Climate-affected Madagascar adapts to new reality: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

People living in Madagascar are learning to adapt to rapidly altering climatic conditions in what is said to be the fourth most climate change affected country worldwide; that’s according to the UN Resident Coordinator, the most senior UN official in the Indian Ocean island nation.

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Climate-affected Madagascar adapts to new reality: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

COVID-19 threatening development gains in Cape Verde: a UN Resident Coordinator blog

29 Dec 2020

Progress made towards sustainable development by the Atlantic Ocean nation, Cape Verde, is under serious threat due to the COVID-19 pandemic according to the United Nations’ most senior official in the country. In this blog, UN Resident Coordinator Ana Patricia Graça, explains how the UN is supporting the small island country to rebound from the impact of the virus.

Madagascar edges toward famine, UN food agency appeals for assistance

29 Apr 2021

An unrelenting drought in southern Madagascar, an island State off the East African coast in the Indian Ocean, is forcing hundreds of thousands to the brink of famine at a scale “beyond belief”, a senior UN food agency official said on Thursday.

Transformative power of food production in Mauritius: A UN Resident Coordinator blog

23 Jul 2023

Transforming the way food is produced on the Indian Ocean archipelago of Mauritius could help to fight climate change as well as accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to the UN’s most senior representative in the country.