In a bold step toward advancing environmental sustainability and social inclusion, Nestlé Nigeria has trained 100 plastic waste workers across Lagos and Abuja through a comprehensive Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE) Training Program. The initiative—carried out in partnership with the…
Seeding Gender Empowerment: Women Farmers in Peru Contend With Climate Change
© UNDP/MINAM/PPD/Nuria Angeles : Residents of Thunco in Ácora, Peru, harvest their produce. First, it was floods that inundated fields and washed away crops. Then, it was drought which led the levels of lakes to plummet and the crops…
AfricaRice Reaffirms CGIAR’s Commitment to Transforming Agri-Food Systems at 6th AU–EU Ministerial Conference
In a time when global agri-food systems are under mounting pressure—contributing up to 37% of greenhouse gas emissions, driving 80% of deforestation, threatening biodiversity, and wasting one-third of all food produced—the urgency to act has never been greater. The…
From Despair to Skills: Empowering Over 400 Women and Youths on World Youth Skills Day
Glory Wglass was faced with pulling her children out of school due to financial constraints. That is, until she attended a skills training workshop and learnt new techniques of baking, which have empowered her to earn more. “I can now…
World Horse Day: Honoring Humanity’s Oldest and Most Loyal Companion
UN News Marisa Striano, founder of Spirit’s Promise animal farm. Spacious paddocks, green pastures, and a devoted all-female staff: on Long Island, a strip of land surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean near New York City, horses once destined for…
LASG To Adopt New ‘Waste To Energy Plants’ Strategy To Reduce Quantity Of Waste At Landfills
L-R; Chairman, House Committee on Commerce, Cooperative, Trade and Investment, Hon. Abiodun Tobun; Representative the Governor of Lagos State and Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Kadri Hamzat; Honourable Commissioner for Commerce, Cooperative, Trade and Investment, Mrs. Folasade Bada Ambrose…
Transformation to a healthy food system is blocked by three key barriers
Transformation to a healthy food system is blocked by three key barriers Despite its critical role in sustaining billions of lives, the global food system fails to deliver for health, rights, and particularly, nature. A report published today by…
Gaza: Health System Crumbles Amid Growing Desperation Over Food, Fuel
© UNICEF/Mohammed Nateel: Rubbish is often used as stove fuel in the shattered enclave today. The first delivery earlier this week of urgently needed medical goods to enter Gaza in months will provide scant relief to the enclave’s people,…
Sudan: ‘Fighting Shows No Signs of Abating,’ Senior UN Official Tells Security Council
© UNICEF/Ahmed Mohamdeen Elfatih: People in Khartoum, Sudan, queue for water. Three years into the conflict in Sudan, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) continue to pursue a military solution, violating international law and the…
