Credit: WMO/Cornel Vermaak. Africa's urban poor are more likely to live in high-risk zones and are less able to move in the event of natural disaster. The study population were adults, aged 16 years and older, of both sexes and all races, geographical locations and nationalities. A staff member at the Environment and Agribusiness Laboratories (ENVAL) in Cte dIvoire. The continent's biggest environmental challenges are water pollution, air pollution, and droughts, which directly impact the health of Africans. Failure to reach an international agreement on carbon emission soon could end very badly for the continent, according to many African environmental activists. Photo: UNIDO, Sustainable Development and Climate Action, United Nations Office of the Special Adviser on Africa, New Partnership for Africas Development (NEPAD), Africa, Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition, Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals, Statute of the International Court of Justice, Annual Report of the Secretary-General on the Work of the Organization, Secretary-General's Action Agenda on Internal Displacement, Prevention of Genocide and the Responsibility to Protect, Black Sea Grain Initiative Joint Coordination Centre, Trkiye-Syria Earthquake Response (Donate). UN peacekeepers serve in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in Mali, Western Sahara, South Sudan and Sudan - one mission in Darfur (with the African Union) and one in the disputed Abyei area. Africa + Environment Males and urban residents were more likely to have negative attitudes to environmental issues than females and rural residents. And while it is beyond doubt that the war is an existential threat for Ukraine, it is also compounding the degradation of the environment and creating enormous new problems that may affect the global environment long into the future. Fourth, more funding is needed to promote sustainable development practices, such as creating more resilient communities and climate-proofing cities to help Africans prepare for and respond to the inevitable impacts of climate change (Grant, 2015).