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UNECE has launched the policy brief: “Sustainable Urban and Peri-Urban Forestry" to emphasize the role of sustainable urban and peri-urban forestry as an integrative and strategic nature-based solution that can help develop healthier, more sustainable and climate resilient cities. Recognizing the collective experience of city dwellers throughout the pandemic, the brief highlights…

Africa’s textile and fashion industry holds immense potential for economic transformation. According to some economists, continent-wide industry retail sales are worth around $1.3 trillion. However, organizations like the United Nations Environmental Program and climate change researchers say the industry worldwide is also a key contributor to global warming, accounting for 10% of global carbon…

Africa is exposed to complex, interconnected climate systems, with three of the most important being El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the monsoons, and cyclones. Each is already affecting the lives and livelihoods of people across the continent. As anthropogenic climate change causes the planet to warm, each of these climate systems is likely to increase their influence on extreme weather…

Even the Arctic, previously all but immune, faces rising wildfire risk, experts say ahead of the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi Wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating” Governments are called to radically shift their investments in wildfires to focus on prevention and preparedness Nairobi, 23 February, 2022 – Climate change and land-use change…

Rotterdam, the Netherlands, 23rd February 2022 – The Global Center on Adaptation (GCA) today announced that, through its Africa Adaptation Acceleration Program with the African Development Bank (AfDB), it will mainstream climate adaptation and resilience measures at the program and project level in the Desert to Power initiative, a key pillar of the Great Green Wall Initiative in the Sahel.…

The Sahel region has been at the center of international discourse for many years, in the areas of peace, security and development. Though it represents one of the most fragile regions of the world, the Sahel is replete with opportunities, both natural and manmade. With an enlightened youthful population (standing at 65%) great potential exists for the growth of Sahelian countries in…