Two allied innovation sectors have to learn and apply from the planet’s ills
Africa: Four Ways Africa Is Already Seeing the Effects of Climate Change - and What Can Be Done About It
Africa is already being heavily affected by climate change. Between 1991 and 2023, the African continent warmed at a rate of 0.3 degrees C per decade, a rate slightly faster than the global average. This has brought more frequent and severe weather extremes.
Climate and health data must be integrated
Climate change is the most significant challenge to global health, and the integration of climate information into routine decision-making in the health sector is critical.
Eight million climate migrants predicted to arrive in ten Global South cities by 2050 if emissions don’t fall
New research by C40 Cities and the Mayors Migration Council has set out the scale and impact of climate migration to cities across Africa, South America and southern Asia over the next quarter of a century.
United in Science 2024
A multi-organization high-level complication of the latest weather, climate, water and related environmental and social sciences for the future
UNFCCC Compiles Data on Developing Country Needs to Address Climate Change
The information contained in the ‘Second report on the determination of the needs of developing country Parties related to implementing the Convention and the Paris Agreement’ is broken down by costed and non-costed needs, time frame, theme and sector, geography, and means of implementation.
A global foresight report on planetary health and human wellbeing
To help navigate current and future uncertainty and disruptive change, while effectively delivering on its mandate, UNEP has been implementing an institutionalized approach to strategic foresight and horizon scanning with the view to developing an anticipatory and future-oriented culture.
Health Set to Get a Bigger Spotlight at Upcoming COP29
Health will be an important focus of the upcoming annual United Nations (UN) climate conference taking place in November in Baku, Azerbaijan, according to the COP29 Presidency and the World Health Organization (WHO).
A City Finds Success Using 'Trees as Medicine'
A study in Louisville, Kentucky, has connected new plantings with health data from nearby residents — a first in urban forestry.
The Economic Constraints on Clean Water
Investing in water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) reduces the financial costs of disease outbreaks
