UN World Court concludes landmark hearings on States’ responsibility for climate change

23 december 2024 - 19:49:49 WA

New York, US (PANA) - The International Court of Justice (ICJ) held historic hearings from 2 to 13 December addressing States’ obligations under international law [...] Full text...

African Development Fund approves $9 million grant to strengthen climate resilience in Madagascar

22 december 2024 - 07:25:35 MA

Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire (PANA) - The Board of Directors of the African Development Fund – the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group's concessional financing window – [...] Full text...

Tropical Cyclone Chido: Mozambican government assesses damage

19 december 2024 - 06:36:32 AR

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - An estimated 182,000 people across the northern provinces of Cabo Delgado, Nampula and Niassa were affected by Tropical Cyclone Chido after [...] Full text...

Heavy rainfall associated with Cyclone Chido forecast in southern Africa

18 december 2024 - 07:48:11 AR

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - According to estimates shared by the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Humanitarian and Emergency Operations Centre (SHOC), Tropical Cyclone Chido has [...] Full text...

Cyclone Chido: Around 90,000 children impacted in Mozambique

18 december 2024 - 05:26:46 MA

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido struck northern Mozambique over the weekend, bringing torrential rains and powerful winds that caused devastation for communities in [...] Full text...

UPDATE: OCHA concerned about impact of Tropical Cyclone Chido in Mozambique

17 december 2024 - 12:51:52 AR

Pemba, Mozambique (PANA) – The UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCfHA) said on Tuesday it was concerned by the impact of Tropical Cyclone [...] Full text...

Cyclone Chido: Humanitarians rush aid to affected areas

17 december 2024 - 05:06:25 MA

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - After Cyclone Chido made landfall in the French island territory of Mayotte at the weekend, leaving an unknown number of dead [...] Full text...

Tropical Cyclone Chido forecast to bring heavy rains, mudslides in Southern Africa

15 december 2024 - 13:24:42 AR

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) – The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) is closely monitoring the path of Tropical Cyclone Chido, which is [...] Full text...

UNCCD Sacred Lands Declaration underscores role of Indigenous Peoples in sustainable resource management

15 december 2024 - 06:19:32 MA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - In a landmark decision, COP16 parties that concluded their meeting in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday requested the creation of [...] Full text...

Charting a path for global action on land and drought

15 december 2024 - 05:04:10 MA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - The largest and most inclusive UN land conference wrapped up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Saturday, charting a path for [...] Full text...

Mozambique readies for intense tropical cyclone this weekend

13 december 2024 - 18:50:45 AR

Maputo, Mozambique (PANA) - Tropical Cyclone Chido is expected to make landfall in Pemba (Cabo Delgado) province of Mozambique early on 15 December as an [...] Full text...

Holding the front line against desertification

09 december 2024 - 07:15:59 MA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Some one billion people globally under the age of 25 live in regions where they depend on the land and [...] Full text...

‘No life without land’ says campaigning athlete at UN desertification meeting

06 december 2024 - 15:13:22 MA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - There can be “no life without healthy land as we cannot survive”, according to an Olympic athlete who has been [...] Full text...

Private sector urged to act as world faces $23 trillion loss from land degradation

05 december 2024 - 17:21:41 MA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) -The private sector has been urged to make the sustainable management of land a key part of corporate and financial strategy [...] Full text...

Droughts: The ‘slow onset, silent killer’

03 december 2024 - 15:22:03 MA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Droughts across the world are intensifying and have become a “slow onset, silent killer” to which no country is immune, [...] Full text...

World Court Considers Climate Change

03 december 2024 - 07:41:31 MA

The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - Over the next two weeks, over 100 countries and international organisations will participate in hearings at the International Court of [...] Full text...

Three billion people globally impacted by land degradation

02 december 2024 - 15:54:11 MA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - Three billion people around the world are suffering the impact of poor and degraded land which will “increase levels of [...] Full text...

Plastic pollution treaty negotiations to resume next year

02 december 2024 - 05:32:40 MA

Busan, South Korea (PANA) - Countries negotiating a legally binding instrument on plastic pollution concluded their fifth session in the small hours of Monday in [...] Full text...

Experts hopeful devastating trend of desertification can be reversed (Feature by UN News)

01 december 2024 - 05:18:42 MA

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (PANA) - An area the size of Egypt, around 100 million hectares, of healthy and productive land is being degraded each year [...] Full text...

Devastating 2024 Atlantic hurricane season ends, marked by record-setting storms

30 november 2024 - 07:26:15 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially concludes this weekend, leaving a trail of destruction, loss of life and massive economic damage [...] Full text...

Choosing our future: Country lessons on unlocking education for action: World Bank Blog By Luis Benveniste and Sergio Venegas Marin

29 november 2024 - 07:00:42 AR

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - At the just-ended COP29 in Baku, education took center stage as leaders and youth advocates gathered to discuss one of the [...] Full text...

World Bank approves US$250 million program to strengthen Morocco's municipal solid waste management

28 november 2024 - 08:08:49 AR

Washington, DC, United States (PANA) - The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved the US$250 million Morocco Municipal Solid Waste Management Support Programme to [...] Full text...

Talks begin in South Korea to clinch ‘essential’ deal on plastics pollution

25 november 2024 - 17:40:19 MA

Busan, South Korea (PANA) - Talks began in Busan, South Korea, on Monday aiming to clinch a legally binding deal on plastics pollution, led by [...] Full text...

COP29: Climate talks conclude with $300 billion annual pledge

24 november 2024 - 06:51:10 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Rich nations pledged to contribute at least $300 billion annually to the global fight against climate change as UN climate talks [...] Full text...

Global plastics treaty: UN experts call for centrality of human rights

22 november 2024 - 06:54:35 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Independent UN human rights experts said on Thursday that the forthcoming global plastic pollution treaty must ensure accountability at every stage [...] Full text...

COP29: Failure on climate finance ‘not an option’, says Guterres

21 november 2024 - 14:09:58 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres made a strong call to action as COP29 approaches its crucial conclusion in Baku, imploring world leaders [...] Full text...

COP29: New climate finance deal, urban challenges in spotlight at conference

21 november 2024 - 05:33:02 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - As intense round-the-clock COP29 climate talks enter their final stretch in Baku, delegates on Wednesday are eagerly awaiting updates on the [...] Full text...

UN, Brazil launch new initiative to counter climate disinformation

20 november 2024 - 05:20:07 MA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - As the dangers posed by climate change become increasingly evident worldwide, the need for reliable and accurate information on [...] Full text...

‘Breaking point’ reached on climate, while ‘outdated’ global system needs urgent reform: Guterres

20 november 2024 - 05:09:12 MA

Rio de Janiero, Brazil (PANA) - In a powerful appeal to the world’s largest economies during the G20 Summit, UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday [...] Full text...

COP29: Boost from Rio as G20 leaders back scaling up climate finance from ‘billions to trillions’

19 november 2024 - 17:21:19 MA

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (PANA) - The high-level diplomatic push for climate action shifted southward on Tuesday as G20 leaders meeting in Rio sent a [...] Full text...

COP29: ‘Cut the theatrics’: UN climate chief tells negotiators to focus on solutions as talks enter final week

18 november 2024 - 14:03:49 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - As COP29 climate talks in Baku enter their final week, the UN climate chief told negotiators on Monday to “cut the [...] Full text...

COP29: Putting people at the centre of climate solutions: World Bank Blog By Mamta Murthi and Juergen Voegele

18 november 2024 - 08:36:22 AR

Luanda, Angola (PANA) -  Climate change is an urgent human crisis.  Since 2022, 400 million students worldwide have faced school closures due to extreme weather, [...] Full text...

COP29: Will conference deliver the trillions needed to tackle the man-made climate crisis?

17 november 2024 - 04:52:20 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - The latest round of UN climate negotiations, COP29, opened this past Monday in Baku, Azerbaijan, following a year that broke multiple [...] Full text...

COP29: Digital tech and AI can boost climate action, but curbing the sector’s emissions is key

17 november 2024 - 04:51:12 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Leaders in technology and the environment at COP29 in Baku endorsed on Saturday a declaration pledging to use digital technologies to [...] Full text...

COP29: Governments, industry must stop ‘lip-service’ on methane and slash emissions, says UNEP

16 november 2024 - 07:14:56 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - The UN environment agency chief warned the COP29 climate summit in Baku on Friday that methane emissions must come down – [...] Full text...

COP29: ‘You have every right to be angry’ Guterres tells youth advocates frustrated over lack of climate action

15 november 2024 - 06:28:20 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - As negotiations over how to tackle climate change head into their fifth day in Baku, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has expressed [...] Full text...

COP29: UNHCR amplifies voices of displaced on frontlines of climate change

15 november 2024 - 05:57:50 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - UN refugee agency, UNHCR, on Thursday launched the Refugees for Climate Action initiative in a bid to mobilise the world’s forcibly displaced [...] Full text...

COP29: ‘Now is the time to fast-track, not backtrack’ on the path to net-zero

14 november 2024 - 16:50:50 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Meeting on Thursday with non-governmental entities in Baku for the COP29 climate talks, UN Secretary-General António Guterres highlighted the crucial role [...] Full text...

COP29: Energy transition must not trigger a ‘stampede of greed’ that crushes the poor

13 november 2024 - 12:09:09 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Climate talks at COP29 in Baku on Wednesday turned to the pressing issue of how to manage the demand for minerals [...] Full text...

South African delegation participates in COP29

13 november 2024 - 08:59:31 CU

Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – A high-level South African delegation is attending COP29 which is underway in Baku, Azerbaijan until 22 November.The conference is [...] Full text...

COP29: Multilateral development banks to boost climate finance

13 november 2024 - 08:19:45 AR

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) on Tuesday issued a joint statement at COP29 in Baku outlining financial support and other measures for [...] Full text...

COP29: World Bank expands lifeline to small States hit by disasters

13 november 2024 - 08:16:53 AR

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - The World Bank Group has expanded its lifeline to countries struggling to rebuild from disasters, allowing small, vulnerable states to postpone [...] Full text...

COP29: Climate change is growing threat to people fleeing war, violence and persecution

13 november 2024 - 05:48:12 MA

Baku, Azerbainan (PANA) - In a new report presented at COP29 on Tuesday, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said climate change has become a growing [...] Full text...

COP29: Guterres urges countries to ‘get serious’ on loss and damage funding

13 november 2024 - 05:47:56 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on Tuesday for countries to step up contributions to a financial mechanism to assist developing countries [...] Full text...

COP29: ‘Pay up or humanity will pay the price’, Guterres warns climate summit

12 november 2024 - 12:48:27 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday that leaders gathered in Baku for the COP29 Climate Action Summit must take immediate steps [...] Full text...

African cities strive to make roads less perilous for pedestrians and cyclists: UNEP Feature Article

12 november 2024 - 07:10:38 AR

Kampala, Uganda (PANA) -  For Patience Ataliba, who lives in the Ugandan capital of Kampala, commuting was once a harrowing affair. The 23-year-old student and [...] Full text...

COP29: Push for agreement on new climate finance deal ‘right from the start’

11 november 2024 - 13:13:55 MA

Baku, Azerbaijan (PANA) - Following another year of record-high global heat and extreme weather events, UN climate chief Simon Stiell told negotiators at COP29 in [...] Full text...

World Urban Forum focuses on housing, community support in war-torn cities

08 november 2024 - 07:22:40 MA

Cairo, Egypt (PANA) - Delegates discussed a complicated urban development issue at the World Urban Forum on Tuesday: What is needed to safeguard residents and [...] Full text...

Record heat persists as WMO calls for urgent services and investment boost

08 november 2024 - 06:32:35 MA

Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world is experiencing unprecedented warming with 2024 poised to become the hottest year on record, surpassing the previous record in [...] Full text...

Deadly weather events show cost of climate inaction

08 november 2024 - 06:04:47 MA

Baku, Azerbailan (PANA) - Record-breaking floods in Spain, violent storms in Florida and wildfires in South America – these are just a few examples of [...] Full text...