Yearly Archives: 2016

Kofi Annan: Forests destruction poses threat to climate change

The world could miss out in the fight against climate change and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) if the current scale of forest destruction continues,...

Women crusaders kick against water privatisation in Lagos

Veronica Nwanya, Chairperson, African Women Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Network (AWWASHN), tells Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State in a letter presented during a...

Decentralise wastewater management, experts urge govts

The Second India Africa Dialogue and Media Briefing Workshop has ended in Accra, Ghana with experts expressing strong disapproval against the global adoption of...

Net-zero emissions may become law in the UK

Energy minister Andrea Leadson tells MPs the Government is seeking to commit to capture 'the momentum of Paris' A key Paris climate treaty commitment to...

Reactions trail IRENA renewable energy analysis

The Climate Action Network International (CAN) has responded to the IRENA REmap report that shows how governments can double the share of renewables in the global...

Super Highway: Bulldozers destroy over 20,000 trees

Communities in Akpabuyo and Bakassi are crying out over the destruction of their ancestral properties and economic trees estate by Cross River State Government...

Lagos to demolish other defective Lekki Gardens buildings

The Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Tuesday directed that stability test be conducted on all buildings constructed by Lekki Gardens to ascertain their...

Canada, US partner on climate, energy, Arctic biodiversity

The Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, Mr. Braulio Ferreira de Souza Dias, has applauded the Arctic Partnership announced last Thursday by...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...