Yearly Archives: 2018

Biodiversity: Conservationists clamour change of emphasis to water, energy, food

Conservation experts have called on African leaders to change the global emphasis for development agendas to water, energy and food sectors. Frederick Kumah, Africa director,...

Africities 8: Mayors reject discrimination, stigmatisation, xenophobia

African mayors and local authorities, who met at 8th edition of the Africities Summit in Marrakech, Morocco, from November 20 to 24, 2018 have...

8th Africities Summit closes in Morocco with record participation

The eighth International Summit of Cities and Territorial Communities of Africa (Africities) closed on Saturday, November 24, 2018 in the Moroccan city of Marrakech. Held...

Exposés as biodiversity summit celebrates 15th anniversary of Cartagena Protocol

Delegates at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, on Thursday, November 22, 2018 at a side event celebrated the 15th anniversary...

Climate finance growing, says UNFCCC

The Summary and Recommendations on the 2018 biennial assessment and overview of climate finance flows of the Standing Committee on Finance shows that, on...

Media executives commit to awareness raising on drought, flood management

About 20 media women and men from Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger and Togo took part in the regional workshop on...

World Toilet Day and Nigeria’s sanitation challenges

“We go to the stream, we don’t have water here, even toilets; we usually use the bush. A woman was bitten by a snake...

Group advocates holistic approach to sustainable water resource management

The Global Rights, a non-governmental organisation (NGO), has described lack of access to potable water as “the greatest threat” to Nigeria’s security. It has thus...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...