Monthly Archives: October, 2016

Mayors charged to take ownership of sustainability, climate agendas

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday urged Mayors across the world to “take strong ownership” of a new global agenda for sustainable development in the...

IITA, others bag Kuwaiti food security, health awards

The International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) in Nigeria was among numerous organisations and individuals recognised on Monday in Kuwait City, Kuwait for ground-breaking...

BirdLife suggests protection for North Atlantic seabirds

Global partnership organisation proposes protected status for area of the Atlantic identified as vital for marine biodiversity BirdLife International has presented a proposal to create...

Climate activist prays for defeat of denier, Trump

Secretary General of the Pan Africa Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA), Mithika Mwenda, is hoping that Donald Trump, the Presidential aspirant on the Republican Party...

Africa told to concretise climate commitments

The Africa Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) has urged African countries that are yet to ratify...

Towards a better waste management regime in Lagos

Waste management or waste disposal has been a challenge for the Lagos State Government for decades. The government has adopted several strategies to manage the...

Images: Bizarre, purple marine animals discovered

Scores of spectacular, rare and sometimes baffling unknown species were encountered on this year's first-ever voyages to new deep ocean areas by the National...

Infographic: Nigeria is world’s 2nd biggest methane emitter

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) has disclosed in a recent study that Nigeria is the world’s 2nd biggest emitter of methane...

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TotalEnergies signs agreements with U.S. to end offshore wind projects

TotalEnergies has signed settlement agreements with the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) to relinquish its Carolina Long...
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New calculator shows how beach cleanup protects wildlife

Ahead of Earth Month, Ocean Conservancy is launching a free, publicly available website, WildlifeImpactCalculator.org, to enable people who clean up...

UN chief tasks women on accelerating progress on water, sanitation

UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres, has called on women to accelerate progress on water and sanitation for all. Guterres made...

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TotalEnergies signs agreements with U.S. to end offshore wind projects

TotalEnergies has signed settlement agreements with the United States...

New calculator shows how beach cleanup protects wildlife

Ahead of Earth Month, Ocean Conservancy is launching a...