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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Farmers laud 57 new crop varieties, stakeholders project 20,000 jobs from climate-smart agric plan

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State Chapter, has lauded the Federal Government’s approval of 57 crop...
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NCDMB to feature ex-NIMASA DG, Dakuku Peterside, in Book Reading Session

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has concluded plans to host the fourth edition of its Quarterly Book Reading Programme, featuring renownedleadership expert and former Director General of Nigerian...

LASEPA seeks data-driven reporting, sustainability in environmental practice

The Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA) has called for a transition from bulky environmental documentation to data-driven, performance-based...

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Farmers laud 57 new crop varieties, stakeholders project 20,000 jobs from climate-smart agric plan

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN), Lagos State...

NCDMB to feature ex-NIMASA DG, Dakuku Peterside, in Book Reading Session

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has concluded...