Yearly Archives: 2014

UN chief seeks support for Paris 2015 climate agreement

At the Health and Climate Conference organised by the World Health Organisation (WHO), executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Mallam directs forestry involvement in Great Green Wall project

Ahead of the expected presidential flag-off of the Great Green Wall project in 11 frontline states in northern Nigeria, Environment Minister, Laurentia Laraba Mallam,...

‘Water sector reforms ceding peoples’ rights to transnationals’

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has urged the Federal and Lagos State governments to step on the brakes on adoption...

IPCC sends draft Synthesis Report to governments for comment

Authors of the Intergovernmental Report on Climate Change (IPCC) have finished drafting the Synthesis Report of the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) and sent the...

WWF guide for banks provides plan for sustainable finance

A new guide released recently by WWF explains how banks can go beyond reputation and risk management to embrace transformative change. Environmental, Social and Governance...

Women activists enlightened on girl child’s right to education

Connected Development (CODE), with support from the New Venture Fund through the development Research and Projects Centre (dRPC), brought together 17 young women from...

Focus on energy and water as global leaders gather in Stockholm

Over 2,500 politicians, business leaders, innovators, thought leaders and practitioners are set to meet in Stockholm in a few days for the 24th annual World...

FG targets 30% electricity from coal by 2015 – Sada

The Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Mr Musa Sada, said that Federal Government had targeted coal to contribute 30 per cent of power...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into degraded forest or savannah-like ecosystems at 1.5-1.9°C of global warming...
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African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts and representatives of civil society, adopted the Addis Ababa Declaration...

How agriculture restored peace between farmers, pastoralists in Plateau

In nearly every community I have worked in across Plateau State, I have heard some version of the same...

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Deforestation lowers threshold for Amazon degradation to below 2°C warming – Study

Around two-thirds of the Amazon rainforest could shift into...

African actors adopt Addis Ababa Declaration, call for transformative action for SDGs, Agenda 2063

African stakeholders, including ministers, senior officials, experts and experts...