Typhoon Ketsana (Ondoy) dropped a month’s worth of rainfall in a single day, washing away homes and killing hundreds of people in the Philippines. PHOTO/ADB/Eric
Children make their way home through contaminated floodwater in Jacobabad, Sindh province, Pakistan. UNICEF/Saiyna Bashir By DUKE TSUMA newshub@eyewitness.africa The UN Committee on the Rights
Ahmed Hussen, Co-Chair of Seventh GEF Assembly and Canada’s Minister of International Development. PHOTO/IISD/ENB By PATRICK MAYOYO newshub@eyewitness.africa In good news for nature in a
Carlos Manuel Rodríguez, GEF CEO and Chairperso. PHOTO/ENB By ABDULHAKIM SHERMAN newshub@eyewitness.africa There is urgent need to rethink how the Global Environment Facility (GEF) works
Tom Bui says his career is focused on creating solutions for people and the planet. PHOTO/ Angeles Estrada/IISD/ENB By SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT newshub@eyewitness.africa When environmental leaders
Red alerts have been issued for sixteen cities across Italy as extreme heat continues to affect southern Europe. PHOTO/ Domenico Daniele/ Unsplash By BREANDA TATU
People from arid and semi-arid areas in Kenya are witnessing the devastating effects of climate change that include droughts, floods, cyclones, desertification, food insecurity, displacement,
Global air and ocean temperatures are reaching new record highs. PHOTO/WMO/Eneko Perez By PATRICK MAYOYO newshub@eyewitness.africa Heatwaves sweeping large parts of the world offer yet
Organisations like Mikoko Pamoja that restore forests like this degraded mangrove forest in Gazi, Kwale County, Kenya, sell carbon credits to companies and individuals, who
Nature loss and climate change are not worries for the future, they are realities today. PHOTO/GEF By PATRICK MAYOYO newshub@eyewitness.africa The Global Environment Facility’s every-four-year