Thursday, 21 October – The National Adaptation Plan Global Support Programme (NAP-GSP), implemented by UNEP and UNDP with funding from the Global Environment Facility and together with the Global...
The Challenge Impactful climate action will require immense resources to fund the transformational projects that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and help societies adapt. It requires bold...
The Challenge Climate change and natural disasters increasingly affect people’s well-being and development prospects. While fatalities from climate-related disasters have decreased, thanks to better...
Lying on the East African coastline with a large natural harbour, Dar es Salaam, the ‘Haven of Peace’, was given its name in 1866 by Majid bin Sayyid, Sultan of Zanzibar. Under German rule, the...
Maiduguri is the largest city in north east Nigeria and the capital of Borno State, which suffers from endemic poverty, and capacity and legitimacy gaps in terms of its governance. The state has been...
Mogadishu is a fragile city, dealing with the legacy of decades of civil war within a political context characterised by unstable elite bargains and an incomplete constitutional transition. These...
[bilingual, as delivered] [scroll down for all-English and all-French versions] Mr. President of the General Assembly — thank you very for convening us and for your commitment and leadership...
Last week’s flash floods in India, Nepal and Spain triggered by heavy rainfall are the latest in a string of water-related disasters from Germany to South Sudan to the United States. Flood-related...
Leaders must act now to prevent catastrophic climate change from destabilising the future of young people around the world, children warned today ahead of COP26. Child campaigners from Norway, Sri...
1 Introduction Authors: Anne Olhoff (UNEP DTU Partnership), John Christensen (CONCITO [Denmark’s climate think tank]) 1.1 Context of the Emissions Gap Report 2021 This twelfth edition of the United...