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Yearly Archives: 2016

Publication highlights indigenous peoples’ biodiversity positions

Representatives from indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) have come together to launch the publication titled “Local Biodiversity Outlooks, Indigenous Peoples’ and Local Communities’ Contributions...

Guterres sworn in as UN scribe amid Mohammed uncertainty

Antonio Guterres was on Monday, December 12 2016 sworn in as the ninth and next UN Secretary-General, but there are uncertainties concerning his deputy. There...

Surge in methane emissions threatens climate progress

Global concentrations of methane, a powerful greenhouse gas and cause of climate change, are now growing faster in the atmosphere than at any other...

New site seeks to effectively communicate climate technology

“Climate Technology – the UNFCCC home for technology”, a new website that showcases UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) support to countries for climate technology...

UN takes stock as Paris Agreement clocks one

One year after the world adopted the Paris Climate Change Agreement in France, climate action across governments, business and societies continues to scale new...

Bill Gates heads $1bn climate action fund

Nearly two dozen of the world’s most successful business leaders, entrepreneurs and venture capitalists will invest up to $1 billion in a fund led...

East Africa’s largest solar plant commences operations in Uganda

Made up of 32,680 photovoltaic panels, the new 10 megawatt facility is the country’s first grid-connected solar plant and will generate clean, low-carbon, sustainable...

Group demands information on tobacco firms’ tax waivers, grants

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has requested that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) release detailed information on tax waivers, grants...

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Development Agenda Magazine focuses on Sahel region’s challenges in Q2 2025 edition

Development Agenda Magazine has released its Q2 2025 edition, placing a focus on the Sahel region - a belt...
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‘Africa not a laboratory’ – Civil society denounces ‘act of climate colonialism’

African civil society organisations are outraged by the Degrees Global Forum being hosted in South Africa next week, calling...

UK, Norway sign green energy pact to power North Sea transition

The UK and Norway have launched a new Green Industrial Partnership aimed at turbocharging the North Sea’s role in the clean...

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Development Agenda Magazine focuses on Sahel region’s challenges in Q2 2025 edition

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