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Monthly Archives: June, 2017

Espinosa, others to grace Africa Carbon Forum

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has announced that its executive secretary, Patricia Espinosa, will grace the 9th Africa Carbon Forum...

Thunderstorms loom as NiMet releases predictions for Saturday, Sunday

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted cloudy morning over the Central States on Saturday, June 24, 2017 with prospects of localised thunderstorms over...

Fresh ratifications as Minamata celebrates Convention’s entry into force

In the past couple of days, three countries ratified the Minamata Convention, even as indications emerged that the entry of the global treaty into...

World Giraffe Day: Saving the Masai giraffe in East Africa

The Giraffe Conservation Foundation (GCF) dedicated the year's World Giraffe Day (observed on Wednesday, June 21, 2017) to saving Masai giraffe in Kenya and Tanzania. Giraffe...

Federal varsity reviews government’s economic recovery plan

Over the last years the Nigerian economy has been in doldrums, leaving behind tales of inflation, unemployment, poverty and the likes. To stem the...

Montréal Declaration: 140 mayors express commitment to Paris goals

One hundred and forty mayors of the world’s largest cities have expressed their commitment implement the Paris Climate Change Agreement at a meeting in...

GCF: Climate fund pay-out progresses

The disbursement of Green Climate Fund (GCF) financing is picking up pace, following a major focus of the Fund this year on implementing approved...

Otodo Gbame: Evictions cruel, inhuman, degrading, court rules

With hundreds of anxious poor, urban residents – men, women, and children – from waterfronts across Lagos State waiting inside and outside the High...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major causes of weather extremes such as heavy rainfall. There have...
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International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition and inclusion in Nigeria’s circular economy drive. Mr. Friday Oku, President...

Onuigbo hails Tinubu’s reforms, backs Regional Development Commissions as path to national growth

The member representing the South East on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Sam Ifeanyi...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major...

International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition...
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