Agriculture
- FAO formally launches Green Cities Initiative in Cameroon
- Driving efficiency and productivity in Africa’s agriculture sectors requires strategic partnerships, greater investments, and the power of digital technologies
- Sudan: Cereal production down by over 40 percent, likely exacerbating hunger
- Plant health governing body meets on further measures to curb pests and diseases
- FAO guide to new International Day of Potato sets scene for first-ever observance on May 30
- Worsening hunger grips West and Central Africa amid persistent conflict and economic turmoil
- FAO and EU launch 15 million euro project to boost sustainability of Uganda’s forestry sector
- Climate, gender and innovation are top priorities for FAO-North America collaboration
- New compendium identifies 100 promising forgotten foods for Africa
- Gaza: FAO contributes to fighting malnutrition and starvation
Climate
- Heatwave deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency
- Heat-related deaths increased across almost all Europe in 2023, says UN weather agency
- Renewable energy transforming the landscape
- Indigenous Kalinago lead the way towards making Dominica ‘climate resilient’
- Fishers in Madagascar adapt to deadly seas due to climate change
- First Person: Japanese town leads the way to a low waste society
- With 783 million people going hungry, a fifth of all food goes to waste
- Stories from the UN Archive: A seminal moment for youth climate action
- Earth Hour: Lights off, climate action on
- World News in Brief: Global trade rebound forecast, e-waste mountain grows, 7,000 preventable TB deaths in Europe during COVID-19
Atmosphere
- Do AI models produce better weather forecasts than physics-based models? A quantitative evaluation case study of Storm Ciarán
- Greater climate sensitivity implied by anvil cloud thinning
- Unraveling the Indian monsoon’s role in fueling the unprecedented 2022 Marine Heatwave in the Western North Pacific
- Climate warming contributes to the record-shattering 2022 Pakistan rainfall
- Rapid Laurentide Ice Sheet growth preceding the Last Glacial Maximum due to summer snowfall
- Human influence on the recent weakening of storm tracks in boreal summer
- Diverging hydrological sensitivity among tropical basins
- Back-to-back high category atmospheric river landfalls occur more often on the west coast of the United States
- Direct observations of X-rays produced by upward positive lightning
- Northeast Pacific warm blobs sustained via extratropical atmospheric teleconnections
Renewable sources
- Africa Takes the Lead to Champion an Innovative Approach for Its Energy Transition
- Major Global Utilities Announce Joint Intent to Scale Renewable Capacity by 2.5 times to 2030
- IRENA 14A: Assembly Live Coverage
- IRENA Assembly Centre-Stages COP28 Outcome of Tripling Renewable Power Capacity by 2030
- IRENA 14A: Pre-Assembly Live Coverage
- The 2024 IRENA Youth Forum Ensures Young People Are Equipped to Lead a Sustainable Energy Future
- Optimising the Role of Public Finance Will Advance Universal Energy Access
- Transition to Renewables Calls for New Approach to Energy Security
- Energy Transition at a Glance: Key Data Infographic
- With One Voice, Small Island Developing States Build Bridges for a Sustainable Energy Future