Monthly Archives: February, 2016

How Paris Agreement empowers women to act on climate

Governments, institutions and agencies are increasingly considering ways in which women and gender considerations can be better integrated into climate action planning. The Paris...

Rivers community deserted as Agip flow station burns

Akalaolu is a small, sleepy and somewhat peaceful town in Ahoada Local Government Council of Rivers State. It could have passed unnoticed in the...

WHO: Climate change may have helped spread Zika virus

Warmer and wetter conditions facilitate transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, which may have added to spread, says lead climate change scientist. Oliver Milman writes in...

UNFCCC boss, Christiana Figueres, bows out

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, will serve out her term that ends in July. She has...

Temperatures may go beyond threshold for human survival, study warns

If we don’t cut greenhouse gases, it’s not just storms and rising seas we’d have to worry about. The heat alone could kill a...

King of Morocco approves COP22 Steering Committee

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has approved the appointment of the COP22 steering committee members, chaired by Salaheddine Mezouar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

Lagos adopts bottoms-up approach in Badagry plan implementation

In line with the policy of inclusion of the current administration in Lagos State, residents of Badagry have been urged to cooperate with the...

Super Highway: Bulldozers destroy Ekuri community forest

The Cross River State Government has commenced the clearing of the pristine Ekuri community forest, preparatory to the construction of a 260km, six-lane highway. The...

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OCCE’s EcoNexus 3.0 set to advance monetisation of sustainability actions for industry

The Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Climate Change and Circular Economy (OCCE), Lagos State, will...
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Nnimmo Bassey: Junk foods and the politics of hunger

Food occupies a central place in our culture. It plays a key role in religious/social activities and is a...

Unregulated food environment: Nigeria is eating itself to death

There is a quiet epidemic running alongside Nigeria's more publicised health crises. It does not arrive in sudden outbreaks...

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OCCE’s EcoNexus 3.0 set to advance monetisation of sustainability actions for industry

The Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor...

Nnimmo Bassey: Junk foods and the politics of hunger

Food occupies a central place in our culture. It...