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Yearly Archives: 2019

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...

Cleanup Day: Volunteers scrub Abuja, clamour public infrastructure

September 21 of each year is a day set aside for worldwide action on the solid waste problem and, tagged “World Cleanup Day”, attracts some 380...

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Reserve for wild horses established in Sumava Mountains, near borders with Germany and Austria

A herd of wild horses ran into the new reserve in the Sumava Protected Landscape Area in the mountain...
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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major causes of weather extremes such as heavy rainfall. There have...

International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition and inclusion in Nigeria’s circular economy drive. Mr. Friday Oku, President...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major...
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