Monthly Archives: October, 2018

Climate Change

Nigeria to raise fresh N50bn green bond

Following the successful issuance of its first Sovereign Green Bond, Nigeria has embarked on a follow up scheme for 2018/2019. The initial issuance, which enabled...

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Land Degradation

14m ha of land need restoration in Nigeria, others – Study

A report on the state of the environment and socio-economic conditions in fragile ecosystems reveals the extent of land degradation in dryland Africa and...

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Human Settlement

World Cities Day: Highlighting need for cities’ resilience to risks

United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director, UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), Maimunah Mohd Sharif, in a message to commemorate the 2018 World Cities Day...

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Human Settlement

Volvo Environment Prize 2018 awardee tags Lagos ‘environmental nightmare’

A leading expert and thought leader on urbanisation and sustainability, Xuemei Bai, has painted a grim picture of the spatial status of Lagos, Nigeria’s...

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Waste Management

Web-based tools to manage wastewater, faecal sludge launched

The India-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has launched two web-based tools and platforms to help cities and individuals plan their sanitation interventions...

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Cover

Nigeria’s newest eco houses made from plastic

With 18 billion pounds of plastic filling the oceans each year, this may seem like the last material you’d want to build an eco-house...

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Disaster Risk Management

AfDB moves to boost climate risk financing, insurance for African countries

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved the Africa Disaster Risks Financing (ADRiFi) Programme, the institution’s first climate risk management programme to boost resilience...

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Agric & Biotech

Biotechnology promises efficiency in delivery for women farmers – CSIR-STEPRI director

In developing and middle-income countries including Ghana, women generally make up almost half of the farming population. And, according to the United Nations Development...

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