Monthly Archives: October, 2015

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Oslo becomes world’s first city to divest from fossil fuels

The City of Oslo in Norway on Monday October 19, 2015 became the first capital city in the world to ban investments in fossil fuels,...

admin - October 21, 2015

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French envoy laments Nigeria’s inability to submit INDC

France has frowned at Nigeria’s inability to submit its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) ahead of the 1st October 2015 deadline. Stephane Gompertz, France’s Ambassador...

Michael Simire - October 20, 2015

Sustainable Devpt

New Chinese dam threatens India

On 13 October, China switched on the $1.5 billion Zam Hydropower Station, set at the highest altitude among all hydel power plants in the...

admin - October 20, 2015

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Civil society underlines capacity building as ADP2 meeting holds

As the eleventh part of the second session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action (ADP) (ADP2.11) kicks off...

admin - October 19, 2015

Climate Change

Green Climate Fund publishes first funding proposals

The Green Climate Fund has published its first set of funding proposals that will be reviewed by the Fund’s Board on the occasion of...

admin - October 19, 2015

Sustainable Devpt

Rainforests hold key to taming El Niño destruction

Healthy forests protect our climate and moderate our weather. As the ‘Godzilla’ El Niño builds in the weeks ahead of Paris talks, it is...

admin - October 19, 2015

Climate Change

India: A flawed climate road map

On 1 October 2015, the Indian government submitted India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It has...

admin - October 19, 2015

Health

Shell’s healthcare drive in Bayelsa reaches 5,000 beneficiaries

About 5,000 persons in Oloibiri area of Bayelsa State have benefitted from a health outreach organised by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria...

Michael Simire - October 18, 2015

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