Yearly Archives: 2015

Worry over quality of surface water in Uganda

Every time Chrispus Twikirize, a student and resident of Kainamo in Ibaare, Igara Bushenyi, goes to the well to fetch water for domestic use,...

Apprehension, as governments give ‘green light’ for Paris draft agreement

The latest round of UN climate change negotiations ended on Friday in Bonn, Germany, on track to produce the first comprehensive draft of the...

Quantum Global joins Forest Stewardship Council International

The recently closed $250 million timber fund is the largest dedicated to timber investments in sub‐Saharan Africa, which remains an under-invested market Quantum Global has...

Rachel Kyte succeeds Kandeh Yumkella as head of SE4All

Rachel Kyte has been selected as Chief Executive Officer of the Sustainable Energy for All (SE4All) initiative, Charles O. Holliday, Jr., Chair of the...

Fatalities as fire guts plaza in Lagos Balogun Market

Several people were feared dead and others injured when a six-storey plaza in the heart of the popular Balogun Market in Lagos State was...

Arctic peoples overlooked as forum thaws climate discussions

Are climate discussions ignoring the self-determination of Arctic peoples? On August 30-31, President Barak Obama traveled to Alaska to address the U.S. State Department's conference...

Shell, Total, other fossil fuel majors call for global climate deal

Disclosures from thousands of the world's largest listed companies reveal that many of the most significant producers of fossil fuels support an international deal...

Ogun warns against unauthorised sale of its land

The Ogun State Housing Corporation has warned members of the public to desist from unauthorised buying and selling of its landed properties or putting...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...