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Yearly Archives: 2017

11% of global population now hungry – UN

After steadily declining for over a decade, global hunger is on the rise again, affecting 815 million people in 2016, or 11 per cent...

Ebola crisis could have been better managed with credible information, say researchers

A new report which explores the experiences of African journalists during the 2014 Ebola outbreak shows that the availability of credible information for journalists...

Countries agree on innovative 2030 strategy to curb land degradation

A third of the world’s land is degraded. By the end of the 13th Conference of the Parties (COP13) to the United Nations Convention to...

Investors want big banks to disclose climate-related financial information

Demanding action from the world’s largest banks, institutional investors are calling for enhanced disclosure of banks’ climate-related risks and opportunities and of how these...

Montreal Protocol: 30 years of healing ozone hole, addressing climate change

In the modern world – where technology enables us to achieve more at a faster pace and social media boasting makes it easy to...

Hurricane Jose approaches US, Lee and Marie form

Two more potential tropical storms were brewing in the Atlantic Ocean on Thursday, September 14, 2017, even as Hurricane Jose approaches the US. According to...

Forum seeks increased funding for climate-resilient infrastructure

The 2017 Forum of the Standing Committee on Finance (SCF), held from September 6 to 7, 2017 in Rabat, Morocco, concluded with key actors...

How climate change can worsen hurricanes

With Hurricane Harvey’s rainfall records and now Irma’s stunning combination of extreme strength and longevity, the hurricane-global warming debate is back in full swing. And it has evolved a...

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Green Energy, Lekoil seek to strike out suit, vacate ex parte orders

Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Oil and Gas Investments Limited have filed applications before the Federal High Court...
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Zero-waste economy: Foundation urges methane cut, plastic reduction

The Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) has called for an urgent reduction of methane and plastic production cuts, to...

Senate seeks special funding for Environment Ministry to tackle erosion, flooding

The Senate has called for provision of special funding for Federal Ministry of Environment to tackle erosion, flooding and...

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Green Energy, Lekoil seek to strike out suit, vacate ex parte orders

Green Energy International Limited and Lekoil Oil and Gas...

Zero-waste economy: Foundation urges methane cut, plastic reduction

The Community Development Advocacy Foundation (CODAF) has called for...
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