Yearly Archives: 2016

How economy, environment will benefit from emissions reduction, by Buhari at COP22

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria on Tuesday, November 15 2016 in Marrakech declared the resolve of the government to ensure that policies put in...

Experts seek to transform agriculture, nutrition amid climate change

Agricultural experts and leaders from all over the world have developed an ambitious plan to transform global agriculture, while responding to the challenge of...

Activists demand halt to new fossil fuels

A coalition of over 375 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on Monday in Marrakech, Morocco delivered a letter to global leaders with an urgent new demand...

Natural disasters force 26m people into poverty, cost $520bn yearly losses

The impact of extreme natural disasters is equivalent to a global $520 billion loss in annual consumption, and forces some 26 million people into...

COP22 delegates explore mitigation measures’ impact, trade linkages

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in cooperation with the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), International Trade Centre (ITC), World Trade...

Climate change puts Moroccan sugar industry in dire straits

For a country that was an exporter of sugar as far back as the 16th century, Morocco should by now be among the world’s leading...

30,000 rendered homeless as Lagos waterfront community is set ablaze

A month after the Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, announced government’s intention to demolish “shanties” along waterfronts across the state – and just...

Mohammed, Fadina sceptical over Trump’s climate policy

More reactions have trailed the shock emergence of businessman and Republican candidate Donald Trump as the President-elect of the United States of America, who...

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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...