The Bonn Climate Change Conference marked the halfway point on the road to COP29, as humanity’s push to limit global temperature rises to 1.5 Celsius this century enters its second phase. UN Climate Change Executive Secretary Simon Stiell kicked off the…
UN SUMMIT OF THE FUTURE – TOWARDS A GLOBAL PACT FOR THE FUTURE The future is not something to predict, but something to build. ~ Franco Ongaro ESA What is the UN Summit of the Future? The Summit of the Future:…
African Heads of State and Government concluded the Africa Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit where they endorsed the Nairobi Declaration on Fertilizer and Soil Health, demonstrating their commitment to restore the nutritional balance of the continent’s soils. The Nairobi Declaration articulated the key…
Africa’s Climate Crisis, Energy Transformation and Environmental Justice The Global North holds disproportionate responsibility for the climate crisis and biodiversity loss, and disproportionate resources and capacity to respond. These should be moments to respond with urgency and to propose long-term…
Food Justice and Food Systems Transformation Food systems are central to ecosystem health, social justice and well-being, food and nutrition security, culture and landscape protection, and planetary rights. The current model of industrialized agriculture is posing critical challenges regarding biodiversity…
Climate action is crucial for the African continent due to its vulnerability to the adverse effects of climate change. The effects of climate change, such as extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and droughts, disproportionately affect the African population, especially…