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Monthly Archives: September, 2019

Rivers Day: Group seeks legal backing for rights to waterways

The Foundation for Conservation of Nigerian Rivers (FCNR) has presented two draft bills to the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. The presentation was made...

Strengthening capacity key to economic development, says Ebegba

Director General/Chief Executive Officer of the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA), Dr Rufus Ebegba, has said that Africa does not lack capacity but the need to...

Tanzania hunter-gatherers bag 2019 Equator Prize for carbon-offset project

A community of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania who saw 90% of their land overrun by livestock and crop farmers have arrested that loss with a pioneering project...

Climate action portal registers 28 transformational initiatives

The Global Climate Action portal has captured the 28 new initiatives that were presented on Monday, September 23, 2019 to United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, at...

UN Summit delivers new pathways, actions to boost global response

Leaders from government, business, and civil society on Monday, September 23, 2019 announced potentially far-reaching steps to confront climate change at the United Nations Secretary-General’s Climate Action...

World can still act on climate change, Pope says

Pope Francis has called for greater global efforts against climate change. He made the call on Monday, September 23, 2019 in a video message released for the...

Least Developed Countries launch vision for climate-resilient future

Over two thirds (69%) of people killed in climate-related disasters in the past 50 years were living in 47 of the world's poorest nations, according to...

Industry leaders want Africa’s Great Green Wall actualised by 2030

Ahead of the UN Climate Action Summit, global leaders from government, business and civil society have issued a call to action to grow an...

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AfDB, Nedbank Group sign multi-billion-rand funding partnership to transform housing access, boost African trade

The African Development Bank Group and Nedbank Group have signed a landmark deal to boost access to affordable housing...
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Yuletide: Nigerians brave high fares, security concerns to travel

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have continued to brave rising transport fares and security concerns to...

Okonjo-Iweala hails Abia Electric Bus Scheme as climate-friendly initiative

The Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, has commended the Abia State Government for introducing...

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Yuletide: Nigerians brave high fares, security concerns to travel

Some residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have...
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