Monthly Archives: March, 2013

BRICS and sustainable development worries

When Dilma Rousseff of Brazil, Vladmir Putin of Russia, Manmohan Singh of India, Xi Jinping of China and Jacob Zuma of South Africa met...

Cost of conserving the forest, curbing emission

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) implies a set of steps designed to use market and financial incentives in order to reduce...

IIED: How climate change threatens food security of urban poor

Policies to increase food security in the global South focus too much on rural food production and not enough on ensuring poor people can...

Climate change: Lagos may upgrade urban plans

The Lagos State Government has been called upon to review and upgrade its urban development master plan to include climate change and adaptation considerations. Similarly,...

Bassey: 20 years of ERA’s struggle

Erstwhile Executive Director of the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), Nnimmo Bassey, has said that the secret of the organisation’s success...

Megachurches and environmental concerns

A nationwide economic downturn that emerged over a decade ago – and appears to persist even as we speak – spelt a depression in...

World Water Day 2013: WASH journalists urge govt to fulfill commitments

The Water and Sanitation Media Network, a coalition of journalists reporting water and sanitation issues in Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government to accelerate access...

Climate change and violence against women, girls

The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day celebration, “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women,” signals the...

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Dangote launches plan to sell 10% refinery stake via Pan-African IPO

The Dangote Group is moving forward with plans to sell a 10 per cent stake in its $20 billion,...
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Climate justice: Activists protest as Brazilian Petrobras posts $22bn in profit

During Petrobras's Annual General Meeting this Thursday, April 16, 2026, a group of civil society organisations protested outside the...

ECOWAS Bank, Guinea forge strategic partnership to accelerate economic transformation

The ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development (EBID) and the Republic of Guinea have formalised a Memorandum of Understanding...

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Dangote launches plan to sell 10% refinery stake via Pan-African IPO

The Dangote Group is moving forward with plans to...

Climate justice: Activists protest as Brazilian Petrobras posts $22bn in profit

During Petrobras's Annual General Meeting this Thursday, April 16,...