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Monthly Archives: July, 2016

Government raises Council, Board for Ogoniland clean-up

“The choice is for you to keep your environment clean and nurture the Niger Delta back to its lost glory. The beginning of this clean-up exercise...

G20 finance ministers pledge to scale up green finance

G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors held their third meeting on July 23-24 in Chengdu, and issued the final Communiqué before this year's...

Fossil fuel-free plane completes round-the-world trip

Solar Impulse, a zero-fuel aircraft powered entirely by the sun, has safely landed in Abu Dhabi, thereby completing a 40,000 kilometer trip around the...

Images: Legislative roundtable on climate change

In the bid to foster deeper understanding of Nigeria’s commitment to the Paris Agreement while promoting legislative ownership of the nation’s climate change agenda,...

How Ogoni pollution impoverished indegenes

Poverty, destitution and deprivation prevalent in Ogoniland have been linked with the soil, air and water pollution that the people of the area have...

Water privatisation isn’t way out, crusaders urge Lagos lawmakers

Civil society, community/faith-based groups, and labour activists numbering over 300 on Wednesday marched on the Lagos State House of Assembly, Secretariat to deliver a...

Laura Zuñiga, slain Berta Cáceres’ daughter, demands justice

Daughter of slain Honduran Indigenous activist Berta Cáceres joins rally against Trans-Pacific Partnership at the DNC Philadelphia Laura Zuñiga Cáceres arrived in Philadelphia this weekend on a...

Tanzania intimidates Maasai landgrab protesters

Intimidation of land rights defenders in Tanzania must stop, says international human rights organisation Forest Peoples Programme Since 12 July, 18 Maasai elected officials, teachers,...

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COP27: World climate ministers converge on Copenhagen

World climate ministers and envoys converged on Copenhagen, Demark on Monday, March 20, 2023, to convene a two-day high-level...
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Kuwait Oil Company declares state of emergency over oil leak

A state of emergency was declared by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC), a subsidiary of state-owned Kuwait Petroleum Corp, following...

IPCC Report: Guterres launches plan to ‘super-charge climate efforts’

At the launching of the Synthesis Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, in Interlaken, Switzerland, on Monday,...

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COP27: World climate ministers converge on Copenhagen

World climate ministers and envoys converged on Copenhagen, Demark...

Kuwait Oil Company declares state of emergency over oil leak

A state of emergency was declared by Kuwait Oil...