Green Climate Fund Makes Largest Investment Yet
In its largest investment to date, the Green Climate Fund (GCF) is teaming up with the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development...
Data for a changing world: Satellites for sustainability
Rainfall patterns are changing. The occurrence of record high temperatures is increasing. Severe weather events — huge rainfall, severe...
Tick Populations Affected by Wildlife Loss and Climate Change
Both large wildfire loss and climatic changes can independently influence the prevalence and distribution of zoonotic diseases, which...
Tapping Into Talents of Older Persons Can Boost Global Goals, Says UN On International Day
On the International Day of Older Persons, the United Nations is urging the world to tap into the often overlooked contributions of older...
GMOs: State, civil society should speak same language
Stakeholders from various sectors convened in the tourist capital Livingstone last week to fine-tune revision of the Biotechnology and...
Scientists urge Africa to embrace geo-spatial tech to achieve development goals
Scientists started a three-day international conference on Wednesday by calling on sub-Saharan Africa to adopt geo-spatial technologies...
Troubling setback in effort to reduce world hunger
Climate-related shocks disastrous to agriculture and conflict have exacerbated food insecurity and malnutrition problems worldwide. In...
Rwanda: How 21-Year-Old Umuhoza Plans to Fight Climate Change
Grace Ineza Umuhoza, a third year student at University of Rwanda, wants to make a difference in society and is already devising...
Mainstreaming migration for poverty reduction
I recently visited a number of countries on a monitoring mission for the joint IOM-UNDP Global Project on Mainstreaming Migration in...
Africa takes action to advance landscape restoration goals
This week, representatives from 24 countries across Africa reaffirmed the continent’s commitment to bringing degraded landscapes and...