Monthly Archives: March, 2015

Agony, ill-health as residents lack drinking water in Niger Delta

The Niger Delta region in Nigeria has a vast area of its land mass covered by water but the inhabitants barely have access to...

Lekan Fadina: Road to Paris 2015 (12)

It clear to us that COP 21 is not a tea party and it is expected that all parties will put on the table national...

Forests described as essential in tackling climate change

The sustainable management and conservation of forests must be considered in the design and implementation of the new sustainable development goals and the new...

Paris 2015: Governments get negotiating text for climate agreement

The secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has communicated the negotiating text for a new climate change agreement to...

Drug regimen may shorten, improve tuberculosis treatment

A new tuberculosis (TB) drug regimen designed to improve options for TB therapy eliminated more bacteria from sputum than standard therapy and did so...

How Americans perceive global warming’s health consequences

The George Mason University's Centre for Climate Change Communication has released a new report, Global Warming's Six Americas, October 2014: Perceptions of the Health...

EU accused of patronising goods from illegally deforested land

Almost a quarter of the world trade in agricultural goods produced on land illegally cleared of forest is destined for the EU; the Netherlands, Italy,...

Lekan Fadina: Road to Paris 2015 (11)

The COP21/CMP11 are being seen as the avenue for providing solutions to the Climate Agreement. France as the host country will be presiding at...

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TechnoServe, Coca-Cola Foundation launch PReP 2.0 to help scale plastic recycling in Nigeria

Building on the success of the first phase of the Plastic Recycling Program in Southern Nigeria (PReP), international nonprofit,...
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40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species are moving closer to extinction, governments at a major UN...

CAPPA urges govt to increase tobacco control budget

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to significantly increase budgetary...

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40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species...