Yearly Archives: 2019

NOSDRA fines oil firm N260m for oil spillage

National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has sanctioned Python Engineering Company Limited of No. 94 Enerhen Road, Warri, Delta, over an oil spill caused...

UNDP, GEF build renewable energy expertise under derisking initiative

In the light of the limited local human and institutional capacities to build, operate and maintain large-scale grid-connected renewable power plants, a scheme has taken up...

Environmentalist calls for precautionary measures against heat wave

An environmentalist, Mr Gafar Odubote, has called on the government and Nigerians to take precautionary measures to mitigate the effect of current heat wave in the...

IPCC author, Prof. Okereke, writes for EnviroNews

Against the backdrop of a damning report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) as well as moves to operationalise the Paris Agreement by the...

Health Day: AfDB joins call for universal health coverage for all

On the occasion of World Health Day 2019, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) is renewing its call for firmer commitment to pledges made by countries for universal health...

AfDB’s Hott emerges minister in new Senegal cabinet

President Macky Sall of Senegal has announced the appointment of Amadou Hott, Vice President for Power, Energy, Climate and Green Growth at the African...

Friends of the Earth, others sue Shell in historic climate case

Friends of the Earth Netherlands on Friday, April 5, 2019 delivered a court summons to Shell to legally compel the company to cease its destruction of the climate,...

GEF-7 projects allocation tops agenda at Nigeria’s National Dialogue

The Global Environment Facility (GEF) National Dialogue for Nigeria holds in Abuja, the federal capital city, from April 10 to 11, 2019. The objective of the...

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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...