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Yearly Archives: 2016

Half of world’s top 500 investors ignoring climate risks

Report on institutions worth $38 trillion finds growth in low carbon investment and support for climate resolutions but little progress on stranded asset risk Climate...

Businesses devise ways to adapt strategies to climate goal

A week after more than 170 countries signed the Paris Agreement and investors voted on a shareholder climate risk resolution at the AGM of...

Climate change depleting oxygen in oceans, says study

A reduction in the amount of oxygen dissolved in the oceans due to climate change is already discernible in some parts of the world...

Gambia, Seychelles sign Paris Agreement, signatories now 177

Two more countries have signed the Paris Climate Change Agreement, bringing the total number of signatories to 177 Parties (176 countries and the European...

Kenya burns recovered elephant ivory, rhino horns, seeks to stop poaching

Plumes of smoke filled the air of a muddy Nairobi National Park last Saturday as Kenya’s President Kenyatta presided over the burning of 105...

Review Great Green Wall operations to correct lapses – Dahiru

Nigeria loses over 21,000sq km of its arable land annually to desertification which encroaches into the northern region of the country from the Sahara Desert. The...

Seven rich cities of the future

Forget New York, London or Hong Kong. Here are seven cities that are racing up the rankings of the world's richest, and will be...

Ekiti doctors: FRSC debunks NMA claims, sheds light on crash

Against the backdrop of the reaction of a member of the Ekiti State Branch of the Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) to pronouncement made by...

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Bill on wildlife management, conservation scales second reading

A bill for an act to provide for the Conservation and Management of Nigeria’s Wildlife on Thursday, May 16,...
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Near-term global economic outlook cautiously optimistic as vulnerabilities remain – UN report

Global economic prospects have improved since January, with major economies avoiding a severe downturn, bringing down inflation without increasing...

Commission urges energy performance standard upgrade to boost efficiency in cooling sector

The director-general of the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, has called on stakeholders to upgrade the...

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Bill on wildlife management, conservation scales second reading

A bill for an act to provide for the...

Near-term global economic outlook cautiously optimistic as vulnerabilities remain – UN report

Global economic prospects have improved since January, with major...
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