Monthly Archives: December, 2015

Fresh initiatives to restore degraded African land emerge

Two ambitious initiatives to restore 100 million hectares of degraded and deforested land in Africa by 2030 were on Sunday (December 6, 2015) launched...

Africa should stop playing the climate victim game – Okonjo-Iweala

The African continent has been asked to urgently turn around its current attitude in the realms of climate change diplomacy and quit playing the...

Issues unaddressed in climate smart agriculture discourse, by Nwajiuba

Challenges related to rising temperature and farm labour, changing rainfall in a dominantly rainfed system as well as increased frequency of occurrence of extreme...

GOCOP urges Senate not to deny Nigerians freedom of expression

The Guild of Corporate Online Publishers (GOCOP) has called on the Senate not to deny Nigerians of their universally recognised right to freedom of...

Africa demands more funding for climate change adaptation

More finance, capacity building for communities and institutions and use of technology are vital to making Africa adapt to climate change. Speakers during a side...

We need a legally binding agreement in Paris, African ministers insist

African Ministers for Environment (AMCEN) held a high-level meeting at the Africa Pavilion at the on-going climate change conference in Paris, France. The ministers from...

UN lists climate funding commitments

A number of climate funding announcements by developed country governments, multilateral development banks and multilateral climate funds have been made in the run-up to and...

COP21 will produce a universal agreement, says Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has expressed optimism that the ongoing climate change summit in Paris will produce a universal and binding agreement. He made the...

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Second Africa Urban Forum: When continent spoke with one voice

Africa faces a housing deficit of over 51 million units – projected to reach 130 million by 2030. Behind...
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Energia appoints Oladimeji Bashorun as CEO

Energia Ltd., an independent oil and gas company, has appointed Mr. Oladimeji Bashorun as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO),...

Food security: Stakeholders urge Nigerians to embrace biotechnology, digital tools

Stakeholders  at the 51st Annual Conference of Nigerian Society for Plant Protection have raised concerns over the effect of...

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Second Africa Urban Forum: When continent spoke with one voice

Africa faces a housing deficit of over 51 million...

Energia appoints Oladimeji Bashorun as CEO

Energia Ltd., an independent oil and gas company, has...