ROME ¨C To make more progress in the fight against hunger, the world needs to make at-risk communities less vulnerable to climate shocks and other emergencies, the UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ said today.
Nairobi, the Republic of Kenya, 29 September 2023 ¨C The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) have signed an agreement to strengthen the capacity of developing and emerging economies to address the unprecedented challenge of the climate crisis.
PANAMA CITY ¨C As Tropical Storm Franklin approaches Hispaniola Island - bringing with it heavy rains, flood risk, storm surges and strong winds - United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) emergency response teams in both the Dominican Republic and Haiti are prepositioning food stocks and preparing emergency assistance for the most vulnerable communities in the path of the storm.
THIMPHU - The Royal Government of Bhutan and the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the International Fund for Agriculture (IFAD) today launched a US$13 million five-year project funded by the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP), ¡°Building Resilient Commercial Smallholder Agriculture in Bhutan¡± (BRECSA), aimed at strengthening smallholder agriculture in the country.
Suva, Fiji ¨C The Executive Director of United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ, Cindy McCain, has called for enhanced disaster preparedness and the need to strengthen partnerships to address the growing threat of climate and how it impacts food and nutrition security during a visit to Pacific Island of Fiji.
ABIDJAN, C?TE D¡¯IVOIRE ¨C The Green Climate Fund (GCF) has formally approved an innovative US$10 million project to empower women in Cote D¡¯Ivoire to manage climate risks effectively.
BISHKEK ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in the Kyrgyz Republic, with financial support from the Government of Switzerland, is launching the Weather Index-Based Insurance Pilot Project, an initiative aiming to strengthen the resilience of rural communities to extreme weather-related risks and shocks.
ROME ¨C The United Nation¡¯s Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has received CAD 12 million (US$8.9 million) from the Government of Canada to support Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Africa Risk Capacity (ARC) Replica initiative, aimed at protecting two million vulnerable people and enhancing gender-sensitive protection from catastrophic climate risks in Africa.
CAIRO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Egypt and The Coca-Cola Foundation, signed today an agreement to promote sustainable agriculture & green energy among farmers and rural communities in Luxor.
KIGOMA - The United Nations has launched a three-year project to improve communities¡¯ resilience to climate shocks in the Kigoma region ¨C where hundreds of thousands of refugees are hosted.
SITTWE ¨C Â鶹ÊÓƵ and its local partners have reached over 230,000 people with life-saving food assistance in the wake of Cyclone Mocha, the most destructive storm to strike Myanmar in over a decade. Within 72 hours after landfall on 14 May, Â鶹ÊÓƵ began food distributions in Sittwe, Rakhine¡¯s state capital, which suffered considerable damage. The cyclone has flattened houses, destroyed livelihoods, and disrupted telecommunications, power, and supply chains.
NAIROBI ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is scaling up its emergency response to support hundreds of thousands of Kenyans affected by the impact of nearly three years of drought. Â鶹ÊÓƵ is ramping up to support more than 940,000 drought-affected people ¨C an increase from almost 600,000 people supported by Â鶹ÊÓƵ in 2022.
Basra, IRAQ ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), in partnership with the local government of Basra, Iraq¡¯s Ministry of Environment, and the University of Basra¡¯s Marine Science Centre started a mangrove nursery in the tidal flats region with the capacity to produce up to one million mangrove seedlings annually.
NAIROBI - The UN Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) today signed an agreement to address the devastating impacts of the climate crisis, environmental degradation and biodiversity and ecosystem loss on the food and water security of millions of people around the world.
ANTANANARIVO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is warning that it will discontinue its helicopter service in south-eastern Madagascar - unless US$1 million is urgently received.
Baghdad ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and Iraq's Ministry of Environment held a three-day national consultation event aimed at enhancing the country's climate adaptation efforts.
SUVA: The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ)-operated Pacific Humanitarian Air Service transported 15 metric tonnes of critical relief assistance to Port Vila, bolstering the government-led response in Vanuatu after twin cyclones and earthquakes ravaged the country.
BISHKEK ¨C Thanks to financial support from the Government of Switzerland, the United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ), together with the Ministry of Emergency Situations (MES) of the Kyrgyz Republic have established two automated gabion net production workshops in two regions of the country.
BLANTYRE ¨C Prices of staple foods are soaring in Malawi, ten days after Tropical Cyclone Freddy made its second passage over the southern African country, worsening levels of food insecurity as families struggle to meet their food needs.
BLANTYRE ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) has stepped up an emergency response to help an estimated 130,000 people affected by the devastating effects of Cyclone Freddy, which has dumped six months¡¯ worth of rainfall in six days in southern Malawi.
Joint US/UN News Release/NIAMEY¨C The combined effects of conflict, climate shocks, and high food prices continues to drive hunger up and push basic meals out of the reach of millions in Niger, demanding immediate and collective action, United States Ambassador to the UN Agencies in Rome Cindy McCain told journalists at the end of their week-long, U.S.- sponsored field visit to Zinder, Dosso and Tillaberi regions.
ROME ¨C The United Nation¡¯s Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) is preparing to support 490,000 people in Burkina Faso, The Gambia and Mali who were impacted by drought in 2022. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has received US$15.4 million worth of insurance payouts from African Risk Capacity (ARC) Limited that will provide a cash transfer to affected people from March to May 2023, enabling them to recover from the impacts of drought, for example by buying food or supplementing incomes to avoid having to sell productive assets.
OUAGADOUGOU ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) supported vulnerable populations affected by the crisis in Burkina Faso in 2022, thanks to a USD 11.8 million contribution from the Government of Canada, channeled through Global Affairs Canada.
COLOMBO ¨C The United Nations Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) in Sri Lanka today acknowledged a recent contribution of CHF 800,000 (approximately US$802,000) from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) at a special event held at the Embassy of Switzerland to Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The funding is being used to provide much-needed cash and other assistance to improve food security among rural farming communities affected by the country¡¯s economic crisis.
