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Monthly Archives: February, 2017

The long, winding, super-controversial superhighway

The controversy surrounding the 260 km Superhighway proposed by the Cross River State government (CRSG) of Nigeria will not go away. Notably, the bulldozing...

Firm lauded for supplying affordable fertiliser to farmers

Indorama is said to have supplied about 250,000 metric tons of granular Urea fertiliser to farmers nationwide since June 2016 when it commenced production The...

Africa: A continent of hope – Guterres

António Guterres, the new Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN), fresh from the recently-held African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – his first...

New Global Centre of Excellence on climate adaptation upcoming

The Netherlands announced on Monday, 06 February 2017 that it will work with Japan and United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to establish a Global...

China doubles solar power capacity in 2016

China's installed photovoltaic (PV) capacity more than doubled last year, turning the country into the world's biggest producer of solar energy by capacity, the...

Indigenous women oppose Cross River superhighway project

The Federal Government has been told not to approve the final Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) submitted to it last month by the Cross River...

NEITI seeks partnership with NDDC on anti-corruption

The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency  Initiative (NEITI) has said that it will partner with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to enthrone transparency and...

Liechtenstein, Togo ratify Minamata Convention

The West African, French-speaking country of Togo and the Central Europe, German-speaking Liechtenstein are the latest countries to endorse the Minamata Convention on Mercury. While...

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From billions to trillions: Setting a new goal on climate finance

A new phase of work on one of the most important items currently on the global climate change agenda...
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Road to Busan clear as negotiations on a global plastics treaty close in Ottawa

The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4),...

Women engineers call for the use of AI in power sector

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called on the Federal Government to use Artificial Intelligence...

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Road to Busan clear as negotiations on a global plastics treaty close in Ottawa

The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international...
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