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Monthly Archives: August, 2017

World Water Week: GCF launches climate gender manual

The Green Climate Fund (GCF) appears to be helping to level the playing field of climate action with the launch on Tuesday, August 29,...

World Water Week: Sanitation goals need major push, says Thomson

Encouraging global action to support clean water and sanitation, United Nations General Assembly President, Peter Thomson, on Monday, August 28, 2017 underscored that when...

Norwegian town becomes climate neutral

The Norwegian municipality of Arendal has pledged to become climate neutral, as the first municipality in the world to join the United Nations Climate Neutral Now initiative. This...

Sourcing climate finance for sustainable development

Financing climate change is a major concern for Nigeria in its quest for sustainable development and transitioning to a green economy. Delivering on the...

Eid-el-Kabir: FRSC deploys personnel, patrol vehicles, ambulances, motorbikes, towtrucks

As part of activities lined up to improve vehicular movement and to mitigate against crashes during the Eid-El-Kabir celebration, the Corps Marshal of the...

NAMA: Sri Lanka gets $1.79m GEF support for energy generation

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka has received $1,790,411 as financial support from Global Environment Facility (GEF) Trust Fund in order to develop...

GEF, investors launch fund to promote sustainable fisheries

The Meloy Fund, funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and a first-of-its-kind public-private partnership, has been launched with a first close of $10...

‘Houston was a hurricane disaster waiting to happen’

For years, experts had been warning that Houston was a hurricane disaster waiting to happen. The city is built on a massive flood plain next...

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Ignorant, reckless for U.S. to withdraw from UNFCCC – Mohamed Adow

Mohamed Adow, Founder and Director, Power Shift Africa, regrets as "yet another ignorant and reckless act from Donald Trump"...
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Reactions as U.S. withdraws from 66 international bodies

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order withdrawing the United States from 66 international organisations (31 UN...

Trump orders U.S. withdrawal from UNFCCC, IPCC, IUCN, others

In a dramatic turn of events, President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered the United States to withdraw from dozens of...

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Ignorant, reckless for U.S. to withdraw from UNFCCC – Mohamed Adow

Mohamed Adow, Founder and Director, Power Shift Africa, regrets...

Reactions as U.S. withdraws from 66 international bodies

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order...
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