Yearly Archives: 2017

Health

Global malaria control progress stalls, says report

After unprecedented global success in malaria control progress has stalled, according to the World Malaria Report 2017. There were an estimated five million more malaria...

admin - November 30, 2017

Climate Change

US state, local governments warned to brace for climate shocks

Global credit rating agency, Moody’s Investor Services, has released a new report describing the importance of measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and build...

admin - November 29, 2017

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Resistance imminent as coal-based power plants’ emission norms come into effect

It is a classic case of one ministry proposing and another disposing. A new analysis of the coal-based power sector by Centre for Science...

admin - November 29, 2017

Climate Change

COP23 progress can only be sustained through continued global efforts

After two weeks of intense negotiations, the UN Climate Change Conference ended in the early hours of November 18, 2017. The outcomes of COP23...

admin - November 29, 2017

Business

Government, states, councils share N4.55tr in nine months

The total sum of N4.545 trillion was disbursed as the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocations between January and September 2017. Out of this...

admin - November 29, 2017

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Paris Agreement: Shell vows to halve carbon footprint by 2050

Energy company Royal Dutch Shell on Tuesday, November 28, 2017 announced its intention to halve its carbon footprint by 2050 and to increase its...

admin - November 29, 2017

Science & Tech

Experts see dawn of environmental sustainability in technology-driven ‘Age of Optimisation’

The world is entering "a technology-driven Age of Optimisation" bringing about more sustainable production, consumption and work in many manifestations and at every scale. That's...

admin - November 29, 2017

Health