‘Think resilience’ to protect against climate and other catastrophes: UN

28 may 2022 - 07:48:06 MA

New York, US (PANA) - More countries must “think resilience” and urgently adopt and improve early warning systems to reduce risks from an increasing number [...] Full text...

UN chief calls to ‘build a shared future for all life’ on Biodiversity Day

22 may 2022 - 08:04:16 MA

New York, US (PANA) - As the world marks International Day for Biological Diversity on Sunday, the UN Secretary-General has urged an end to the [...] Full text...

Ukraine conflict highlights urgent need to build resilient food systems with people at their heart - WFP

19 may 2022 - 12:08:46 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is on Thursday calling for a massive expansion of proven solutions that help [...] Full text...

‘Lifeline’ of renewable energy can steer world out of climate crisis: UN chief

18 may 2022 - 15:56:34 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Greenhouse gas concentrations, sea level rises, ocean heat levels and acidification, all set new records during 2021, while some glaciers reached [...] Full text...

UN marks World Migratory Bird Day

14 may 2022 - 13:15:59 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Governments, cities, companies, and communities around the world are taking action to address a significant and growing threat to wildlife, [...] Full text...

Relief chief underlines need for urgent support as millions face drought in Horn of Africa

14 may 2022 - 05:20:08 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Humanitarians continue to call for scaling up assistance in the Horn of Africa, where the worst drought in 40 years is [...] Full text...

World ‘at a crossroads’ as droughts increase nearly a third in a generation - UN

13 may 2022 - 05:16:36 MA

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating ways of slowing it down must happen [...] Full text...

High-level UN conference debates precious commodity: Land

10 may 2022 - 10:05:44 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The 15th session of the Conference of Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), kicked-off on Monday, in [...] Full text...

Cote d'Ivoire develops response to drought, land degradation, says President Ouattara

10 may 2022 - 06:16:01 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced on Monday that said his country has developed an important programme, called "The Abidjan Initiative" [...] Full text...

World getting ‘measurably closer’ to 1.5-degree threshold: UN

10 may 2022 - 05:13:16 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There is a 50:50 chance of average global temperature reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels in the next five years, [...] Full text...

15th Convention of Parties on Desertification and Drought opens in Côte d'Ivoire

09 may 2022 - 19:50:38 BBA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The 15th Convention of the Parties on Desertification and Drought (COP 15) opened in the Ivorian city of Abidjan on [...] Full text...

New Plan to accelerate clean energy access to millions globally

05 may 2022 - 06:42:05 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Amid the global energy crisis and worsening climate emergency, the United Nations and partners on Wednesday launched two new initiatives [...] Full text...

Natural resources must be ‘part of the solution’ in fight against deforestation: FAO

04 may 2022 - 05:57:20 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Between 2010 and 2018, the rate of deforestation worldwide slowed by nearly 30 per cent compared to the previous 10 years, [...] Full text...

‘We cannot afford greenwashing’: Guterres highlights key role of Net-Zero experts

28 april 2022 - 12:15:17 MA

New York, US (PANA) - As part of the UN’s climate action efforts, the Secretary-General’s Net-Zero Expert Group met for the first time on Wednesday, [...] Full text...

Sahel to experience wet rainy season this year

27 april 2022 - 11:12:03 MTA

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - A wet 2022 rainy season is expected in the Sahel, the Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel [...] Full text...

UN officials to assist with South Africa flood crisis

26 april 2022 - 11:24:21 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – United Nations (UN) officials have arrived in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province as part of a three-day visit to the [...] Full text...

'This is the worst drought in forty years’: Millions of Ethiopians at risk from failed rains

26 april 2022 - 09:39:50 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia’s eastern Somali Region has been hit by three consecutive below-average rainy seasons, worsening the already deteriorating humanitarian situation for [...] Full text...

Biodiversity and ecosystem protection highlighted on Mother Earth Day

23 april 2022 - 06:59:47 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Marking International Mother Earth Day, UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid, on Friday called for collective action to safeguard biodiversity [...] Full text...

The tanker that ran aground off the Tunisian coast did not contain diesel

22 april 2022 - 19:16:03 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A week after its sinking off the Tunisian coast, it turned out that the tanker, Xelo, supposedly carrying 750 tons of [...] Full text...

WFP Goodwill Ambassador Hend Sabry visits climate change adaptation projects in Egypt

20 april 2022 - 05:33:26 MA

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) – Arab film star, Hend Sabry, has visited a climate change adaptation programme run by the Government of Egypt and the World [...] Full text...

State of Disaster declared after South African floods

19 april 2022 - 09:44:43 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Following an emergency meeting on Sunday, the South African Cabinet has announced that a National State of Disaster must [...] Full text...

Oil tanker sinks off Tunisian coast

16 april 2022 - 14:33:14 BBA

Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - A commercial vessel carrying more than 750 tonnes of diesel ran aground on Friday night in the Gulf of Gabes, south-east [...] Full text...

Coral reefs’ very survival is at stake, warns UNESCO in bid to boost resilience

15 april 2022 - 06:51:43 MA

  Paris, France (PANA) - The world’s best-known coral reefs could be extinct by the end of the century unless we do more to make them [...] Full text...

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

05 april 2022 - 07:41:27 MA

New York, US (PANA) - A new flagship UN report on climate change, out on Monday indicating that harmful carbon emissions from 2010-2019 have never [...] Full text...

Mauritius launches National Policy Dialogue on Green Economy

01 april 2022 - 10:39:59 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritius has launched the National Policy Dialogue on Green Economy project, under the SWITCH Africa Green (SAG), aimed at facilitating an [...] Full text...

UN chief hails launch of new expert group to boost net-zero climate change fight

01 april 2022 - 05:24:37 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday urged private investors businesses, cities, states and regions, to do more to cut harmful [...] Full text...

UNHCR warns of dire impact from floods in South Sudan as new wet season looms

29 march 2022 - 12:36:51 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN Refugee Agency warned on Tuesday  that prolonged flooding and displacement in South Sudan is expected to worsen when the [...] Full text...

Growing risk of Somalia famine, as drought famine worsens (A UN feature)

29 march 2022 - 05:18:18 MA

Mogdishu, Somalia (PANA) - The Horn of Africa is experiencing the worst drought since 1981, and a shortfall in aid funding is putting the lives [...] Full text...

9th World Water Forum: Israeli climate exert call for drip-based agriculture

24 march 2022 - 13:14:38 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - Israel's Special Envoy for Climate Change and Sustainability, Gideon Behar has advocated for drip-based agriculture to better manage water. In an interview [...] Full text...

9th World Water Forum: Water is an endangered resource and must be used sparingly, Expert

24 march 2022 - 12:54:38 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The water issues in Senegal are to some extent the same as those in other West African countries and even, globally, [...] Full text...

UN weather agency to spearhead 5-year early warning plan, boosting climate action

23 march 2022 - 14:13:00 MA

Geneva, Switzerland US (PANA) - The UN set an ambitious five-year deadline on Wednesday for countries to ensure that citizens worldwide are protected by early [...] Full text...

Boreholes supply about 50% of potable water to Mauritians

23 march 2022 - 07:38:33 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - About 50% of water used in Mauritius, which is some 150 million cubic metres, is from boreholes, the Minister of Energy [...] Full text...

UN chief warns against ‘sleepwalking to climate catastrophe’

22 march 2022 - 05:42:24 MA

New York, US (PANA) - The goal to limit future warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius, highlighted in the Paris Agreement on climate change, and driven home in [...] Full text...

Organisation for Development of Senegal River receives Hassan II World Water Prize

21 march 2022 - 19:40:23 BBA

Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The Organisation for the Development of the Senegal River (OMVS) on Monday received the Hassan II World Water Prize for its contribution [...] Full text...

UN chief says its time for ‘tangible and credible’ forest management

21 march 2022 - 04:34:16 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Healthy forests are “essential” for people and the planet, the UN chief said in his message marking the International Day of [...] Full text...

UNHCR concerned at climate change impacts in South Sudan

16 march 2022 - 06:15:43 MA

Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Climate change-driven flooding and drought are threatening to aggravate an already precarious situation in vulnerable parts of South Sudan, the [...] Full text...

Mali to recruit new operator to clean up the city of Bamako

15 march 2022 - 20:16:12 BBA

Bamako, Mali (PANA) - An interministerial meeting on the collection of refuse in the district of Bamako was held Tuesday in the Malian capital, under [...] Full text...

Lake Albert flooding wreaks ‘devastating’ economic effects on Ugandans

14 march 2022 - 05:38:05 MA

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The flooding of Lake Albert, in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, has caused huge economic losses on the shores of Uganda, where [...] Full text...

Environmentalist calls for increased investment to combat land degradation in Africa

12 march 2022 - 15:45:23 BBA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - An environmentalist of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has called on governments and businesses to increase investments to safeguard land. "Governments [...] Full text...

Researchers urged to be more involved in sustainable development in Africa

10 march 2022 - 17:07:53 BBA

Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - Researchers have been urged to be more involved in sustainable development, with a call for climate research partnerships for resilient development [...] Full text...

Six African countries to benefit from $2.8 million AfDB grant to improve governance of natural resource outflows

07 march 2022 - 12:41:54 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - Six African countries will soon benefit from a grant from the Transitional Support Facility (TSF) of the African Development Fund, [...] Full text...

NGO calls for preservation of Africa's natural resources

05 march 2022 - 16:21:22 BBA

Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - International environmental network, Environment and Development in the Third World (ENDA-Third World), has called for the preservation of Africa's natural resources. The [...] Full text...

Turning waste to wealth (A feature by UNEP)

05 march 2022 - 14:58:25 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Kenya’s Nzambi Matee beams brightly, thrusting a brick forth to coincide with the click of the camera. It is no ordinary [...] Full text...

Nations sign up to end global scourge of plastic pollution

03 march 2022 - 05:15:25 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Heads of State, environment ministers and other representatives from 175 nations, endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in [...] Full text...

UN Environment Assembly discusses ending plastic pollution

01 march 2022 - 05:55:45 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Delegates at the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly under way in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, on Monday began looking to advance [...] Full text...

UN-backed report warns of rising wildfire threat

23 february 2022 - 20:57:58 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Wildfires are projected to rise by 50 per cent by the end of the century due to the climate crisis and [...] Full text...

Three Taiwanese trawlers run aground in Mauritian waters

23 february 2022 - 14:45:53 NA

Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - Three Taiwanese fishing boats were stranded on Wednesday in Mauritian waters on the reefs of Bain-des-Dames and Pointe-aux-Sables respectively, near the [...] Full text...

Madagascar braces for 4th tropical cyclone in a month

23 february 2022 - 05:26:17 MA

Antananarivo, Madagascar (PANA) - The island nation of Madagascar is shoring up for its fourth tropical cyclone in a month, UN aid agencies warned on Tuesday, [...] Full text...

AfDB takes lead in seeking US$500 million for climate change response in Africa

19 february 2022 - 15:00:39 AO

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB), in partnership with the African Union Commission and the African Union Development Agency (AUDA-NEPAD), are exploring [...] Full text...

African leaders call for urgent European funding for climate change

18 february 2022 - 13:19:12 AO

Brussels, Belgium, (PANA) – President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged leaders attending the African Union (AU) – European Union (EU) Summit in Brussels, Belgium, to prioritise [...] Full text...