UN warns of a critical funding gap for climate adaptation
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...
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Most major methane leak alerts ignored despite climate threat
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
UN calls for tripling of funding to protect endangered rainforests
MA Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) - Many tropical forests, which regulate the climate and guarantee global food security, are disappearing at an alarming rate due to human [...] Full text...
'World falling behind on its clean energy goals' - Report
MA New York, US (PANA) - A new report released on Tuesday warns the world is falling behind on its clean energy goals, prompting UN chief [...] Full text...
Nations confront deep divisions over carbon emission cuts to global shipping
MA London, UK, (PANA) - The UN maritime agency opened a special session in London on Tuesday, where nations are debating – and may adopt – [...] Full text...
Indirect disaster effects cost the world nearly $2 trillion per year, Guterres says on International Day
WA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From 1970 until 2000, the costs of disaster averaged $70-$80 billion. Those mainly preventable costs doubled this century to average $180-$200 [...] Full text...
National training workshop on marine biodiversity monitoring and reserve management begins in Zouara
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A national training workshop on the monitoring of marine biodiversity and reserve management began in Zuwara (about 120 km west of [...] Full text...
Sand and dust storms: a global crisis
MA Beirut, Lebanon (PANA) - Sand and dust storms are no longer a local phenomenon, but a global crisis that requires a coordinated and urgent response, [...] Full text...
Guterres urges countries to ‘seize this historic opportunity’ as renewable energy use grows
MA New York, US (PANA) - With clean energy on the rise, the UN Secretary-General renewed his longstanding call for countries to make the transition from [...] Full text...
South Africa moves to step up vulture conservation
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – In the lead up to the Session of the Meeting of the Parties (MOP9) to the African-Eurasian Migratory Waterbird [...] Full text...
Sudanese Ministry says rise of River Nile level not caused by Ethiopian dam
MO Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - The Sudanese Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation has said that the rise in the level of the River Nile in [...] Full text...
Libyan, UN officials, experts review Nationally Determined Contributions on climate
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A meeting is under way in Tripoli on the review of mitigation measures and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC) objectives.This is part [...] Full text...
New national climate plans unveiled at high-level summit ahead of COP30 conference
MA New York, US (PANA) - From accelerating the move to clean energy to planting acres of trees, leaders from more than 100 countries announced or [...] Full text...
Climate Summit 2025: The path to COP30 (By UN News)
MA New York, US (PANA) - Floods in South Asia, wildfires across North America, and record-breaking heat in Europe have underscored what scientists have warned for [...] Full text...
High Seas Treaty to enter force in January: 'A lifeline' for the ocean (By UN News)
MA New York, US (PANA) - A discreet but decisive shift has just taken place at UN headquarters in New York. On Friday, the treaty on [...] Full text...
‘No end’ expected to floods and storms as global heating continues
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The world’s water resources face growing pressure from climate change while emergencies involving the life-giving resource are increasingly impacting lives and [...] Full text...
Political dialogue between the Libyan unity government and international partners on water, energy and food
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Ministry of Planning of the Government of National Unity, in collaboration with international partners, organised a high-level policy dialogue [...] Full text...
African Biotrade Festival underway in Johannesburg
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The second African Biotrade Festival began on Thursday in Johannesburg.Thirty Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the cosmetic, [...] Full text...
Healing the ozone layer: ‘Guided by science, united in action’
MA New York, US (PANA) - Every year on 16 September, the UN celebrates the international community’s success in healing the ozone layer and brings attention [...] Full text...
Multilateral development banks hit record $137 billion in climate finance, driving sustainable development worldwide
MA Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (PANA) - Multilateral development banks (MDBs) delivered a record $137 billion in global climate finance last year—a 10% increase that underscores the [...] Full text...
‘Deadly floods’ displace over 100,000 in South Sudan
MA Juba, South Sudan (PANA) - Over 100,000 people in South Sudan have been displaced by what the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, has called “new deadly [...] Full text...
Embracing climate-smart growth is a net win for Uganda
AR Kampala, Uganda (PANA) - Without strong action, climate change could cut Uganda's economic growth by up to 3.1% by 2050, pushing more than 613,000 people [...] Full text...
Workshop on promoting sustainable waste management in Libya opens
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - A workshop on promoting sustainable waste management in Libya has begun in Tunis, with the aim of developing a practical roadmap [...] Full text...
Top Libyan official attends second AU Climate Summit
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Vice-President of the Libyan Presidential Council, Moussa al-Kouni, is participating in the second African Union (AU) Climate Summit, which began [...] Full text...
Air pollution is on the rise – but not everywhere, says UN weather agency
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - As billions continue to breathe polluted air that causes more than 4.5 million premature deaths every year, UN climate experts on [...] Full text...
Protecting nature boosts growth and jobs, shows new report
AR Washington, DC, USA (PANA) - Ninety percent of the world lives with either degraded land, unhealthy air, or water stress, according to a new World [...] Full text...
Dozens of countries lag on climate reporting, warns UN climate chief
MA New York, US (PANA) - UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell has warned that 37 countries have yet to submit one or more mandatory [...] Full text...
Landslide wipes out entire town in Darfur killing hundreds
MO Port Sudan, Sudan (PANA) - Heavy rains and flooding have caused a landslide in the mountainous region of Jebal Marra, wiping out a whole town, [...] Full text...
Putting water management at the centre of the climate change fight
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Some 2.2 billion people worldwide still lack access to safely managed drinking water services, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO) [...] Full text...
UN agencies warn of rising heat stress risks for workers worldwide
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Extreme heat is fast becoming one of the biggest threats to workers’ health and livelihoods, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and [...] Full text...
Momentum builds towards marine biodiversity treaty, as experts convene in New York
WA New York, US (PANA) - Delegates from around the world met at UN Headquarters in New York this week to advance the long-awaited high seas [...] Full text...
WHO, WMO issue new report and guidance to protect workers from increasing heat stress
WA (Embargoed until 08:00 AM CEST / 06:00 AM GMT on Friday, 22 August 2025)Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the World [...] Full text...
'Build African cities where waste is not a burden, but opportunity for innovation'
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of the Environment of and current President of the African Ministers of the Environment, Ibrahim al-Arabi Mounir, has [...] Full text...
Libya's eastern-based govt signs MoU for green hydrogen production
BBA Benghazi, Libya (PANA) - Libya's eastern-based government has signed a memorandm of understanding (MoU) for a green hydrogen production project. The Minister of Electricity and Renewable [...] Full text...
‘Beauty and Beast’: Story of the Sudanese IDPs and the Gash River
MO Kassala, Sudan (PANA) - Huge volumes of thick reddish torrents of water dash from the Ethiopian plateau and mountainous heights to the relatively plain lands [...] Full text...
Libya to attend TICAD 9 in Japan on Africa's development
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Libyan Minister of the Environment, Ibrahim al-Arabi Mounir, has departed from Maitigua International Airport, in the eastern suburbs of Tripoli, [...] Full text...
Funding cuts exacerbate Somalia drought: OCHA
MA Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Severe drought in and funding cuts are undermining lifesaving assistance in Somalia, the UN aid coordination office, OCHA, said on Monday.Because [...] Full text...
Earthquake measuring 5.8 hits eastern Algeria
BBA Tunis, Tunisia (PANA) - An earthquake measuring 5.8 has hit the Algerian Wilaya of Tebessa, on the border with Tunisia.Several Algerian media outlets reported that [...] Full text...
Plastic pollution talks adjourn, but countries want to stay engaged: UNEP chief
WA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - The international push for consensus on a legally binding deal to end plastic pollution proved beyond the grasp of weary UN [...] Full text...
Facing rising risks, landlocked nations launch climate alliance at UN summit
MA Awaza, Turkmenistan (PANA) Countries agreed on Thursday to form a new climate negotiating bloc to advocate for the unique needs of nations without direct access [...] Full text...
Extreme heat is breaking records worldwide: UN weather agency
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Extreme heat is breaking records around the world, with wildfires and poor air quality compounding the crisis, according to a report [...] Full text...
Several Somali regions hit by severe drought
MA Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - About 2.5 million people in Somalia are living in drought-affected areas, warn UN agencies currently conducting a joint assessment mission with [...] Full text...
The world is demanding action over plastic pollution: UN environment chief
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - High stakes negotiations got under way at the UN Geneva on Tuesday to agree on a legally binding treaty to curb [...] Full text...