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Economic Development
Green bonds to serve Africa’s sustainable investment needs
The innovative finance instrument can help fill the SDG financing gap
By
UNECA
Climate Change
UN Global Compact launches Africa Business Leaders Coalition to advance climate action and sustainable growth
It brings together CEOs from across the continent to advance Africa's sustainable growth, prosperity and development
By
A Correspondent
Sustainable Development Goals
Ocean Decade: Blue economy presents vast opportunities for Africa
From fishing to oil and gas, to tourism, the possibilities are immense
By
Finbarr Toesland
Sustainable development
Kigali forum marks a new development era for Africa
The 8th African Regional Forum for Sustainable Development (ARFSD) will champion the continent as a destination of opportunity in line with the targets of SDGs.
By
Jean-Paul Adam
Environment
Seeking an ambitious global action to curb plastic pollution
An interview with Ms. Inger Andersen, Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme.
By
Africa Renewal
Environment
‘The legacy of Wangari Maathai continues’
— says daughter Wanjira Mathai on Wangari Maathai Day and Africa Environment Day.
By
Raphael Obonyo
Sustainable Development Goals
UN's Mohammed to attend Africa's sustainable development forum in Zimbabwe
By
UNECA
Gucci joins The Lion’s Share Fund to support wildlife conservation
By
UNDP
News
Our water, our future
How women are pushing national change in one of Africa’s smallest nations.
By
UNEP
News
A new window of hope in Sudan
By
UNDP
News
Literacy for all 'must stand at the heart' of new sustainable development agenda – UNESCO chief
By
UN News
News
Africa, midway through its "Glorious Thirty"
By
UNDP
News
Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda
By
UNDP
News
Countries reach historic agreement to generate financing for new sustainable development agenda
By
United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)
Financing For Development
Loans to women = smart economics
Women find innovative ways of financing projects
By
Zipporah Musau
Financing For Development
New bond issue set to help Africa go ‘green’
A way of bankrolling a clean energy revolution
By
Jocelyne Sambira
Financing For Development
Billions now required to save depleted healthcare systems
Ebola’s most affected countries lobby for funding for hospital infrastructure
By
Kingsley Ighobor
Financing For Development
Borrowing responsibly: Africa’s debt challenge
Countries may be borrowing too much and too fast
By
Jocelyne Sambira
Financing For Development
Can Africa fund its own growth?
Mobilizing domestic resources is a key source of finance
By
Tonderayi Mukeredzi
Cover Story
Funding the planet’s future
Will the billions required for the SDGs be sustainable?
By
Tim Wall
News
African Minerals Development Centre, a new project to improve sustainability on the continent
By
UNDP
‘We need a sustainable path for our future’
Interview with Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International
By
Africa Renewal
Also
‘Green economy’: empty rhetoric or pathway to future?
At Rio summit, African delegates are skeptical of the benefits
By
Africa Renewal
Also
Rio summit keeps African hopes alive
Some gains, plus commitments to future sustainable development talks
By
Kingsley Ighobor
Sustainable development
Full steam ahead to sustainable energy
Tapping geothermal power in Kenya’s Rift Valley
By
Yusuf Bangura
Sustainable development
Power from the wind in South Africa
Turbines generate hope for clean energy
By
Liane Greeff
Sustainable development
Africa’s vanishing Lake Chad
Action needed to counter an “ecological catastrophe”
By
Ahmad Salkida
Sustainable development
Community radio gives voice to shack dwellers
With new outlet, Korogocho residents push for reforms
By
Ernest Harsch
Sustainable development
Towards African cities without slums
Governments set course towards improving poor urban areas
By
Kaci Racelma
Sustainable development
For sustainable cities, Africa needs planning
Interview with UN-Habitat’s Joan Clos
By
Africa Renewal
Sustainable development
‘Only our collective voice will be heard’
Interview with Kumi Naidoo, executive director of Greenpeace International
By
Africa Renewal
Sustainable development
Africa’s priorities for sustainable development
By
Africa Renewal
Cover Story
To Rio and beyond: Africa seeks sustainable solutions
Paving the path to “the future we want”
By
Masimba Tafirenyika
Campaign