UN sounds alarm over rising demands on water resources as scarcity increases

13 december 2025 - 08:39:41 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Pressure on freshwater resources is growing as demand increases in regions marked by scarcity, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) [...] Full text...

UN environment assembly wraps up in Nairobi

13 december 2025 - 08:32:29 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - The seventh session of the United Nations Environment (UNEA-7) concluded in Nairobi on Friday with Member States adopting 11 resolutions, three [...] Full text...

Five climate trailblazers: UNEP’S 2025 Champions of the Earth

11 december 2025 - 19:36:19 WA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Global temperatures rises are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis.As the [...] Full text...

South Africa represented at global Water Regulators Forum

08 december 2025 - 08:20:02 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Cabinet Minister Sello Seitlholo is leading South Africa’s delegation at the 10th International Water Regulators Forum (IWRF) in Bangkok, [...] Full text...

Arab region pushed to limits by climate extremes as 2024 smashes heat records

04 december 2025 - 11:36:14 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The Arab region is heating at nearly twice the global average, UN weather experts warned on Thursday, after 2024 saw unprecedented [...] Full text...

Meeting on Africa's Forestry and Wildlife opens in Banjul

03 december 2025 - 09:50:45 MSS

Banjul, Gambia (PANA) – The Gambia on Monday reiterated its commitment to protecting its forests and wildlife as it hosts two major continental meetings on [...] Full text...

Uganda-Tanzania oil pipeline gets greenlight amid environmental concerns ((News Feature) by Kennedy Abwao - PANA Correspondent

02 december 2025 - 17:00:15 AO

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - The ink has not dried on the East African Court of Justices ruling giving the US$4 billion East African Pipeline the [...] Full text...

COP30: African negotiators see mixed signals

01 december 2025 - 09:54:51 AO

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), has analysed the outcome of [...] Full text...

Somalia declares drought emergency as millions face hunger after failed rains

26 november 2025 - 13:15:26 MA

Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Somalia is facing a rapidly worsening drought emergency, with vast swaths of the country now parched after four failed rainy seasons, [...] Full text...

Finance experts urge African states to track US$1.2 trillion laundered through wildlife conservancies

25 november 2025 - 17:36:30 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – African countries must urgently take steps to track some US$1.2 trillion, which flows into the continent through wildlife conservancies, mostly through [...] Full text...

Belém COP30 delivers climate finance boost and pledge to plan fossil fuel transition (By Felipe de Carvalho, UN News)

23 november 2025 - 05:24:18 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - In a pivotal outcome at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, countries agreed on a sweeping package to scale up climate finance and [...] Full text...

Guterres tells COP30 negotiators: '1.5°C must be your only red line'

21 november 2025 - 07:49:46 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - In Belém, Brazil, where COP30 negotiations are stalled, the UN chief urged delegations to demonstrate "will and flexibility" to preserve the [...] Full text...

Primate conservationists in Virunga Park upbeat over fresh effort to end cross-border biodiversity loss (By Kennedy Abwao PANA Correspondent)

20 november 2025 - 07:34:00 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – A sombre mood engulfed the small Island of Ngamba in Uganda as conservationists led a funeral procession for a 30-year-old chimpanzee [...] Full text...

‘Decisive battle’: Guterres calls for youth power in fight to phase out fossil fuels

19 november 2025 - 08:34:08 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - A page feels like it’s turning. After years of debate, the long-awaited roadmap for phasing out fossil fuels may finally be [...] Full text...

AU sustainable development chief calls for deepening of community-led conservation efforts in Botswana

18 november 2025 - 16:45:28 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The sight of wild animals freely roaming the floodplains of the Chobe National Park in the northern tip of Botswana, the [...] Full text...

‘When finance flows, ambition grows': COP30’s call for action

16 november 2025 - 07:26:35 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - In Belém, Brazil, as the world turns its eyes to the Amazon where COP30 has been underway for the past week, [...] Full text...

AUC chairperson congratulates of Ethiopia on winning bid to host COP32

15 november 2025 - 08:36:03 MA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - The Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC), Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has congratulated Ethiopia on its successful bid to host [...] Full text...

COP30: Climate crisis is a health crisis, WHO warns as philanthropies pledge $300m for solutions

14 november 2025 - 18:00:09 WA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Climate change is already fueling a global health emergency, killing more than half a million people each year through extreme heat [...] Full text...

UN launches first refugee-led green fund to restore land and cut carbon

14 november 2025 - 12:50:30 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has launched the Refugee Environmental Protection Fund, the first major refugee-led initiative using carbon finance to [...] Full text...

From Haiti to Ethiopia: voices of climate displacement at COP30

14 november 2025 - 07:53:02 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Floods, heatwaves, droughts and storms are forcing millions from their homes every year. Most never cross a border; they remain internally [...] Full text...

‘A wave of truth’: COP30 targets disinformation threat to climate action

13 november 2025 - 08:38:02 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Negotiators in Belém, Brazil, opened COP30 with a stark warning: the race to avert catastrophic global heating is being sabotaged by [...] Full text...

Keeping cool on a hotter planet: COP30 pushes for sustainable cooling and AI innovation

12 november 2025 - 07:47:38 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - As the planet heats up, so does the race for smarter, cleaner technology. At COP30 in Belém, Brazil, delegates are weighing [...] Full text...

States pledge to further reduce use of mercury

11 november 2025 - 07:35:32 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - With tens of millions of people worldwide exposed to mercury contamination, representatives from 153 countries, meeting last week in Geneva, adopted [...] Full text...

From pledges to action: Leaders push for faster climate progress at COP30

10 november 2025 - 20:08:17 WA

Belem, Brazil (PANA) - COP30 opened in Belém on Monday with a clear message: the era of half-measures is over. Climate change is here, devastating [...] Full text...

Gates Foundation announces new commitment for smallholder farmers on the frontlines of extreme weather

09 november 2025 - 18:38:24 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) — The Gates Foundation has announced a new commitment to advancing climate adaptation, helping smallholder farmers build resilience to a warming world [...] Full text...

COP30 kicks off with urgent call to deliver on climate promises and scale up finance (By Felipe de Carvalho, UN News)

09 november 2025 - 08:12:32 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Thousands of diplomats and climate experts are heading to Belém, in Brazil’s Amazon, for COP30 – the latest round of UN [...] Full text...

COP30 Climate Conference: What to know

08 november 2025 - 12:38:18 AR

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Next week, the 30th annual United Nations climate change conference (COP30) will begin in Belém, Brazil. The summit is a chance for [...] Full text...

New Brazil-led fund aims to put forest protection at the heart of climate action

07 november 2025 - 07:30:27 MA

Belém, Brazil (PANA) - Tropical forests, vital allies in the fight against climate breakdown, are vanishing at an alarming rate. On Thursday, in a bid [...] Full text...

Battlefields to wastelands: UN warns conflicts are destroying ecosystems worldwide

07 november 2025 - 07:22:37 MA

New York, US (PANA) - From Gaza to Ukraine and beyond, conflict has caused widespread death and destruction, but it has also devastated natural resources [...] Full text...

UN chief urges world leaders to drive down global warming

06 november 2025 - 16:15:16 WA

Belem, Brazil (PANA) - As world leaders gather in Brazil for the COP30 climate summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday called for urgent action [...] Full text...

AU Chairman urges rich countries to concretise aid pledges to support conservation

06 november 2025 - 11:49:40 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) - Angolan President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco has called on the rich countries to make good on their pledge to support environmental [...] Full text...

Paris Agreement: EU submits its updated NDC with indicative target for 2035 to the UN ahead of COP30

05 november 2025 - 13:55:49 AR

Brussels, Belgium (PANA) - The European Council on Wednesday approved an updated nationally determined contribution (NDC) of the EU and its member states, which will [...] Full text...

African Summit on environmental conservation opens in Gaborone

05 november 2025 - 11:24:20 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The first of its kind African Summit on biodiversity conservation opened in Gaborone on Wednesday, banking on goodwill from African leaders, [...] Full text...

AU Environment ministers call for renewed focus on Maputo Protocol

05 november 2025 - 07:14:41 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – African ministers of environment and tourism attending the First Africa Biodiversity Summit have emphasised the need for renewed focus on the [...] Full text...

New climate pledges do little to correct global warming projection, UN warns

04 november 2025 - 15:39:43 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Available new climate pledges by governments have only slightly lowered global temperature rise over the course of this century, leaving the [...] Full text...

Preparatory Committee for the Libya-Africa Climate Summit meets Speaker of Parliament

04 november 2025 - 15:11:00 BBA

Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - The Speaker of the Libya's eastern-based House of Representatives, Aguila Saleh, on Monday met with the Preparatory Committee for the Libya-Africa [...] Full text...

AU Summit outlines roadmap to exploitation of US$2.8 trillion natural wealth

04 november 2025 - 07:13:58 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The African Union Commission (AUC) has urged countries in the continent to stop “exporting jobs elsewhere” and rapidly exploit the US$2.8 [...] Full text...

AU Summit launches talks on US$800 million green conservation Trust Fund

03 november 2025 - 20:37:19 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – Talks on the creation of a US$800 million environmental support facility to be funded from 1% of the Gross Domestic Product [...] Full text...

Libyan, Italian officials meet on implementation of local water resources management project

03 november 2025 - 15:49:55 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Local Government of the National Unity Government, led by the Secretary-General of the Supreme Council of Local [...] Full text...

Libya launches national communication on climate change

03 november 2025 - 12:52:00 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The launch of the first national communication on climate change was carried out during an official ceremony organised by the Tripoli-based [...] Full text...

AU convenes summit to reverse alarming biodiversity losses

03 november 2025 - 07:32:12 AO

Gaborone, Botswana (PANA) – The African Union (AU), jointly with the government of Botswana, is convening Africa’s first ever summit to discuss measures required to [...] Full text...

UN warns of a critical funding gap for climate adaptation

30 october 2025 - 07:42:18 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - As global temperatures soar and climate disasters become more frequent, developing countries have only a fraction of the funding needed to [...] Full text...

Most major methane leak alerts ignored despite climate threat

22 october 2025 - 17:26:50 MA

Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - UN satellite tracking has greatly improved detection of major methane leaks – a gas responsible for about a third of global [...] Full text...

Climate science and early warnings key to saving lives - Guterres

22 october 2025 - 15:38:51 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - No country is safe from the devastating impacts of extreme weather — and saving lives means making early-warning systems accessible to [...] Full text...

Decade of slowing deforestation offers hope for forests

22 october 2025 - 07:29:23 MA

Rome, Italy (PANA) - Lush, green and brimming with trees and wildlife, forests are the Earth’s lungs and source of livelihoods for many communities.Nearly 500 [...] Full text...

‘Finance must flow now’, says UN climate chief as COP30 nears

21 october 2025 - 18:14:10 MA

New York, US (PANA) - UN Climate Change chief Simon Stiell has urged countries to deliver a rapid surge in climate finance ahead of COP30, [...] Full text...

Libya's Environment ministry to strengthen supervisory units at customs entry posts

21 october 2025 - 12:26:37 BBA

Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting was held on Monday at the Ministry of Environment of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) to discuss [...] Full text...

Millions unprotected from dangerous weather events, warns WMO

21 october 2025 - 07:48:10 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The number of countries with life-saving early warning services has more than doubled in the past decade, but huge gaps remain [...] Full text...

Talks on net zero shipping framework shelved as nations fail to reach consensus

18 october 2025 - 07:40:25 MA

London, UK (PANA) - Talks at the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) on adopting new global rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from ships ended on [...] Full text...

Groundbreaking report reveals powerful link between poverty and the climate crisis

17 october 2025 - 08:09:37 MA

New York, US (PANA) - Nearly 80 per cent of the world’s poor – 887 million people – live in regions that are exposed to [...] Full text...