Monthly Archives: March, 2019

Water Day: Sanwo-Olu told to stop water privatisation plans

The Our Water, Our Right Movement led by the Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has cautioned Lagos Governor-Elect, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu,...

Water Day: World council, OECD seek to advance water security in Africa

Loic Fauchon, President of the World Water Council, joined Jose Angel Gurria Trevino, Secretary General of the OECD, for World Water Day to reveal a new...

African policymakers highlight opportunities of National Climate Plans

Africa Climate Week formally closed on Friday, March 22, 2019, concluding a five-day programme of events in Accra – all of which have been hosted by...

Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction Report launched in Kenya

Public health experts from UK-based Knowledge∙Action∙Change recently visited Nairobi, Kenya to launch No Fire, No Smoke – The Global State of Tobacco Harm Reduction 2018 (GSTHR), a landmark report on the worldwide availability,...

Why we established climate change centre, by Ekwueme varsity VC

The Alex Ekwueme Federal University (AE-FUNAI) in Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, southeast Nigeria, has established a Centre for Climate Change and Development. This disclosure was made by the...

CSOs want agroecology at centre of climate action in Africa

A team of civil society organisations (CSOs) attending the African Climate Week in Accra, Ghana, has called on governments on the continent to transform the current...

Water Day: WaterAid, PIND seek increased water, sanitation investment

As the world commemorates this year’s World Water Day under the umbrella theme set by UN-Water, “Leaving no one behind”, WaterAid Nigeria and the Foundation for Partnership...

Activists decry ‘more empty words’ at Africa Climate Week

As the UN-hosted Africa Climate Week wraps up, 350Africa, Ghanian NGO 350-GROC and other green groups from across the continent have voiced their disappointment and called...

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Households pay $12tr a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – Report

New research by 350.org shows that, on top of soaring energy bills, fossil fuels cost households an additional $12...
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Don urges geographers to deploy maps, data to save Nigeria’s forests

Prof. Adesola Ogidiolu has urged geographers to deploy mapping tools and data-driven approaches to address Nigeria’s worsening forest crisis,...

Feminist voices demand inclusion, power in critical minerals boom

As global demand for critical minerals surges to power the clean energy transition, feminist advocates are raising urgent concerns...

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Households pay $12tr a year in hidden fossil fuel costs – Report

New research by 350.org shows that, on top of...

Don urges geographers to deploy maps, data to save Nigeria’s forests

Prof. Adesola Ogidiolu has urged geographers to deploy mapping...