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United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Executive Director Inger Andersen at the opening of Unea-6 in Nairobi, Kenya. (UNEP/K.Worth)

Political leadership and will is needed to fight climate crisis, says Unep head

Speaking to the Mail & Guardian at a conference on climate change, Inger Andersen says people need to demand their leaders put effective measures in place

  • Umamah Bakharia
2 min read
Leila Benali, president of Unea-6 and minister of energy transition and sustainable development for Morocco. (Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Multilateral agreements can help tackle climate change, says UN

Treaties and diplomacy are key to curbing climate turmoil

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read
Mangroves — shrub and tree species that live along shores, rivers and estuaries — are a cost-effective solution to tackling the climate crisis. (Photo by Cem Ozdel/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Restoring mangroves a nature-based fix for plight planet faces

Nature-based solutions can play help solve the triple crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss and pollution and waste

  • Umamah Bakharia
3 min read