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Press releases

People queuing up in front of government ration centre to get food grain

Food security to crumble in face of climate change

Press release, 23 March 2026

An aerial view of an informal settlement and people from very high.

Extreme heat disrupting work and sleep for residents of African informal settlements

Press release, 03 March 2026

A queue of cars seen through a foggy pollution haze.

US to repeal climate 'endangerment finding'

Press release, 12 February 2026

Protestors standing in front of a COP30 sign, holding a banner that reads 'Keep your promises. COP30 for the people'.

COP30 decision "a recipe for delay and confusion"

Press release, 25 November 2025

Woman sitting down and planting a tree in a field.

Less than a third of climate finance even mentions local communities, study suggests

Press release, 14 November 2025

Street next to sea shore destroyed after hurricane Dean in Jamaica.

Hurricane Melissa shows climate finance urgently needed for pre-emptive protection schemes

Press release, 29 October 2025

Volunteer wearing blue t-shirt walks through neighbourhood in Lagos that houses displaced people.

Slum clearances ‘to protect from climate change’ are major source of CO2, study finds

Press release, 21 October 2025

Woman standing at a gate of a new water collection reservoir built to help with climate resilience for vulnerable communities.

New study shows early investment in social protection beats aid payments after the disaster

Press release, 14 October 2025

A group of workers work stand in a flooded road, with water up to their knees and vast swathes of mud in the background.

Debt repayments eclipse climate finance for low-income nations

Press release, 13 October 2025

Display on building showing 36 degrees Celsius in São Paulo, Brazil.

World’s major cities hit by a quarter more hot days than in the 1990s

Press release, 30 September 2025

Image of Keir Starmer talking to two journalists while on a boat.

Keir Starmer reportedly planning to skip COP30 leaders' summit

Press release, 26 September 2025

Person holding pieces of coral reef together, tying them with a string to remake the coral.

Reaction: WTO fisheries subsidies deal going into effect

Press release, 11 September 2025

Aerial view of the Zaatari refugee camp showing informal housing set up and spread over a large space.

UN’s opaque spending on Syrian refugee camp: did aid donors get value for money?

Press release, 15 August 2025

Who will benefit from the Lobito Corridor revamp?

Press release, 23 June 2025

A worker installs a water pipe observed by two women.

Key nature fund failing to get money to frontline communities

Press release, 19 May 2025

Two people taking to representatives at the Paris Agreement stand. Behind them on the wall, there is a big image of people holding hands with the words 'We're accelerating climate action'.

Six months out from COP30, only 21 countries have submitted updated climate targets

Press release, 09 May 2025

Group of women walking along the bank of a river, carrying big canisters on the way to get fresh water. They are wearing traditional, colorful clothing.

Currency fluctuations costing low-income countries billions in higher debt repayments

Press release, 25 April 2025

Farmer standing in from of mountain of dry hay, gesticulating.

Climate change rivals war for disruptive impact on life in Mali

Press release, 03 April 2025

COP16 in Rome agrees way forward on biodiversity

Press release, 28 February 2025

A man walk on a sandy path alongside a body of water, with a small canoe in the foreground.

Climate change leaving Bangladesh migrant workers vulnerable to modern slavery

Press release, 18 February 2025

Woman activist at climate protest in Bonn, Germany

Barriers keeping women from top tables at UN climate talks

Press release, 11 February 2025

Protester holding up a sign that show 1.5 degrees.

Only 13 countries submitted 2035 climate targets on time

Press release, 11 February 2025

Farmer walking through land planted with cocoa.

New biodiversity reports ‘a wake-up call’ for action

Press release, 18 December 2024

Two people riding a scooter on a road in Timor-Leste.

Climate-vulnerable nations need credit rating reform

Press release, 06 December 2024

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