Monthly Archives: January, 2020

NiMet envisages ‘above normal’ rainfall in 2020 season

The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted a “normal to above normal” rainfall in the country in the 2020 season. The agency made the disclosure...

Young activists in Davos demand say for their generation

Younger generations need to become actively integrated into efforts to bring about political change, according to several youth activists, including Greta Thunberg. The young people made the...

Climate change exacerbating inequalities, says report

Emissions are increasing, global temperatures are rising, but the impacts of climate change are not being felt uniformly around the world, with the countries in the...

IPCC authors to advance preparations for Sixth Assessment Report

Experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will meet in Faro, Portugal, from January 26 to February 1, 2020 to advance preparations for the...

350 demands climate action as world leaders converge on Davos

Leaders converging on Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum have been called upon to urgently act on the climate emergency before it is too late. May...

Kenya’s first green bond cross-lists on London Stock Exchange

Kenya’s first green bond has been cross-listed at the London Stock Exchange in a ceremony that saw President Uhuru Kenyatta ring the bell to kick off...

High court to hear suit against biosafety agency over rights abridgement

The Registered Trustees of Health of Mother Earth Foundation and 16 other organisations have resumed a lawsuit against the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) and Monsanto...

Stankiewicz assumes office as head of Minamata Convention

Following her nomination to the post by the UN Environment Director, Inger Andersen, in November 2019, Monika Stankiewicz assumed her functions as the Executive Secretary of...

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ECA seeks coordinated action to advance SDGs, Agenda 2063

The Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver Gatete, has called for coordinated and transformative action to advance...
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Kano to plant 10m trees to mitigate climate change 

The Kano State Government has announced plans to distribute 10 million tree seedlings for planting across the state, as...

Mixed reactions trail Lagos solar approval policy

Some Lagos residents on Tuesday, April 28, 2026, expressed divergent views on a directive by the state government requiring...

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ECA seeks coordinated action to advance SDGs, Agenda 2063

The Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Claver...

Kano to plant 10m trees to mitigate climate change 

The Kano State Government has announced plans to distribute...