Monthly Archives: December, 2019

Disaster Risk Management

Thousands trapped on Australian beaches by dangerous bushfires

Thousands swarmed to beaches on Australia’s east coast on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 to escape fierce wildfires bearing down on several seaside towns, as the government...

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Climate Change

Climate Scorecard names Gbujie Chiubern Nigeria’s 2019 Climate Leader

A Nigerian-born climate activist, writer and oral surgeon, Dr. Gbujie Daniel Chiubern, has been named Nigeria’s 2019 Climate Leader by Climate Scorecard. Founder of Team 54, an...

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Climate Change

2020: Merkel urges accelerated efforts in tackling climate change

German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 called for accelerated efforts in tackling climate change in her New Year’s speech broadcast. “The warming of our...

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Waste Management

Waste from agricultural produce blamed on ineffective use of preservation technology

An agriculture expert, Mr Ismail Olawale, has blamed the increasing waste from agricultural produce on poor use of technologies meant for food preservation in the country. Olawale,...

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Human Settlement

Opeifa charges stakeholders on gridlock, open defecation in Apapa

Executive Vice Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Restoration of Law and Order to Apapa, Mr Kayode Opeifa, has called for the support of Apapa residents toward...

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Climate Change

COP25: Developing nations urged to strengthen pre-COP homework for better outcomes

A youth delegate to the UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) that held recently in Madrid, Spain, Mr Seyifunmi Adebote, says developing countries need to strengthen their...

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Cover

FAO revises procurement policy

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says it has revised its procurement policy, code named MS 502. Mr David Tsokar, FOA’s National Communication Officer, disclosed this in...

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Conservation

National Park Service partners Mothers of Earth Foundation on capacity building

The National Parks Service says it will partner with the Mothers of the International Foundation (MEIF), an NGO, on capacity building. Dr Ibrahim Goni, the Conservator -General, National...

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