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Yearly Archives: 2016

India to ratify Paris Agreement on April 22

India, along with 100 other nations, will ratify the Paris “COP 21 Global Climate Agreement” in New York on April 22, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said...

How government can end building collapse in Lagos

Bothered by the incessant collapse of buildings in the bustling city of Lagos in Nigeria, town planner and planning advocate, Yacoob Abiodun, who resides...

Indian village plants 111 trees every time a girl is born

Every culture has its own traditions surrounding the birth of a child. While we celebrate newborn girls by sending pink dresses and dolls, in...

Ban Ki-moon hails US, China’s resolve to endorse Paris Agreement

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, has commended Thursday’s Joint Presidential Statement on climate change by the leaders of the People’s Republic of China...

Anxiety over impending extreme weather

Health and environment experts want governments at all levels to allocate more resources to help cushion the effect of extreme weather condition in the...

Photos: Zaha Hadid’s life in buildings

Zaha Hadid, the Iraqi-born British architect was the first woman to be awarded the Pritzker Prize – architecture's equivalent of the Nobel Prize –...

Eulogies as British architect, Zaha Hadid, dies at 65

British architect Zaha Hadid has died aged 65, following a sudden heart attack. Ms. Hadid, the designer of buildings including the London Olympic Aquatic Centre and the MAXXI National Museum of XXI...

Designers propose natural terrain amid New York’s skyscrapers

US designers Yitan Sun and Jianshi Wu have proposed transforming Manhattan's Central Park into a sunken landscape encircled by a below-grade megastructure with office, housing,...

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Group urges govt on sustainable forest management

Chairperson, Wood/Wood Products, a sectorial group in the Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN), Mrs Ngozi Oyewole, has urged the...
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IEA hailed over $2.2bn ‘landmark’ pledge for clean cooking in Africa

The first ever high-level Summit focused on providing clean cooking access to the more than 1 billion people in...

NEMA engages Ondo, Gombe stakeholders on flood mitigation

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in collaboration with Ondo State Government on Thursday, May 16, 2024, sensitised stakeholders...

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Group urges govt on sustainable forest management

Chairperson, Wood/Wood Products, a sectorial group in the Manufacturers...

IEA hailed over $2.2bn ‘landmark’ pledge for clean cooking in Africa

The first ever high-level Summit focused on providing clean...
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