Climate Change

Before the Flood, Jannat Carried Books. After the Flood, She Carried Dirty Dishes

By Mohammed A. Sayem
When catastrophic floods swept through the Haor wetlands of Sunamganj in 2022, they destroyed far more than homes and crops. They shattered childhoods.

Empowering Youth Is the Fastest Path to Transforming Least Developed Countries

By Rabab Fatima
The future of the world’s least developed countries (LDCs) will be shaped by a critical choice they make today- strategic investment in their youth. Rich in human potential, the young people in LDCs embody ingenuity, resilience and ambition. With the right opportunities, they can transform challenges into opportunities and put their countries strongly on track to sustainable development.

Why it is Time to Rewrite Africa’s Malaria Story

By Michael Adekunle Charles and Aissata De
If you woke up with severe fever, would you stay home from work? What if the choice meant losing a week’s wages, or deciding if you could afford the trip to a doctor at all?

Strengthening Financial Integrity: Why It Matters and What Needs to Change

By Toril-Iren Pedersen and Michael Jarvis
A conversation with Toril-Iren Pedersen, Director of the UNDP Global Policy Centre for Governance, and Michael Jarvis, Executive Director of the Trust, Accountability, and Inclusion (TAI) Collaborative

How Santa Marta Finally Made Fossil Fuel Phase-Out Politically Discussable

By Umar Manzoor Shah
The First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels in Santa Marta, Colombia, may eventually be remembered as a defining moment in global climate politics, not because it produced a treaty or a formal negotiation outcome, but because it changed the tone, structure, and ambition of the conversation itself.

Africa’s Youth are Shaping the Continent’s Climate Future

By Alexandra del Castello
Africa is on the frontlines of the climate crisis, warming faster than the global average and facing disproportionate climate impacts, despite contributing the least to global greenhouse gas emissions.

Pacific Ocean Under Pressure — Now a Region Finally Armed With Evidence

By Sera Sefeti
For generations, Pacific people have understood the ocean not as a resource but as identity, sustenance, and survival. Today, that relationship is being tested in ways science is only just beginning to fully capture.

The Ocean Also Has Memories: From Our Territories to the Global Seafood Marketplace

By Yohana Coñuecar Llancapani
Coming from an island in southern Chile, where the sea is not an industry—but it is daily life, work, food and memory. Growing up in a family that is part of an artisanal fishers’ cooperative. Learning from a young age how to cultivate oysters, work with mussels, and understand the rhythms of the sea.

Climate-Driven Disruptions to Education in Africa Raise Protection Risks for Millions of Children

By Oritro Karim
The escalating global climate crisis has led to an increase in the frequency of climate-induced natural disasters, affecting millions worldwide. As governments struggle to keep up due to persistent funding shortfalls and inadequate preparedness and response mechanisms, education systems in Eastern and Southern Africa continue to deteriorate, pushing millions of children into displacement and poverty, further deepening long-term inequalities.

Seychelles’ Blue Bond: Turning Ocean Vision into Action

By James Alix Michel
As the world prepares for the Global Environment Facility (GEF) meeting in Samarkand next month, Seychelles’ pioneering blue bond offers a compelling lesson in practical ocean finance.

Africa Faces Mounting Risks Just as Growth Gains Take Hold

By Abebe Aemro Selassie
Sub-Saharan Africa’s economies entered 2026 with significant momentum. The region had notched its fastest growth rate in 10 years—4.5 percent in 2025—buoyed by reduced macroeconomic imbalances, rising investment levels, and a generally supportive external environment.

Santa Marta Summit Aims to Push Fossil Fuel Phase-Out as Indigenous Voices Demand Urgent Action

By Umar Manzoor Shah
A high-stakes international summit in Colombia starting today (April 24) is expected to sharpen global efforts to phase out fossil fuels, as governments, scientists and Indigenous leaders warn that the world is running out of time to avert irreversible climate damage.

From Resolution to Reality: Delivering Water and Sanitation for “The Africa We Want”

By Mahmoud Ali Youssouf
When Africa’s Heads of State and Government gathered in Addis Ababa on 14 February 2026 for the African Union’s 39th Ordinary Session, they did more than adopt another resolution. They made a choice: to place at the centre of the agenda the most fundamental, life-sustaining and strategic resource our continent possesses: water.

Global Shipping Reforms Cast Shadow Over Tanzania’s Fishing Communities

By Kizito Makoye
At dawn, as the sun rises across the Indian Ocean, Venance Shayo perches on the edge of his boat, hauling in a net. The sea gently ripples under the breeze and the sound of revving engines.

Using Better Data to Break the Cycle of Permanent Crisis

By Mukul Bhola and Devanand Ramiah
We are stuck in response mode. But what good is an ambulance without a hospital? Climate shocks are intensifying. Conflict is at record levels. Economies are fragile. Humanitarian appeals grow larger each year, while donor countries prioritise domestic and security concerns. One emergency follows another. Recovery slips further out of reach.

Bridging Knowledge Systems: How Pacific Communities Are Reclaiming Climate Solutions Through Nature

By Sera Sefeti
Climate change is no longer a distant threat. Across the Pacific, it is a daily reality reshaping coastlines, livelihoods, and the delicate balance between people and the environment. But in a region long defined by resilience, solutions are not being invented from scratch. They are being remembered, strengthened, and scaled.

Explainer: How the GEF Funds Global Environmental Action

By Umar Manzoor Shah
The Global Environment Facility, widely known as the GEF, plays a central role in financing environmental protection across the world. It supports developing countries in tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, land degradation, pollution, and threats to ecosystems.

Shipping Industry Seeks Certainty as Experts Back Strong Net-Zero Framework

By Kizito Makoye
As global shipping braces for another round of high-stakes negotiations, a volatile mix of rising fuel costs, geopolitical tensions and deep political divisions is testing the fragile consensus around a proposed Net-Zero Framework (NZF) aimed at decarbonising one of the world’s most polluting industries.

From Flooded to Future Ready: Why Asia Pacific Cities must Become ‘Sponges’

By Temily Baker, Leila Salarpour Goodarzi and Elisa Belaz
As the Pacific recovers from a severe cyclone season and Asia braces for the monsoon, flood readiness has become a defining test of sustainable urban development.

Informal Settlements Grapple With Climate Extremes in Pacific Islands

By Catherine Wilson
A rising cycle of poverty and extreme weather threatens many towns and cities, especially those situated on coastlines, in the Pacific Islands. Urban centres in the Pacific have grown at an unprecedented rate this century, rapidly straining national resources for urban planning. But governments are now making progress on improving people’s lives in the informal settlements that dominate the urban sprawl in some of the region’s largest cities.

“Humanity at the Edge of Its Own Humanity”

By James Alix Michel
We live in a century of extraordinary achievement. Humanity has split the atom, mapped the genome, and sent astronauts to the Moon, with plans now underway to reach Mars. Our knowledge has expanded, our tools have become more powerful, and our capacity to shape the world around us exceeds anything previous generations could have imagined. We communicate instantaneously across continents, diagnose diseases earlier, monitor climate patterns in real time, and design artificial intelligences that can aid in everything from medicine to climate modelling.
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