Monthly Archives: April, 2017

Climate Change

UNDP, Chinese bike sharing platform raise climate awareness

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and ofo, a Beijing-based start-up company that has become the world’s first and largest bike sharing platform, are...

admin - April 27, 2017

Agric & Biotech

GMOs: Why we seek protection of food, environment, by activists

Speaking to media executives in Abuja recently, Nnimmo Bassey (Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation), Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour (Convener of Nigerians against GMOs), Mariann Bassey-Orovwuje...

admin - April 27, 2017

Climate Change

Asians share climate experiences at GCF regional dialogue

The Green Climate Fund’s (GCF) first Structured Dialogue with Asia opened on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 in Denpasar, the capital city and main hub of...

admin - April 27, 2017

Business

Transparency agency begins audit of petroleum sector

The process for a comprehensive independent audit of the oil and gas sector by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has commenced. The independent...

admin - April 27, 2017

News

NPFL advised on league management as Super Sport ends sponsorship

Following Super Sport’s stoppage of the sponsorship of the Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL), the League Management Company (LMC) has been advised to look...

admin - April 27, 2017

Cover

Arctic is shifting rapidly, unexpectedly, scientists warn

A new scientific assessment of climate change in the Arctic, by the Arctic Council’s Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), concludes that the Arctic is...

admin - April 26, 2017

Climate Change

Why world’s largest investors are taking climate action

The world’s biggest investors are responding to the global commitment to tackle climate change and are rapidly scaling up action to protect their portfolios,...

admin - April 26, 2017

Sustainable Devpt

Indigenous Colombian Amazon forest peoples demand rights

Traditional authorities and elected leaders of the Uitoto, Muinane, Andoque and Nonuya peoples of the Middle Rio Caquetá region of the Colombian Amazon are...

admin - April 26, 2017

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