Monthly Archives: April, 2015

Making Nigeria climate resilient (3): Understanding the basics

Climate change, which refers to any long-term trends in climate over many years or decades, around which climate variability may be evident year on...

Lekan Fadina: Road to Paris 2015 (17)

The importance of communication and awareness are entrenched in the UNFCCC (United Nations Framework on Climate Change) system - Article 6 of the Convention...

45km Côte d’Ivoire road to link Burkina, Mali

The Ivorian Ministry of Economic Infrastructure has awarded a contract valued at about 1.65 million euro ($1.76 million) to a consortium led by the...

Halting intentional climate inaction

If you keep going in the same direction, you will inevitably end up at where you are going – Proverb   The climate paradox is that...

Ministers: Water is at core of sustainable development

Ministerial Declaration on Monday, 13 April 2015 at the 7th World Water Forum in Gyeongju, Republic of Korea We, the Ministers and Heads of Delegations...

Off-grid scheme underlines role of mini-hydro in Nepal

As a follow up to the awareness campaign on rural energy for policymakers in Eastern Africa, held in Arusha, Tanzania in June last year,...

Sustainable energy: Ban Ki-moon seeks financial commitment

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday in New York called on business leaders to expand investment in low-carbon growth and opportunities to advance sustainable...

African ministers restate demand for finance-based climate pact

Ministers from governments across Africa including Nigeria have renewed their call for a strong and universal climate change agreement with increased flows of funds,...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Dr Jobson Ewalefoh, says the country has intensified efforts to...
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Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a series of high-level bilateral meetings with global financial leaders on...

Cobalt mining in Congo: Dirty truth behind ‘clean’ electric cars

Electric cars are sold as clean. But, in southern Congo, communities near the Tenke Fungurume mine are breathing toxic...

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Nigeria targets $2.3trn to bridge infrastructure gap

The Director-General of the Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC),...

Dangote engages World Bank, IMF, US EXIM chiefs on investment drive

President/Chief Executive of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, held a...