year - UN weather agency

27 august 2022 - 05:22:40 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As millions of people in the Greater Horn of Africa have already “suffered the longest drought in 40 years”, parts of [...] Full text...

UN spotlights ‘invisible’ value of groundwater during World Water Week

26 august 2022 - 05:27:13 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Groundwater, which sustains drinking water supplies, sanitation systems, farms, industries and ecosystems, is being overused, polluted and neglected, speakers warned [...] Full text...

Prince William salutes poacher's heavy sentence in South Africa

22 august 2022 - 13:00:21 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Prince William has released a statement praising the heavy sentence handed to South African poacher Moazu Kromah who trafficked [...] Full text...

Mauritius to seriously tackle noise pollution

18 august 2022 - 08:45:29 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Government is to promulgate a new law in a bid to seriously tackle noise pollution. It said that the Environment [...] Full text...

Botswana condemns vulture poisoning

15 august 2022 - 16:03:06 DRW

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has raised alarm over suspected poisoning of over fifty vultures in the tourist district of Chobe. According to the Department of [...] Full text...

Libyan PM highlights govt's efforts to promote respect for the environment

15 august 2022 - 12:08:33 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Prime Minister, Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba,  has affirmed that his government has made efforts to support the environmental sanitation plan through [...] Full text...

Heat, drought and wildfires during one of the warmest Julys on record– WMO

09 august 2022 - 16:37:12 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Amidst extreme heat, drought and wildfires, many parts of the world had just experienced one of three warmest Julys on record, [...] Full text...

Giraffes, parrots, and oak trees, among many species facing extinction: Report

07 august 2022 - 07:47:33 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Around one million species are facing extinction, according to a report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services [...] Full text...

Two minors die amidst downpour, flash floods in the Gambia

01 august 2022 - 15:33:29 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) - Sanna Dahaba, executive director of the National Disaster Management Agency (NDMA), has confirmed the demise of two minors as a result [...] Full text...

Mauritius produces 12.3% of energy supply from local renewable sources

30 july 2022 - 09:35:43 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Mauritius produced 12.3 per cent of its energy supply from locally renewable sources, namely hydro, wind, landfill gas, photovoltaic, bagasse, fuelwood [...] Full text...

UN General Assembly declares access to clean and healthy environment a universal human right

28 july 2022 - 19:31:56 MA

New York, US (PANA) - With 161 votes in favour, and eight abstentions, the UN General Assembly adopted a historic resolution on Thursday, declaring access [...] Full text...

French Development Agency gives Guinea 50 million euros to build landfill

27 july 2022 - 13:01:34 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - France has granted the Guinean government a 50 million euro-loan to build a landfill for solid and liquid waste in Conakry, [...] Full text...

Guinean government institutes General Sanitation Day

24 july 2022 - 15:00:25 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The first Saturday of each month will henceforth be dedicated in Guinea to "the civil day of general sanitation" throughout the [...] Full text...

AED gives Benin over CFAF 150 billion for energy project

20 july 2022 - 16:48:13 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The French Development Agency (AFD) has already invested over CFAF 151 billion in the energy sector in Benin, the agency said [...] Full text...

Benin inaugurates its first photovoltaic plant in the South East

20 july 2022 - 15:20:15 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Benin inaugurated on Tuesday in illoulofin, a locality in the commune of Pobè (South-East), its first photovoltaic solar power plant with [...] Full text...

EBRD to re-power Africa’s oldest wind farm in Morocco

19 july 2022 - 11:23:38 AR

Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting Morocco in its transition to a low-carbon economy by co-financing the [...] Full text...

Mauritius Govt to promote cleaner vehicles to reduce carbon footprint

18 july 2022 - 07:56:59 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth said on Sunday that the government will further incentivise the adoption of cleaner vehicles as well [...] Full text...

Value of nature must not be overridden by pursuit of short-term profit: UN report

12 july 2022 - 05:17:00 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The values that we ascribe to nature are vital parts of our cultures, identities, economies, and ways of life, all [...] Full text...

UN Ocean Conference calls for greater ambition, global commitment to address dire state of the Ocean

01 july 2022 - 19:18:55 MA

Lisbon, Portugal (PANA) - Following a week of discussions and events in Lisbon, Portugal, the UN Ocean Conference concluded on Friday, with governments and heads of [...] Full text...

Greenhouse emissions rise to record, erasing drop during pandemic - IMF

01 july 2022 - 07:08:06 AR

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases plunged 4.6 percent in 2020, as lockdowns in the first half [...] Full text...

Sea cucumber smuggling in East Africa threatens livelihoods and ecosystems

01 july 2022 - 05:40:24 AR

Zanzibar, Tanzania (PANA) - The high demand for sea cucumbers in China is leading to their over-exploitation along the East African coast, besides the potentially [...] Full text...

Mali lanches nine Climate Fund projects

28 june 2022 - 16:43:15 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - The UNESCO Office in Bamako, in partnership with the government of Mali, launched last week in Bamako nine projects of the [...] Full text...

Youth are the generation that will help save our ocean and our future, says Guterres

27 june 2022 - 05:11:55 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The world must do more to stop the dramatic decline in ocean health, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday, [...] Full text...

Guinean bauxite company says it has reforested 254 hectares

24 june 2022 - 13:50:08 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The Compagnie des bauxites de Guinée (CBG), one of the world leaders in the bauxite industry, on Wednesday launched a reforestation [...] Full text...

Guinea bans cutting and transportation of timber for three months

24 june 2022 - 13:25:45 BBA

Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - The cutting and transporting of timber have been banned throughout Guinea for three months, from 1 July until 30 September, as [...] Full text...

Mauritian minister warns plastic waste ends in landfill or in nature

24 june 2022 - 07:28:01 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Minister Kavy Ramano, highlighted on Thursday that out of more than 70,000 tons [...] Full text...

Rights group holds out hope for Zambia lead poisoning victims

22 june 2022 - 07:47:16 MA

Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) – The Zambian ]government’s recent actions to address the toxic legacy of lead in Kabwe, in central Zambia, brings hope to affected [...] Full text...

The ocean holds keys to equitable, sustainable development path for all: UNESCO

21 june 2022 - 09:26:01 MA

Paris, France (PANA) - The ocean holds the keys to an equitable and sustainable development path for all. This is the premise behind the UN Ocean [...] Full text...

Togolese phosphate a nuisance in southwest Benin

20 june 2022 - 16:45:46 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Togolese phosphate effluents are damaging biological resources and the ecosystem in Benin, according to a communication from the Beninese minister of [...] Full text...

World has ‘gambled on fossil fuels and lost’, warns Guterres

19 june 2022 - 05:24:58 MA

Washington, DC, US (PANA) - The current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite amount of resources, such as fossil [...] Full text...

EU supports sustainable development in Rodrigues

16 june 2022 - 08:08:23 NA

Port Mathurin, Rodrigues (PANA) - The European Union (EU) is funding a project by the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation (MWF) entitled "Mitigate climate change through reforestation [...] Full text...