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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Nnimmo Bassey: Straight from the Strait of Hormuz

No matter the reason for warfare the environment and the innocent end up bearing the brunt of the inevitable...
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UN Advisory Board names 20 city leaders in zero waste

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste observed on Monday, March 30, 2026, 20 cities worldwide were named the inaugural 20...

Tax windfall profits, campaigners urge action on fossil fuel giants profiting from war

In response to G7 Energy and Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ communiqué issued on Monday, March 30, 2026,...

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Nnimmo Bassey: Straight from the Strait of Hormuz

No matter the reason for warfare the environment and...

UN Advisory Board names 20 city leaders in zero waste

Ahead of the International Day of Zero Waste observed on Monday,...