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Monthly Archives: November, 2015

COP 21: We’re at a defining moment for Earth’s future – GEF

Governments are meeting in Paris to reach a new climate change agreement that aims to keep global average temperature rise below 2 degrees Celsius...

Mohammed to lead 41-member Nigerian delegation to COP 21

Environment Minister, Mrs Amina Mohammed, will lead a 41-member team, comprising negotiators, representatives of civil society organisations and legislators to the 21st Session of...

Nigeria to explore gas potential for sustainable development – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has said Nigeria is taking appropriate steps to turn its abundant gas resources into veritable catalyst for development as the nation’s...

13,000 out of 200,000 Nigerian communities now open defecation-free – UNICEF

Within eight years of intervention in its Community-Led Total Sanitation programme, 13,000 communities in Nigeria had attained Open Defecation-free status, so says the United...

‘Over half of world’s primate species threatened with extinction’

Only 25 individuals of the Hainan gibbon (Nomascus hainanus) are thought to be left in the wild, confined to a small patch of rainforest...

Insurer, Allianz, embraces wind energy, divests from coal

Munich, Germany-based European insurance and asset management firm, Allianz, has announced that it will pull the plug on investments in coal companies and increase...

China urged to lead campaign against illegal logging in Congo Basin

The transformation of the Congo Basin timber trade into one significantly influenced by 20 key Chinese trading companies offers a golden opportunity to  contribute...

UNEP promotes adaptive management strategy for Sargassum seaweed

Large deposits of Sargassum seaweed on coastal sites may seem drastic to several West African countries but converting this environmental challenge into economic gain...

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Africa’s LNG expansion to dominate Paris Energy Forum

With governments and operators from across Africa’s gas frontier confirmed to participate, the Invest in African Energy Forum in...
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AfDB releases $16m, approves Phase III of TAAT programme

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the commencement of Phase III of the Technologies for African Agricultural Transformation...

LAWMA secures convictions for 19 environmental offenders

Seventeen persons arrested for open urination and defecation, along with two others apprehended for indiscriminate dumping of refuse, have...

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Africa’s LNG expansion to dominate Paris Energy Forum

With governments and operators from across Africa’s gas frontier...

AfDB releases $16m, approves Phase III of TAAT programme

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the commencement...
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