ECA hails Africa's leadership in climate action
BBA Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) has hailed the continent's leadership in climate action, as the Ninth Conference [...] Full text...
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Mauritius marks International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2021
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavydass Ramano, on Thursday said Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) has successfully [...] Full text...
UN Women sign agreement to promote gender mainstreaming in disaster response
AO Dakar, Senegal (PANA) - The African Risk Capacity (ARC) and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) have [...] Full text...
Climate change: Conference alerts on the vulnerability of African SIDS
BBA Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Ninth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IX), which kicked off on Wednesday in Santa Maria, [...] Full text...
Cape Verdean PM outlines resolutions for climate-resilient Africa
BBA Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - Cape Verde Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva on Wednesday set out his resolutions to enable Africa to win [...] Full text...
Climate change: AfDB backs progressive transition in Africa
BBA Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) is advocating a just and gradual transition of Africa to climate change resilient economies, [...] Full text...
African Ministers meet on combating environmental threats
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African countries have spent US$1 billion to deal with the impact of the coronavirus, dedicating the lion’s share of the budget [...] Full text...
Calling for SIDS' specificities to be taken into account on climate change
BBA Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The prime minister of Cape Verde, Ulisses Correia e Silva, on Wednesday called for the specificities of Small Island [...] Full text...
Call for concerted action to address triple crisis of climate change, COVID and development in Africa
BBA Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Mrs. Vera Songwé, has called for concerted action to [...] Full text...
Ninth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa begins in Cape Verde
BBA Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANA) - The Ninth Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa (CCDA-IX) started on Wednesday in Santa Maria, a tourist [...] Full text...
Africa set to draw profit from green and blue economy
MSA Santa Maria, Cape Verde (PANNA) - The ninth conference on Africa’s climate and development (CCDA-IX) begins Wednesday in Santa Maria, a tourist city in the [...] Full text...
Climate change could force 216 million to migrate within their own countries by 2050
AR Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (PANA) - Climate change, an increasingly potent driver of migration, could force 216 million people across six world regions to move [...] Full text...
Earthquake of 3.7 magnitude recorded in central Tunisia
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An earthquake measuring 3.7 on the Richter scale was recorded on Friday in central Tunisia, the Tunisian National Institute of Meteorology [...] Full text...
AfDB, partners unveil initiative to secure climate-resilient water and sanitation services in five drought-prone countries
AR Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank, in partnership with the Nordic Development Fund and the Government of Denmark, will roll-out a programme [...] Full text...
Airlines fuel West African wildlife species trafficking to Europe
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – Commercial aviation has largely interfered with the conservation of wildlife species and promoted trade in rare birds, snakes and other reptiles [...] Full text...
Normal to above normal rainfall forecast in much of the SADC region
AR Gaborone, Botswana - The bulk of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) region is likely to receive normal to above-normal rainfall between October to December [...] Full text...
Kenya’s semi-arid counties face famine after poor rainy season
AR Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - More than 2.1 million people in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) of Kenya are severely food insecure, following two consecutive [...] Full text...
Climate, weather related disasters surge five-fold over 50 years, but early warnings save lives - WMO report
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting [...] Full text...
Ghana to reverse land degradation with World Bank support
AR Washington, US (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $103.4 million for Ghana to reverse land degradation and strengthen integrated natural resource management in about [...] Full text...
UN Secretary-General calls for bold action to end biodiversity crisis
MA New York, US (PANA) - With one million species at risk of extinction, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called for greater leadership and political [...] Full text...
End of leaded fuel use a ‘milestone for multilateralism’: Guterres
MA New York, US (PANA) - The global phase-out of leaded fuel represents a “milestone for multilateralism”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday, marking the end [...] Full text...
Cape Verde to host 9th Conference on Climate Change and Development in Africa
KND Cotonou, Benin (PANA) - The ninth conference on climate change and development in Africa (CCDA-IX) will be held from September 13 to 17 on the [...] Full text...
Botswana’s eco-tourism attracts De Beers, National Geographic
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Giant mining De Beers and the National Geographic have inked a five-year deal to protect the source waters of the Okavango [...] Full text...
Dakar hosts AU climate change strategy meeting
BBA Cotonou, Benin (PANA)- The African Union Commission (AUC) and the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) are organising a consultative meeting for the West, North and [...] Full text...
Lack of water linked to 10 percent of rise in global migration – WB report
AR Washington, DC, US (PANA) – As climate change accelerates a global water crisis, rainfall variability is expected to be one of the contributing forces in [...] Full text...
Drinking water supply to Tripoli to resume from this Sunday
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Tripoli's drinking water supply from the artificial river will resume from this Sunday evening after the discharge of water in Sidi [...] Full text...
The Tunisian Air Force carried out 155 flights to fight forest fires
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - The Tunisian Air Force carried out during July and August 155 flights in 83 hours to provide air support to the [...] Full text...
OCHA raises concern about threats to life in Libya due to climate change
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has expressed concern about the threats to life in Libya [...] Full text...
Morocco ready to help Algeria fight fires, says King Mohammed VI
BBA Rabat, Morocco (PANA) - The King of Morocco, Mohammed VI, has expressed the readiness of his country to help Algeria fight forest fires that are [...] Full text...
Botswana army kills suspected poacher
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana Defence Force (BDF) recently shot dead a poacher on the country’s Okavango Delta.
Okavango Delta is a vast inland river delta [...] Full text...
UN humanitarian agency launches campaign for action against climate crisis clock
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - To get the world racing against the climate crisis clock, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) and [...] Full text...
Egypt dispatches two helicopters to help Greece extinguish wildfires
TA Athens, Greece (PANA) - Two Egyptian Chinook helicopters have arrived in Greece to join in efforts to extinguish wildfires raging in the country for seven [...] Full text...
Global warming 'unequivocally' human driven, at unprecedented rate: says UN intergovernmental panel
MA New York, US (PANA) - Climate change is widespread, rapid, and intensifying, and some trends are now irreversible, at least during the present time frame, [...] Full text...
Burkina Faso celebrates National Tree Day
BBA Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso (PANA) - The President of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, will Saturday preside over the third edition of the National Tree [...] Full text...
AfDB supports development of satellite observations for early warning systems
AR Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - As a result of African Development Bank support, Africa now has direct access to satellite data to produce forecasts and [...] Full text...
Mauritian govt. to impose penalties for littering in public areas
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) - The Mauritian Minister of Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change, Mr Kavy Ramano, on Thursday, said that the government will [...] Full text...
Prepare for "devastating" floods from August, Federal Government tells Nigerians
MON Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) – Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) has forecast more devastating floods from the end of August to early October in some states [...] Full text...
Energy supply in Mauritius from local renewable sources slumps by 13.3 % in 2020
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Statistics Mauritius said on Wednesday that in 2020, some 13.3% of energy used in the country, amounting to 177 kiloton [...] Full text...
UN climate science talks open amid heatwaves, floods and drought
MA New York, US (PANA) - Negotiations began on Monday to approve a UN science report which will anchor high level summits later this year, charged with boosting [...] Full text...
No pathway to reach Paris Agreement’s 1.5˚C goal without G20: UN chief
MA New York, US (PANA) - “The world urgently needs a clear and unambiguous commitment to the 1.5 degree goal of the Paris Agreement from all [...] Full text...
Water-related hazards dominate list of 10 most destructive disasters: WMO
MA New York, US (PANA) - Against the backdrop of a rapidly changing global climate, water-related hazards top the list of natural disasters with the highest [...] Full text...
Ethiopian PM Abiy says controversial dam is 'source of cooperation of Nile riparian countries'
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said on Thursday that the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) will continue to be [...] Full text...
Millions in southern Angola on brink of starvation after long drought
MA Luanda, Angola (PANA) - Millions of people in southern Angola are facing an existential threat as drought aggravated by climate change continues to ravage the [...] Full text...
Liverpool Loses Its UNESCO World Heritage Status
VAO London, England (PANA) - Liverpool suffered the rare indignity on Wednesday of being removed from the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites after being granted [...] Full text...
Sudan rejects unilateral second filling of GERD
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Sudan on Monday said it totally rejects a unilateral decision taken by Ethiopia to fill the second stage of the Great [...] Full text...
Ethiopian PM hails successful second filling of controversial dam
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Monday hailed the successful completion of the second filling of the controversial Grand Ethiopian [...] Full text...
Flood of humanitarian needs for Burundi lake dwellers
AR Bujumbura, Burundi (PANA) - Some 52,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Burundi since March this year, following the rise of waters in Lake [...] Full text...
More than US$36 million allocated by government for water in Libya
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A total of 160 million dinars (about US$ 36.36 million) was allocated on Friday by the Council of Ministers of the [...] Full text...
South Africa invests in biodiversity to promote rural development and conservation
AR Washington, DC, US (PANA) - South Africa is stepping up investment for its wildlife and biodiversity sectors thanks to a grant of US$8.9 million from [...] Full text...
Ethiopia says AU-led trilateral process 'important vehicle' to address concerns on controversial dam
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia has flagged the African Union-led trilateral process on the controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as an important vehicle [...] Full text...