Tag: Climate change

Ethiopia, Burundi can do more to gain from coffee niche markets

18 Oct 2018 News

New edition of UNCTAD Commodities at a Glance series focuses on constraints and opportunities for coffee growers in East Africa, with special emphasis on the sustainability of supply. Coffee producers in Ethiopia and Burundi...

Climate change and multilateralism figure high on first day of UN General Assembly debate

26 Sep 2018 News

Secretary-General calls for renewed commitment to rules-based order, reformed, reinvigorated, strengthened multilateral system If there was one issue that was a recurrent theme on Tuesday on the first day of the United Nations...

Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says

14 Sep 2018 News

821 million people now hungry and over 150 million children stunted, putting hunger eradication goal at risk New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017...

In Beijing, UN chief urges China, Africa for a win-win collaboration for ‘the future we want’

4 Sep 2018 News

Highlighting the economic and development progress made in China and Africa, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres urged them to unite their combined potential for peaceful, sustainable and equitable progress to the...

tralac’s Daily News Selection - 10 Jul 2018 News

Climate variability accelerates food and nutrition insecurity in Southern Africa - 10 Jul 2018 News

Ethiopia, Burundi can do more to gain from coffee niche markets

Climate change and multilateralism figure high on first day of UN General Assembly debate

Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says

In Beijing, UN chief urges China, Africa for a win-win collaboration for ‘the future we want’

tralac’s Daily News Selection - 10 Jul 2018 News

Climate variability accelerates food and nutrition insecurity in Southern Africa - 10 Jul 2018 News

Is the planet approaching “peak fish”? Not so fast, study says - 10 Jul 2018 News

World Bank Group increases support for regional integration in sub-Saharan Africa - 22 Jun 2018 News

ACP negotiating mandate for the Post-Cotonou Partnership Agreement with the European Union unanimously adopted - 4 Jun 2018 News

Mauritius Declaration on Digitalisation and Sustainable Tourism - 29 May 2018 News

Developing an inclusive South Africa: World Bank Group releases its Systematic Country Diagnostic - 16 May 2018 News

New strategic directions of the ECA: Putting ideas into action for an empowered and transformed Africa - 11 May 2018 News

The future of work in African agriculture: Trends and drivers of change - 10 May 2018 News

IMF Executive Board 2018 Article IV Consultation with Malawi - 10 May 2018 News

tralac’s Daily News Selection - 24 Apr 2018 News

Africa’s energy transition: Opportunities and challenges for decent work - 24 Apr 2018 News

tralac’s Daily News Selection - 16 Apr 2018 News

Africa crafts message of sustainability for international climate negotiations - 16 Apr 2018 News

tralac’s Daily News Selection - 9 Apr 2018 News

Banking on sunshine: World added far more solar than fossil fuel power generating capacity in 2017 - 9 Apr 2018 News