Paris goals still ‘long way off’ – President of UN climate conference
AR Washington, US (PANA) - The world is “a long way off” from meeting the goals of the landmark Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the President [...] Full text...
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New projects to help 30 developing countries tackle marine litter scourge
AR Rome, Italy (PANA) - A UN-backed initiative aims to turn the tide on marine litter, in line with the global development goal on conserving and [...] Full text...
African presidents, global leaders support bold action on climate change adaptation for Africa
AR Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - In a historic and united show of solidarity for a continent that contributes only 5% to global emissions, more than [...] Full text...
Talks on controversial Ethiopian dam end without progress
MA Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Talks to resolve the raging dispute between Sudan and Egypt on one hand and Ethiopia on the other on the Grand [...] Full text...
Trilateral negotiations on controversial Ethiopian dam to resume, says Minister
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia's Minister of Water, Irrigation and Energy, Seleshi Bekele, has announced that the trilateral negotiation on the controversial Grand Ethiopian [...] Full text...
Togo working to restore degraded lands to support food production
KND Lomé, Togo (PANA) - A document in preparation and intended to be submitted to the Global Environment Facility (GEF) will enable Togo to "sustainably restore" [...] Full text...
Guinea receives 56 sanitation dump trucks from Islamic Development Bank
BBA Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - Guinean President Alpha Conde on Wednesday received the keys of 56 dump trucks for sanitation financed by the Islamic Development Bank [...] Full text...
Libyan PM supports Egypt in controversial Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid al-Dbaiba has said that Egypt's water and national security are linked to Libya's, expressing solidarity with Cairo [...] Full text...
More climate action needed during ‘make-or-break year’ for people and planet
MA New York, US (PANA) - The world needs “a major breakthrough” to slow the pace of climate change and build resilience to protect the most [...] Full text...
Plastic pollution disproportionately hitting marginalised groups, UN environment report finds
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Vulnerable communities disproportionately bear the brunt of environmental degradation caused by plastics pollution, and action is urgently needed to address the [...] Full text...
Biodiversity at risk, threatens human survival, UN forum hears
MA Paris, France (PANA) - As the living tissue of the earth, biodiversity is “intimately linked to human health” the head of the UN’s scientific agency [...] Full text...
UN chief urges ‘clear and credible’ plans to achieve net zero
MA New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations Secretary-General has urged all countries, companies and financial institutions to commit to net zero or carbon neutrality, [...] Full text...
Botswana to acquire new meteorological workstations
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana is to acquire a new central server and workstations to enhance the country’s forecasting capabilities and boost the weather forecasting [...] Full text...
Recognise ‘true value’ of water, UN urges on World Water Day
MA New York, US (PANA) - The United Nations is marking World Water Day on Monday with a global conversation on how people value water, to [...] Full text...
UN chief urges nations to restore, conserve forests
AR New York, US (PANA) - Humanity’s well-being is inextricably linked to the health of our planet in which forests play a crucial role, according to [...] Full text...
African vigilance sought to guard against medical waste dumping amid COVID-19 pandemic
AO Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - African countries should to increase vigilance to protect the Continent from illegal dumping of medical and hazardous waste, especially during the [...] Full text...
Ethiopia expects controversial Renaissance Dam to begin generating electricity in August
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia says two turbines of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) are expected to generate power next August as it [...] Full text...
Ethiopia says it has 'just right' to use the Nile River as war of words with Sudan and Egypt continues
MA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - A senior Ethiopian government official says no one would prevent the country from exercising its "just right" of using the Nile [...] Full text...
Companies asked to renew their ozone depleting substances permits
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana’s Department of Meteorological Services has put out a call to companies to renew their annual permits for import, export and [...] Full text...
Sudan writes to AU, UN, US, EU to mediate in Ethiopian Renaissance Dam impasse
MA Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – The Sudanese Prime Minister, Dr. Abdalla Hamdouk, has written to the African Union, United Nations, European Union and United States reiterating [...] Full text...
Flipflopi recycled plastic dhow embarks on its second voyage in Africa
AR Kisumu, Kenya (PANA) - The Flipflopi, a dhow made from recycled plastic, has set sail on its second voyage, taking to riverine communities in Tanzania, [...] Full text...
Two children killed in mine explosion in Salloum Mount (Tunisia)
MSA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) – Two children succumbed to their injuries on Thursday in a mine explosion at a closed military zone of Salloum Mount in [...] Full text...
Sudan, Egypt call for 'serious, effective' negotiations on Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
MA Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) – Sudan and Egypt on Saturday called for the return to "serious and effective negotiations" on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dan (GERD) [...] Full text...
Lomé hosts national meeting on environment integration in development projects
KND Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Integration of the environment in development projects will be the central theme of a two-day national meeting set for 11-12 March [...] Full text...
Egypt, AfDB sign agreement to transform sewage coverage in Egypt's rural areas
VAO Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has signed financing agreements of 109 million euros with the Egyptian Government to improve sanitation [...] Full text...
Botswana dismisses alarming rhino poaching reports
DRW Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Botswana has allayed social media reports that purports that 120 rhinos with and without horns have been slaughtered in the past [...] Full text...
UN climate body urges for stronger national climate action plans
MM Lusaka, Zambia (PANA) - Nations must redouble efforts and submit stronger, more ambitious national climate action plans in 2021 if they’re to achieve the Paris [...] Full text...
Thick layer of dust covers Guinea
BBA Conakry, Guinea (PANA) - A thick layer of dust from the Sahara Desert has enveloped the Guinean capital, Conakry, and inland prefectures for the past [...] Full text...
Three marine meteorological stations to collect data on marine environment in Togo
MTA Lomé, Togo (PANA) - Togo has since last Thursday established three new marine meteorological stations to boost its data collection system on the state of [...] Full text...
Guterres lauds ‘day of hope’ as US officially rejoins Paris climate agreement
MA New York, US (PANA) - The official return of the United States to the Paris Agreement on Climate Change represents good news for the country [...] Full text...
Mauritius aims at 30% greenhouse gas emissions reduction by 2030
NA Port Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste management and Climate Change minister, Kavydass Ramano, on Tuesday said that Mauritius has, in its Nationally [...] Full text...
NGOs demand stop to oil exploration in DR Congo's Virunga, Salonga National parks
DJ Kinshasa, DRC (PANA) - Civil Society groups in DR Congo have called on the country's elected leaders to stop granting oil exploration licences in the bio-diversity [...] Full text...
Kenya to host UN Environment Assembly
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The fifth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) will be held from 22 to 23 February 2021 in Nairobi, [...] Full text...
Mauritius to phase out post-consumer plastic bottles
NA Port-Louis, Mauritius (PANA) – Mauritian Environment, Solid Waste Management and Climate Change Minister, Mr Kavydass Ramano, on Thursday said that his ministry will soon introduce [...] Full text...
Temperatures set to rise: UN weather agency warns
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Temperatures in almost all parts of the world will likely rise between now and April despite the cooling influence of the [...] Full text...
AfDB assists West Africa to deliver carbon emission reductions, meet Paris deal commitments
AR Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) has extended financial support to a project that will strengthen the efforts of West African [...] Full text...
Guterres says 2021 a ‘crucial year’ for climate change
MA New York, US (PANA) - The world is far from achieving agreed goals to reduce global warming in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate [...] Full text...
Rights group urges 'bold action' to clean up the battery industry
MA London, UK (PANA) - Ensuring clean and green battery supply chains must be a priority for businesses and governments during the post-pandemic recovery, Amnesty International said on Thursday.
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‘Make peace with nature’, UN chief urges at Ocean Decade launch
MA Paris, France (PANA) - January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, [...] Full text...
Many areas in Southern Africa at risk of further flooding from heavy rainfall
AR Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - More than 314,000 people in Mozambique have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise, and this figure could rise in the days [...] Full text...
Three West African Universities launch climate change project
BBA Bamako, Mali (PANA) -Three West African Universities on Thursday launched a project dubbed: "Climate change, security and rule of law in the Sahel: optimizing the [...] Full text...
Over 270,000 people affected by Cyclone Eloise in Southern Africa - OCHA
AR Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - More than 270,000 people have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise across Southern Africa, including 267,289 in Mozambique, more than 1,000 [...] Full text...
Governments, humanitarian partners responding to needs generated by Cyclone Eloise
AR Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - At least 265,000 people have been affected by Tropical Cyclone Eloise as it took a westward path across Southern African countries [...] Full text...
Heavy rains caused by Cyclone Eloise recede in parts of southern Africa
AR Johannesburg, South Africa (PANA) - The low pressure area caused by Tropical Cyclone Eloise has moved south-west and is close to the border between southern [...] Full text...
New AfDB-GCA initiative to mobilise US$25 billion for scaling up African climate adaptation
AR Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire (PANA) - African Development Bank (AfDB) President Akinwuma A. Adesina announced the launch on Monday of the Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program (AAAP) [...] Full text...
Kenya says concerted efforts required to protect African farmers from climate change harm
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - World leaders attending a virtual high-level session of the Climate Adaptation Summit 2021 have unanimously called for the acceleration of climate [...] Full text...
Tropical Cyclone Eloise transitions into low pressure storm over southern Africa
AR Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - The Eloise weather system is passing over Botswana, after bringing heavy rains to central Mozambique, south-eastern Zimbabwe and northern South Africa, [...] Full text...
Guterres urges the world to scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes
MA New York, US (PAMA) The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for urgent scaling up of funds for climate change adaptation and resilience building programmes, so they [...] Full text...
Heavy rains pound southern Africa after Tropical Cyclone Eloise weakens
AR Harare, Zimbabwe (PANA) - Since its landfall, the Tropical Cyclone Eloise weather system has weakened into an overland depression and moved towards South Africa, bringing [...] Full text...
Tropical Cyclone Eloise moves inland, bringing heavy rains to southern Zimbabwe
AR Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Eloise made landfall in central Mozambique on Saturday near the coastal city of Beira, with winds of 140 km/h [...] Full text...