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Monthly Archives: November, 2016

Career schools: Choice or necessity? (1)

The reality here is that changes in today’s global market make career or vocational schools attractive. Even though Nigeria is a developing country, we are...

Biosafety forum to address food security, economic development

The Second National Biosafety Conference in Nigeria scheduled to hold between 10th and 11th November, 2016 in Abuja, the federal capital city, will address the twin...

GMO foods regulation and need for independent labelling agency

Recently, a very misleading press statement was released. The heading was titled “GMO foods: FG may shut Shoprite, Next superstores”. The opening paragraph read...

How sustainable transport can save trillions

Greater investment in greener, more sustainable transport systems is essential for propelling the economic and social development that is essential for achieving the Sustainable...

300 million children breathe toxic air, says UNICEF

Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution – six...

COP22: Least developed nations seek fair, ambitious action

A group of nations deemed highly disadvantaged in respective countries' development process has called for fair and ambitious action at the 22nd Session of...

Mozambique, firm to build $80m solar plant

Mozambique has reached an agreement with a private enterprise towards the development of the country’s first large scale solar plant. Scatec Solar and Norfund...

Concern as wastes overwhelm Makurdi

The issue of waste management is becoming a thing of worry in Makurdi, the Benue State capital, where wastes pile up and litter junctions,...

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From billions to trillions: Setting a new goal on climate finance

A new phase of work on one of the most important items currently on the global climate change agenda...
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Road to Busan clear as negotiations on a global plastics treaty close in Ottawa

The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4),...

Women engineers call for the use of AI in power sector

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called on the Federal Government to use Artificial Intelligence...

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Road to Busan clear as negotiations on a global plastics treaty close in Ottawa

The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international...
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