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...
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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...
Negotiations for global plastics treaty resume on Tuesday
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - Negotiations on a global plastics treaty resume in Geneva on Tuesday after previous talks stalled amid deep divisons over key issues. To [...] Full text...
UN migration agency highlights deepening climate and displacement crisis in Somalia
MA Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Climate shocks and mass displacement caused by conflict have uprooted some 3.6 million people in Somalia, according to the International Organisation [...] Full text...
Trade critical to ending plastic pollution - UNCTAD
MA New York, US (PANA) - Trade must be part of the solution to end plastic pollution – a global problem which disproportionately affects developing countries.That [...] Full text...
‘It is the Environment, Stupid’: Sudan’s war and its impact on local communities (Feature by Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent, Khartoum)
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - The tip of the iceberg behind the causes of the current war in Sudan are political, social and economic disparities, politicians [...] Full text...
Pollution, melting microbes, undamming rivers, risks for elders: 4 key climate issues (By UN News)
MA New York, US (PANA) - In a world increasingly shaped by climate extremes, environmental experts are delivering a blunt warning: four rapidly emerging threats could [...] Full text...
ICJ affirms states have 'an obligation to prevent significant harm to the environment'
MA The Hague, Netherlands (PANA) - This is a turning point for international law, with considerable political repercussions. In a highly anticipated advisory opinion issued on [...] Full text...
Deep dive into the International Seabed Authority: Why it matters now (By UN News)
MA New York, US (PANA) - Protecting underwater ecosystems from the growing interest in rare mineral mining, framing deep-sea laws and building a biobank are among [...] Full text...
UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit
MA New York, US (PANA) - UN Secretary‑General António Guterres declared the world has “passed the point of no return” on the shift to renewables and [...] Full text...
From Africa to Europe, drought is increasing hunger and shaking economies
MA New York, US (PANA) - Repeated droughts, exacerbated by climate change, are plunging a growing portion of the planet into an unprecedented crisis: water shortages, [...] Full text...
Deadly floods show need for faster, wider warnings, UN agency says
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - From the Himalayas to rural Texas, deadly floods this month have killed hundreds and exposed dangerous gaps in early warning systems, [...] Full text...
New York Forum: Ocean under pressure, Nice's hopes remain to be realised (By UN News)
MA New York, US (PANA) - The promises made in June at the Ocean Conference in Nice are barely concealing the reality. According to a new [...] Full text...
Surge in traditional gold mining in Sudan exposes communities to dangerous chemicals (Feature by By Mohamed Osman Adam, PANA correspondent)
MO Khartoum, Sudan (PANA) - Scores of villagers gathered on Thursday for the sixth day running, in Hilat Younis, a remote village in the vicinity of [...] Full text...
Overlooked and underestimated: Sand and dust storms wreak havoc across borders
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - There are three Great Pyramids at Giza in Egypt - but imagine if there were 307 of the mighty edifices. And [...] Full text...
AU urges countries end to fragmented response to climate change
AO Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – Most African countries have developed early warning systems to climate change-induced disasters, such as floods although the response to epidemics and [...] Full text...
Forestry conservation, infrastructure planning crucial to fight climate change (By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
AO Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – Life comes to a standstill when the Sendou coal-powered electricity plant in Bargny, 40 km outside the Senegalese capital, Dakar, roars [...] Full text...
Rwanda restores ecosystems, boosts climate resilience in Nyungwe–Ruhango Corridor
AR Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Communities in Rwanda’s Southern Province are set to benefit from restored ecosystems, improved agricultural productivity, and expanded sustainable livelihood opportunities in [...] Full text...
AU satellite partner enhances aviation safety through climate prediction
AO Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union (AU) has appointed a Swiss-based satellite firm, Tecnavia, as its technical partner to make satellite data available to [...] Full text...
Green Climate Fund, UNEP boost climate adaptation for Ghana, Mauritania
AO Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea (PANA) – The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has approved over US$ 120 million in new funding to strengthen climate resilience in Ghana, [...] Full text...
50 years of CITES: Protecting wildlife from trade-driven extinction
MA New York, US (PANA) - The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) marks 50 years since it entered [...] Full text...
New WB project to help Djibouti respond to emergencies
AR Djibouti, Djibouti (PANA) - The World Bank has approved a Contingent Emergency Response Project (CERP) for Djibouti, an instrument that will allow the Horn of [...] Full text...
Climate change requires ending fossil fuel dependency, warns UN expert
MA Geneva, Switzerland (PANA) - States must urgently phase out fossil fuels, in accordance with their international human rights obligations, a United Nations independent expert urged [...] Full text...
South Africa's Eastern Cape flooding death toll rises to 102
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – The Eastern Cape provincial government of South Africa on Monday said 102 bodies have been recovered following last month's [...] Full text...
African airlines face climate change dilemma in shifting to clean jet fuel
AO Nairobi, Kenya (PANA) – African Airlines, including the Kenya Airways and other international carriers, are facing a major climate change dilemma as they focus on [...] Full text...
World Bank’s PROGREEN Trust Fund extended to 2031
AR Paris, France (PANA) - The World Bank and three development partners—Germany, Sweden, and the United Kingdom—announced on Thursday the extension of PROGREEN, a multi-donor trust [...] Full text...
AU creates agency to advance space technologies in war against climate change
AO Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union has created a new agency, whose mandate is to utilize space information to strengthen the fight against climate [...] Full text...
AU urges universal access to climate data to urgently enhance response
AO Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – The African Union has urged countries in Africa to urgently seek for universal access to climate information held by weather prediction [...] Full text...
AU calls for urgent steps to arrest economic stagnation caused by climate change
AO Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - African countries must urgently shift their strategic view on the the financing for climate action from a cost implication to an [...] Full text...
South Africa exports endangered rhinos to Mozambique
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Ten critically endangered black rhinos were successfully translocated from South Africa to Zinave National Park in Mozambique this week. [...] Full text...
Africa looks towards enhanced climate services to end extreme poverty, water scarcity (Feature By Kennedy Abwao, PANA Correspondent)
MA Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) - The impact of climate change has been felt more severely in urban centres and remote villages where household poverty is pronounced [...] Full text...
‘Smart grid’ helps accelerate energy transition in Indonesia
MA Jakarta, Indonesia (PANA) - Renewable energy plants are being built across Indonesia, but for their electricity to reach consumers, a modernization of the electricity grid [...] Full text...
Ethiopia commits to efforts to revitalize the climate through Africa greenwall initiative
AO Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (PANA) - Ethiopia will carry out major projects to revitalize the environment as it prepares to host the second Africa Climate Summit, [...] Full text...
Rights group says Bonn climate talks should make progress on fossil fuels
MA Bonn, Germany (PANA) - As negotiators gather in the German city of Bonn for the mid-year United Nations climate talks, a key stepping-stone toward the [...] Full text...
UN ocean summit in Nice closes with wave of commitments
MA Nice, France (PANA) - Ships in the port of Nice sounded their fog-horns on Friday, a brassy crescendo to a rare moment of global unity [...] Full text...
Nigerian environmental activist Saro-Wiwa, colleagues back on global spotlight posthumously
AO Abuja, Nigeria (PANA) - Nine Nigerian environmental activists, known more popularly as the ‘Ogoni Nine’, have been posthumously pardoned and awarded national honours, three decades [...] Full text...
Gabon improves urban Infrastructure, reduces flood risk in secondary cities
AR Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - The World Bank has approved $150 million for the Gabon Urban Development project (in French: “Projet d’aménagement et de développement des [...] Full text...
'No ocean declaration without small islands': Island states speak out
MA Nice, France (PANA) - On the eve of the closing of the Third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), representatives of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) [...] Full text...
‘Plenty of fish in the sea’? Not anymore, say UN experts in Nice
WA Nice, France (PANA) - At the Third UN Ocean Conference in Nice, the “catch of the day” wasn’t a seabass or a red mullet – [...] Full text...