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Monthly Archives: September, 2019

UN Summit delivers step up in ambition, action on pathway to key 2020 climate deadline

Major announcements by government and private sector leaders at the United Nations Climate Action Summit boosted climate action momentum and demonstrated growing recognition that the pace...

UN climate, environment goals to gel under Decade on Ecosystem Restoration

When the U.N. Decade on Ecosystem Restoration kicks off in 2021, it will strengthen the fight against climate change, providing an umbrella for a range of U.N. conventions...

Recyclepoint, British American Tobacco sign MoU on corporate waste recycling

Recyclepoint and British America Tobacco (BAT), West Africa on Tuesday, September 24, 2019 signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on corporate waste recycling programme to promote...

Buhari unfolds plans to reverse climate change in Nigeria

President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, September 23, 2019 in New York announced robust plans and initiatives by his administration to reverse the negative effects of climate...

African negotiators to UN Summit: Climate change receiving continent’s priority attention

The African Group of Negotiators (AGN) has said that, because climate change poses a primary threat to sustainable development, it is receiving priority attention...

Climate Strike: Why we mustn’t turn blind eye to our children’s fears – Mwenda

In a Solidarity Statement delivered on Friday, September 20, 2019 during the Global Climate Strike, Mithika Mwenda, Executive Director, Pan African Climate Justice Alliance...

Activists, grassroots groups tackle oil executives on climate change

Climate justice groups that converged on New York on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Climate Action Summit have carpeted CEOs of oil corporations...

Okereke resumes as head of Ekweueme varsity’s Centre for Climate Change and Development

Professor Chukwumerije Okereke, an international climate change expert, political scientist and formerly of the University of Reading, United Kingdom, is now Director, Centre for Climate Change and...

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INC-4: Delegates seek global treaty to curb plastic pollution scourge

“We need to throw away this throw-away culture!” This statement encapsulated the sentiment driving delegates’ commitment to end plastic pollution...
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Edwin Clark University to address environmental issues in Niger Delta – VC

The Edwin Clark University (ECU) says it has made breakthrough research into environmental and industrial chemistry. Vice Chancellor of the...

Climate disasters: UN to prioritise early warning systems by 2027

The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) says the UN will prioritise early warning systems against climate disasters globally by 2027. Dr...

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INC-4: Delegates seek global treaty to curb plastic pollution scourge

“We need to throw away this throw-away culture!” This statement...

Edwin Clark University to address environmental issues in Niger Delta – VC

The Edwin Clark University (ECU) says it has made...
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