Monthly Archives: January, 2018

Higher rainfall from climate change will force changes, says study

Many regions in the world need considerably better flood prevention measures, according to a report from a team of researchers at Potsdam Institute for...

Cholera: Passport offices closed as Namibia bans food imports from Zambia

The Namibian government on Thursday, January 11, 2018 provisionally banned the import of all perishable food, fish, fruits, unprocessed food and water from neighbouring...

IFAD-CASP visits Borno, Yobe to sensitise farmers to modern farming techniques

Officials of Climate Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Programme (CASP), an IFAD programme, have visited Borno and Yobe states to sensitise farmers to the application...

Macedonia ratifies Paris Agreement

The Republic of Macedonia on Tuesday, January 9, 2018 deposited its instruments of ratification of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, making the former Yugoslav Republic...

UN agrees continued support to climate technologies

The United Nations has acceded to an agreement that paves way for the Climate Technology Centre and Network (CTCN) to support developing countries with...

UNEP, WHO to collaborate on environmental health risks

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Health Organisation (WHO) have agreed a new, wide-ranging collaboration to accelerate action to curb environmental...

Zambia records 95 new cholera cases

Zambia has recorded 95 new cholera cases in the last 24 hours, with Lusaka, the country’s capital recording 83 of the cases, health authorities...

15 dead, hundreds trapped in devastating California mudslides

Some 15 people are dead in California’s Santa Barbara County following devastating mudslides in the area stripped by recent wildfires. More than two dozen people...

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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

Children from the Child Rights Advocacy Club in Mashi Local Government Area of Katsina State have raised serious concerns...
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ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in Lagos, Nigeria’s flagship climate resilience initiative, the Agro-Climatic Resilience in...

Inger Andersen: Gearing up for a year of multilateral action

Speech delivered by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the 173rd meeting of the Committee...

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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

Children from the Child Rights Advocacy Club in Mashi...

ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in...