In a Warming World, Agriculture Must Be at the Heart of Climate and Clean Air Action

 A rice paddy field in Angkor, Cambodia, 17 August 2013. Diego Delso/delso.photo/CC BY-SA

Sustainable practices, more efficient systems and cleaner alternatives in agriculture can reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, while also improving yields, lives and livelihoods.

Why finance climate action?

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Climate action requires significant investment, but its value is immense: a livable climate. Countries around the world are showing how climate finance can improve people’s lives and prospects for the planet.

Sunsets, Anger and Activism: On Youth Leadership in Urbania

River Elbe in Hamburg. By Ed Alvarado/Pexels
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Sankt-Pauli-Landungsbrücken, Hamburg, Germany. Wikimedia Commons

There is good news: the youth climate justice movement has officially declared that we do not intend to wait until someone invites us to make decisions affecting our own present and future.

Central Emergency Response Fund’s Climate Action Account: Supporting People and Communities Facing the Climate Crisis

While the climate crisis looms large, there is reason for hope: the launch of the climate action account of the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) fills a critical gap in the mosaic of climate financing arrangements.

Youth Environmentalist Calls for Action at Earth Summit in 1992

Youth Environmentalist Calls for Action at Earth Summit in 1992

Youth activist Severn Cullis-Suzuki’s speech at the 1992 Earth Summit resonates today as the world grapples with our climate challenge at #COP28.

Troubled Waters | Climate Change Hits Home in the USA

Flooding and drought across the US brings water crisis into focus

Are we running out of time to protect our most precious resource?

Rice Revolution: Climate-Resilient Rice Empowers Rural Gambia

Maruo Farms members in the rice field

Mariam Leigh is a small-scale farmer in the Central River Region in The Gambia. Like many smallholders, she struggled to make ends meet, not being able to afford agricultural equipment nor fertilizer for her farming. Mariam joined Maruo Farms, a local rice production company founded by Musa Darboe, a Gambian entrepreneur returning from the USA.

The Incredible Dolphin Airlift - Saved by a Helicopter!

Incredible dolphin airlift! Plus the secret to saving many dolphins and battling climate change.

See the only dolphin to ever fly through the air over roads and highways. And find out the way to REALLY save dolphins, not just one at a time but across the planet! As the United Nations marks the International Decade for Ocean Science, learn the secrets of a

Portuguese marine biologist and the local fisherwomen she enlists as Guardians of the Sea.

Their campaign to protect the seagrass meadows is making a big difference in the fight against climate change.

The Future of Weather, Climate and Water across Generations

Storm clouds and lightning, Nikolaev, Ukraine, 19 June 2021 From the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) 2023 Calendar Competition. Yurii Bershadskiy
WMO Secretary-General Petteri Taalas. WMO
Photograph taken at the International Meteorological Congress, held in Rome in 1879, at which the International Meteorological Organization, predecessor of WMO, came into being. WMO

The history of WMO data exchange is a success story of scientific collaboration and coordination to save lives and livelihoods.

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Pre-COP27

This year’s Pre-COP, the preparatory meeting ahead of the annual UN Climate Change Conference, is hosted by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Pre-COP provides countries with an informal setting to discuss and exchange views on key political aspects of the negotiations, including on mitigation, adaptation, finance and collaboration.

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