“The project that doesn’t involve the community is doomed to failure.” -- Diegane Ndiaye, SOS Sahel
Only 4% of Africa’s Great Green Wall’s original goal has been met, and an estimated $43 billion would be needed to achieve the rest. Organizers have shifted their focus from planting a wall of trees to trying a mosaic of smaller, more durable projects to stop desertification, including community-based efforts designed to improve lives and help the most vulnerable agriculture. Read more here.
21, 03, 2024
Tremendous politicized hype and disinformation have been hitting the airwaves and social media lately around Canada's climate policies and, in particular, carbon pricing. Climate policies... Read more
16, 12, 2023
Cause for celebration! A global coalition of Civil Society Organizations, of which GRAN was a part, has won the prestigious 2023 ... Read more
14, 12, 2023
The Elders have welcomed the signal from COP28 that the fossil fuel era must end. But they say that the actions agreed in Dubai are too little... Read more
30, 11, 2023
“This is a hard-fought historic agreement. It shows recognition that loss and damage is not a distant risk but part of the lived reality of almost half the world’s populations and that... Read more
20, 10, 2023
Climate Action Network International has issued a statement calling for an immediate ceasefire in Israel and Gaza.
"Climate Action Network joins those who are rallying across the world... Read more
25, 08, 2023
“Biodiversity is the critical foundation of our well-being and the health of our planet. The new Global Biodiversity Framework Fund will play a key role in addressing biodiversity loss. It will... Read more
13, 11, 2022
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06, 11, 2022
As envoys from around the world gather in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, for the UN's 27th annual climate change conference, countries in the Global South will be asking for compensation for the losses... Read more
29, 07, 2022
The intensifying risk of famine in a number of African countries has been dangerously neglected as the world focuses on other crises.
Over 14 million people across Somalia, Ethiopia and... Read more
05, 07, 2022
Insecurity and climate change, compounded by disruptions in supply chains for food, fertilizer and fuel caused by the war in Ukraine, are driving a humanitarian crisis that is leaving millions of... Read more
26, 04, 2022
It is one of the tragedies of the climate crisis that those countries that are the least responsible for creating the crisis are suffering the most from its effects. To address this... Read more
08, 03, 2022
25, 02, 2022
On February 17, Canada's Minster of International Devlopment Harjit Sajjan announced that $315 million of Canada’s five-year, $5.3-billion climate finance commitment will be available for... Read more
23, 02, 2022
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the United Nations body for assessing the science related to climate change. It is scheduled to release its next assessment report on... Read more
14, 02, 2022
According to a recent UN report, food insecurity is soaring in twenty “hunger hotspots”, many of them in sub-Saharan Africa. Four countries in particular are currently at greatest risk:... Read more
27, 01, 2022
25, 01, 2022
23, 11, 2021
“The project that doesn’t involve the community is doomed to failure.” -- Diegane Ndiaye, SOS Sahel
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15, 11, 2021
Leading Canadian climate activists and organizations have responded with disappointment to the outcomes of COP26.
03, 05, 2021
As we heard from Dr. Elizabeth Vibert in a recent GRAN Learning Event, food insecurity is growing in sub-Saharan Africa. Global hunger has been rising steadily since 2015 due to the intersecting... Read more
30, 04, 2021
Some investments made in Federal Budget 2021 are a step in the right direction toward Canada’s ability to meet its national climate targets. And new federal dollars for early learning, child... Read more
10, 08, 2020
Save the Date: September 25th, 2020 Fridays For Future has begun planning for... Read more
11, 06, 2020
01, 06, 2020
A report recently released by the Global Centre on Adaptation and the African Adaptation Initiative, and backed by 54 African leaders, identifies ways in... Read more
23, 03, 2020
Suffering in Silence, a report recently released by CARE International, identifies the ten most under-reported humanitarian crises of 2019. Nine of the ten crises occurred in sub-... Read more
Apr 19, 2024
Tuesday’s federal Budget contained a modest increase to Canada’s investment in humanitarian assistance. This was welcomed by Canadian civil society organizations, and was especially good to... Read more
Apr 12, 2024
“Canada’s ongoing support for gender equality, the empowerment of women and girls, a greener economy and economic resilience in Africa is unwavering. My recent visit to Benin and the Democratic... Read more
Apr 10, 2024
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled on Tuesday in favour of a group of more than 2000 older women from Switzerland who had argued that their government's inadequate efforts to combat... Read more