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Monthly Archives: September, 2014

Nigeria holds First National Urban Forum, marks World Habitat Day 2014

Efforts to evolve a comprehensive but inclusive urban agenda for Nigeria will move into top gear in the federal capital Abuja next month, with...

Bill McKibben, Edward Snowden, others win ‘Alternative Nobel Prize’ award

Five distinguished individuals and a corporate body are to be awarded the 2014 Right Livelihood Honorary Award, which honours courageous and effective work for...

Rockefeller Foundation, African Union Commission to catalyse African development

The Rockefeller Foundation on Wednesday in New York signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the African Union Commission to promote increased cooperation between the...

CSOs: New York summit delivered ‘momentum’ to realise Paris 2015

Climate Action Network (CAN) (a global network of over 900 NGOs working to promote government and individual action to limit human-induced climate change to...

Journalists killed while covering Ebola education campaign in Guinea

A journalist and two media workers were killed on September 16 while covering an Ebola education campaign in Guinea's south-eastern forested region, according to...

We’re changing our climate, Pachauri reiterates

Rajendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), tells the UN Climate Summit in New York City that there is...

GEF commits $3bn to battle climate change in developing nations

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) will support developing countries with over $3 billion for financing actions to mitigate and adapt to climate change over...

Govts, business, civil society, indigenous leaders pledge to end loss of forests

An innovative public-private partnership of multinationals, governments, civil society and indigenous peoples today pledged to cut the loss of forests in half by 2020...

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Heat waves put older persons at high risk, warns UN report

As extreme heat grips many countries and becomes “the new normal”, the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) warns of heightened...
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Renaissance Energy, Bayelsa host communities to conserve Apoi Creek Forest Reserves

Renaissance Africa Energy Company and hosts to its South Swamp Gas Gathering Solution (SSGGS) project have commenced plans to...

CSOs seek restructure of Nigeria’s climate change response system

Some civil society organisations in the Niger Delta have called for the decentralisation of Nigeria’s climate change response structure. The...

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Heat waves put older persons at high risk, warns UN report

As extreme heat grips many countries and becomes “the...

Renaissance Energy, Bayelsa host communities to conserve Apoi Creek Forest Reserves

Renaissance Africa Energy Company and hosts to its South...
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