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Monthly Archives: December, 2014

Niger Delta rubber agroforestry raises hope for youth

To fly into the Niger Delta is to marvel at seemingly endless trees. Africa’s moist equatorial forest stretches from Congo to Gabon. Much is...

Worldwatch Institute: Rising GHGs speeding up global warming

According to the most recent estimates, 2014 emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), the main contributor to global climate change, are projected to be 2.5...

Plant breeders build capacity to resuscitate African orphan crops

Two Nigerians - Dr Sunday Makinde of the Lagos State University, Ojo and Dr Godson Nwofia of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike...

Knocks, applause trail COP 20 Lima climate talks’ outcome

A barrage of reactions has greeted the much-vaunted UN climate change summit that came to a close at the weekend in Lima, the Peruvian...

COP 20: Govts agree ground rules on contributions to Paris 2015 Agreement

A new 2015 agreement on climate change, that will harness action by all nations, took a further important step forward in Lima, Peru at...

Coping with Lima climate change summit

The mass walkout of the 19th Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) at Warsaw by civil...

Mass ‘die-in’ protests as Lima climate talks end

As negotiations at the COP 20 in Lima, Peru came to a conclusion on Friday, December 12, 2014, members of civil society performed a...

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UN conference marks watershed moment to tackle water crisis, ensure water-secure future

The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York culminated on Friday, March 24, 2023, with a breakthrough response to...
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AfDB invests over $5.2bn to support Africa’s water, sanitation

African Development Bank (AfDB) said it invested about $5.2 billion in supporting and strengthening water and sanitation resilience for...

UN Conference: Nigeria highlights success stories on water, sanitation

The Minister of Water Resources, Alhaji Suleiman Adamu, has shared some success stories about Nigeria’s efforts to provide basic...

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UN conference marks watershed moment to tackle water crisis, ensure water-secure future

The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York culminated...

AfDB invests over $5.2bn to support Africa’s water, sanitation

African Development Bank (AfDB) said it invested about $5.2...