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Monthly Archives: July, 2015

Why Water Resources Ministry should be given rightful premium

An open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari highlights reasons why the Ministry of Water Resources should not be merged    Dear Mr. President, I consider this write-up...

Food scientists seek intervention in climate change

Ahead of the crucial climate talks scheduled to hold in December in Paris, France, food scientists in Nigeria have called for intervention to cushion the...

Nigeria commissions Ricardo-AEA to prepare INDCs

About two months after it hosted a Project Initiation Workshop on Wednesday, April 29, 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria has commissioned the British environmental consulting firm of Ricardo-AEA...

Access to sanitation, open defecation in Nigeria worsen

Some 663 million people are still without an ‘improved’ source of water and some 2.36 billion do not have a basic, hygienic toilet, a...

Why Nigeria will submit climate action plan in September

The Federal Government said in Abuja on Thursday, July 2, 2015 that its Intended Nationally-Determined Contributions (INDCs) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change...

Diabetes: Sitagliptin treatment poses no cardiovascular risk – Study

A study has shown that treatment with Sitagliptin does not increase the risks of major cardiovascular events or hospitalisation for heart failure MSD, known as...

IUCN: Columbia heritage site in conflict area no longer in danger

Colombia’s Los Katíos National Park has been taken off the List of World Heritage in Danger on Tuesday, June 30 2015 at the UNESCO World...

INDCs: China to slash economy’s carbon intensity by 60-65%

China formally committed to halting the rise in its greenhouse gas emissions within the next 15 years on Tuesday (June 30, 2015), in a...

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Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high

Measures to tackle methane emissions are often very cost-effective and could have brought an extra 100 billion cubic metres...
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US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will no longer track the cost of climate change-fueled weather disasters,...

African govts urged to reverse privatisations in water, electricity, waste sectors

African governments, especially those of Nigeria, Kenya, and Uganda, have been told to immediately reverse all existing privatisations in...

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Methane data and transparency continue to improve, but emissions remain far too high

Measures to tackle methane emissions are often very cost-effective...

US will stop tracking the costs of extreme weather fueled by climate change

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will...
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