Monthly Archives: March, 2018

Mosquito-borne diseases: US approves field trial for GM mosquitoes

Despite inherent concerns, genetically modified mosquitoes (GMMs) will be released in the USA for the first time in 2018. The Food and Drug Administration...

World Health Day: World leaders urged to fulfill SDGs pledges

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has urged world leaders to live up to the pledges made toward advancing health for all while signing agreement...

Ahead rainy season, Akwa Ibom begins flood control intervention

The Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Environment and Mineral Resources, Dr Iniobong Essien, has said that government has embarked on various flood control intervention...

I’ll strengthen UN-Habitat, says new director

Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Maimunah Mohd Sharif, has pledged to strengthen the agency to make it more responsive...

Central Africa countries to restore 34.56m ha of forest in species-rich Congo Basin

Seven Central African countries have committed to restore some 34.56 million hectares of forest under the Bonn Challenge. The countries are: Cameroon, Central African Republic,...

Ministers, UN officials to discuss Paris accord at Africa Climate Week

Action on climate change will receive a high-level boost when ministers from eight countries in Africa and senior United Nations and other officials converge...

NiMet’s Seasonal Rainfall Predictions as guides against disaster

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has, over the years, shown commitment to producing timely Seasonal Rainfall Predictions (SRP) and other climate information to the...

Rapid emissions reductions will keep CO2 removal, costs in check – Study

Rapid greenhouse-gas emissions reductions are needed if governments want to keep in check both the costs of the transition towards climate stabilisation and the...

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TotalEnergies strikes new oil discovery offshore Congo

Energy major, TotalEnergies, has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery on the Moho license offshore the Republic of Congo, marking...
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Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction – IUCN

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most comprehensive assessment in 15 years – reveals little evidence of...

Ottmar Edenhofer re-elected Chair of EU climate advisory board

The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, which began its second four-year term at the end of March...

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TotalEnergies strikes new oil discovery offshore Congo

Energy major, TotalEnergies, has announced a new hydrocarbon discovery...

Almost half of European freshwater fishes at risk of extinction – IUCN

The updated European Red List of Freshwater Fishes – the most...