Monthly Archives: December, 2015

Pope Francis prays for climate summit, charges delegates

According to Vatican Radio, Pope Francis on Sunday (December 6, 2015) morning prayed for the success of the ongoing UN climate summit in Paris...

Québec boosts GEF’s LDCF with $CAD 6 million

First-ever pledge by sub-national government to GEF climate fund boosts total new financing for LDCF to over $US 252 million The Premier of Québec, Philippe...

Mixed reactions as ADP process is concluded, draft agreement sent to ministers

After four years of negotiations, Parties at COP21 in Paris on Saturday concluded the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced...

Vietnam pledges $1 million to Green Climate Fund

Vietnam has pledged a contribution to the Green Climate Fund (GCF) at the Paris COP 21 talks, further broadening the base of support to...

COP21: Summary of negotiations on Friday, December 4

On Friday, 4 December, the ADP contact group considered a revised compilation text throughout the day. In the morning and afternoon, informal consultations and...

Why we killed escapee lion, by Jos Park

The management of the Jos Wide Life Park in Plateau State, Nigeria, has said that it invited troops to kill an escapee 43-year-old lion because...

Media not connecting climate change, migration, food security, says IFAD report

Top news media are failing to identify climate change as a contributor to some of the world’s biggest crises, including migration, food insecurity and...

Africa asked to lessen dependency on external health funding

The 4th African Medicines Regulators Conference jointly organised by the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), African Union and World Health Organisation (WHO) came...

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Decade of Gas: Nigeria’s gas production surges to 7.5bcf/d, targets 12bcf/d by 2030 – Ubong

The Coordinating Director of the Decade of Gas Secretariat, Mr. Ed Ubong, has disclosed that Nigeria’s gas production rose...
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TechnoServe, Coca-Cola Foundation launch PReP 2.0 to help scale plastic recycling in Nigeria

Building on the success of the first phase of the Plastic Recycling Program in Southern Nigeria (PReP), international nonprofit,...

40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species are moving closer to extinction, governments at a major UN...

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Decade of Gas: Nigeria’s gas production surges to 7.5bcf/d, targets 12bcf/d by 2030 – Ubong

The Coordinating Director of the Decade of Gas Secretariat,...