In eastern Libya, controlled by a shifting conglomerate of armed groups for more than a decade, critical environmental infrastructure has fallen into disrepair...
As Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong and International Development Minister Pat Conroy hit the reset-rebuild button on the Australian aid programme, now...
WATCH: How Africa manages the different challenges posed by climate security will determine the future developmental agenda of the continent and its people...
WATCH: The aim of the session was to discuss the work of civil society actors carrying out conflict prevention and environmental protection activities in the...
The development of Africa was spotlighted at a key UN meeting on Wednesday, with attention focused on advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and...
The Kingdom of the Netherlands has contributed $28 million to back FAO's work to boost the resilience of food systems in Somalia, Sudan, and South Sudan - part...
Australia’s new prime minister will not walk away from the Paris climate agreement, although his new policies now make it unlikely the country will meet its...
Mine closures have caused social and political turmoil in many regions, for example in South Africa. But there are ways of planning and managing the phase-out...
Climate change threatens conflict and poverty in the Arab region, according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP). In a report published last week, the agency...
Cape Town is dealing with one of the biggest climate change-linked water crises to face a modern city. This should serve as our wake-up call: we must transition...
WATCH: Africa is extremely vulnerable to climate change. However, the continent is young and powerful. Why we have good reasons to be optimistic illustrates...
Rapid population growth can impede efforts to combat poverty, particularly in places where environmental disasters and climate changes damage livelihoods...
Multiple stressors converge on the Lake Chad region. Unemployment, depleting resources, poverty and conflict interact with climate change. Prolonged severe...