Yearly Archives: 2016

NDC Partnership to help nations actualise Paris Agreement

Now that the ground-breaking Paris Agreement on climate change has entered into force, how do countries make good on their national commitments to tackle...

Cities, towns, regions partner towards achieving Paris goals

Cities, towns and regions are making big impacts in implementing their climate commitments by acting locally and partnering globally, a trend which is underlined...

Platform prescribes innovative solutions to Africa’s energy deficit

Experts at the UNFCCC’s 22nd Conference of Parties which began on Monday in Marrakech have proposed innovative approaches to solving the African energy challenge. Speaking at...

African CSOs demand ambitious action in Marrakech

African civil society organisations (CSOs) at the ongoing climate change negotiations have warned that if Parties do not urgently raise their pre-2020 ambitions in...

Climate change: Mixed reactions greet Donald Trump’s victory

As news of Donald Trump's victory in the US Presidential Election on Wednesday spread across the world and reached Marrakech, the Moroccan ancient city...

Government affirms confidence in controversial tobacco control committee

Minister of Health, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has reaffirmed his confidence on the members of the National Tobacco Control Committee (NATOCC), saying that they have...

Activists criticise Nigeria’s stand at tobacco COP

Nigeria's propositions at the ongoing Seventh Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) to the World Health Organisation (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco...

Africa urged to avoid being caught in ‘capacity building syndrome’

Africa should avoid the “Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) trap” by perpetually pushing capacity building and miss out on serious climate funding opportunities, Balgis Osman...

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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...