Monthly Archives: June, 2018

CVF summit offers fresh hope for climate accord implementation – Stakeholders

President of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and incoming Chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF), Dr. Hilda C. Heine, on Wednesday, June...

Talanoa Dialogue offers unique opportunity for better future – Espinosa

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, has said that the upcoming political phase of the Talanoa Dialogue to be held in December at...

Agricultural production, biodiversity protection key to 2030 Agenda attainment

Executive Secretary, Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Cristiana Pașca Palmer, has said that that strengthened agricultural production and protecting biodiversity are...

Emirates Airline, US firm to build $40m vertical farm

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) flagship carrier, Emirates Airline, has launched a joint project with U.S. Crop One Holdings, to build the world’s largest...

Ebola outbreak under control in Congo, says WHO

The spread of Ebola seems to have been stopped in Congo, less than three months after the outbreak of the deadly disease was declared,...

Solar energy: ECOWAS to enhance electricity access in 19 countries

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) is set to enhance sustainable electricity access through solar in 19 West African countries and the...

500 children died of lead poisoning in 2010 – Zamfara

Gov. AbdulAziz Yari of Zamfara State has said that no fewer than 500 children died as a result of lead poisoning in eight villages...

UK temperatures to hit June highs

Britons enjoyed sweltering heat for the third day running on Tuesday, June 26, 2018 with temperatures reaching 30 degrees Celsius in Wales. The temperature is...

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TechnoServe, Coca-Cola Foundation launch PReP 2.0 to help scale plastic recycling in Nigeria

Building on the success of the first phase of the Plastic Recycling Program in Southern Nigeria (PReP), international nonprofit,...
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40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species are moving closer to extinction, governments at a major UN...

CAPPA urges govt to increase tobacco control budget

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has renewed its call on the Federal Government to significantly increase budgetary...

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40 migratory animal species receive new, upgraded protection at close of UN meeting in Brazil

Confronted with stark new evidence that many migratory species...