Monthly Archives: June, 2017

Edo urged to uphold revocation order on Okomu Oil Palm

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), representatives of the Owan and Okomu communities and a host of civil society groups have...

Worry over unsually high temperatures, heatwaves

Parts of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the United States of America have seen extremely high May and June temperatures, with a...

Moldova ratifies Paris Agreement, becomes 149th party to accord

The Republic of Moldova on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 deposited its instrument of ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. Consequent upon this development, Moldova has...

El Salvador, Latvia, Moldova ratify Minamata Convention

The Governments of El Salvador, Latvia and the Republic of Moldova on Tuesday, June 20, 2017 deposited their instruments of ratification, thereby becoming the...

A call to be sustainability, climate action heroes

Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), Patricia Espinosa, said on Tuesday, June 29, 2017 at the Austrian World Summit...

Czech Republic, Sri Lanka ratify Minamata Convention

On Monday, June 19 2017, the Government of Czech Republic and the Government of Sri Lanka deposited their instruments of ratification, thereby becoming the...

World Day to Combat Desertification: Land degradation worsening in Ghana

To one schooled in natural resources management, it is simply unthinkable why a farmer would cultivate crops on river banks or even farm in...

Endangered bird species rebound on predator-free Pacific islands

Five remote Pacific islands are once again safe havens for four of the world’s rarest bird species following the success of one of the...

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Africa CDC investigates unknown disease outbreak in Burundi

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) says it is investigating an unknown disease outbreak in...
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Philippines: TotalEnergies, Nextnorth reach financial close, start construction of 440 MW solar project

TotalEnergies, together with its partner Nextnorth, a Philippines-based renewable energy developer, announced that they reached financial close and started...

Greenpeace initiates legal action against meat giant JBS, amid firm’s $2.5bn Nigeria investment

Greenpeace Netherlands has taken the first step towards legal action against meat giant JBS, demanding disclosure of information on...

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Africa CDC investigates unknown disease outbreak in Burundi

The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa...

Philippines: TotalEnergies, Nextnorth reach financial close, start construction of 440 MW solar project

TotalEnergies, together with its partner Nextnorth, a Philippines-based renewable...