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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Economist says reliable power supply key to Nigeria, India $1bn steel deal

An economic expert, Dr Emmanuel Eche, says implementing Nigeria’s deal with Indian company, Rashmi Metaliks Group, to develop its...
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UAE exit from OPEC signals need to reassess Nigeria’s oil strategy – Expert

An energy expert, Dr Billy Gillis-Harry, says the United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) exit from the OPEC signals the need...

Countries reach consensus on new strategy to scale adaptation action for most vulnerable

Countries and partners have reached consensus on a new programming strategy for the Global Environment Facility’s Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) and Special Climate...

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Economist says reliable power supply key to Nigeria, India $1bn steel deal

An economic expert, Dr Emmanuel Eche, says implementing Nigeria’s...

UAE exit from OPEC signals need to reassess Nigeria’s oil strategy – Expert

An energy expert, Dr Billy Gillis-Harry, says the United...