Libya takes steps to halt land degradation
BBA Tripoli, Libya (PANA) - The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has approved funding of US$5.8 million for a new pilot initiative to help Libya reverse land [...] Full text...
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Funding cuts impact assistance to millions affected by drought in Somalia
MA Mogadishu, Somalia (PANA) - Brutal slashes to aid budgets are hampering efforts to assist millions of people in Somalia affected by drought, the UN Office [...] Full text...
South African province devastated by flash floods
CU Cape Town, South Africa (PANA) – Residents and tourists in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province are bracing for a grim Christmas following severe flooding that has [...] Full text...
Namibia relies on scientific prowess to manage urban water crisis mid climate change disaster (By Kennedy Abwao)
AO Windhoek, Namibia (PANA) – -The Scientific Research Committee at the New Goreangab Reclamation Plant in Windhoek ended its meeting prematurely to receive a group of [...] Full text...
UN sounds alarm over rising demands on water resources as scarcity increases
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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'
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...