The UNESCO Addis Liaison Office, in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) ...

Inger Andersen, UNEP's chief, urges African nations to scale up climate and biodiversity finance, innovation, and leadership ...

Study finds Africa’s forests, responsible for one-fifth of global carbon removal, are now generating carbon instead.

Nearly a year after U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to freeze U.S. development aid, USAID has permanently closed its ...

Climate change, of which Africa has been the principal victim, is aggravating severe and rising security threats across the continent — including terrorism, armed confrontations, and inter-community ...

African Development Bank (AfDB), development partners call for major new financing to accelerate Africa’s Great Green Wall initiative ...

Kenya will host delegates from governments, civil society, industry and scientific agencies for the United Nations ...

The first Africa Climate Summit, held in Nairobi in 2023, was a turning point. It lit the fuse to launch a collaborative, climate-resilient, and prosperous Africa. This week, as leaders gathered in ...

Global temperatures are projected to surpass 1.5°C (2.7°F) within the next decade, underscoring the urgency of the climate crisis.As the world moves to slow climate change and create a more ...

African climate negotiators at the COP29 climate conference in Azerbaijan have delivered a clear and urgent message – climate diplomacy must hold steady amid escalating global crises, from wars in ...

When Ademola Adesina founded a startup to provide solar and battery-based power subscription packages to individuals and businesses in Nigeria in 2015, it was a lot harder to raise money than it is ...

Convened by President William Ruto of Kenya in conjunction with the African Union, the summit will address the urgency of marshalling resources to respond to the climate crisis, amid signs that we are ...