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HIGHLIGHTS Mauritius’ Prime Minister, Pravind Jugnauth, declared a “state of environmental emergency” on 7 August, after a ship that ran aground off the coast of the island nation began spilling oil...

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1 Introduction Countries are facing a pressing, complex and interlinked set of environmental crises. While significant government resources and capacities need to focus on managing the social and...

Cities are home to 55 per cent of the world’s population, all jammed together cheek-by-jowl. Little wonder, then, that cities are being hit hardest by COVID-19: an estimated 90 per cent of all...

The Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania hosts more than 150,000 refugees from Burundi and Congo. More than 95% of households in all three refugee camps in Kigoma Region use firewood which is collected...

Financial modelling and climate change projections to enable clear valuation of natural infrastructure that can help address climate change VIENNA, 31 July 2020 — The Global Environment Facility...

RÉSUMÉ À L’ATTENTION DES RESPONSABLES POLITIQUES La lutte contre une triple injustice : genre, climat, social Les déplacements causés par le climat constituent une option de dernier recours. Ils...

The Agenda 2030 calls for enhanced policy coherence for sustainable development. In response to this call, in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) is...

COVID-19 is a global challenge that demands researchers, policymakers, and governments to address multiple dimensions that go far beyond the implications of this pandemic for health and wellbeing...