The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) warns that 2024 is on track to be the hottest year in recorded history, surpassing 2023. This can be attributed to heightened reliance on fossil fuels and... Read more »

At the 2021 UN Climate Summit, Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley called for more and better use of special drawing rights (SDRs), the International Monetary Fund’s reserve asset. The special drawing right... Read more »

Sub-Saharan Africa, home to 80% of the global population without electricity access, is unlikely to reach the United Nations’ goal of access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all by... Read more »

This year’s slogan for the Green Legacy Initiative is “A Nation that plants, a generation that sustains” and 7.5 billion tree samplings will be planted in order to reach the milestone of... Read more »

The upgraded Kudube pedestrian bridge in Hammanskraal, South Africa. Photo by Frennie Shivambu/ Gallo Images via Getty Images Development finance is the invisible glue that connects public and private financing for projects... Read more »

Regions struggling to revise and update their National Biodiversity Plans aligning them with the Global Biodiversity Framework adopted at COP15, will now be given the technical and scientific support to develop and... Read more »

The oceans are as fascinating as they are mysterious. Home to the largest animals to ever live on Earth and billions of the tiniest, the top 100 meters of the open oceans... Read more »

In a world faced with habitat loss and species extinction, climate change, and pollution, it’s crucial that countries develop their national action plans and create a society that lives in harmony with... Read more »

The last couple of years have seen expedited and increased calls for an equal representation of countries and continents at global stages. The world is moving into a multi-polar order with new... Read more »