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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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Nigeria can leverage on renewables to industrialise, says Rep. Sam Onuigbo

Sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act and former Member of the House of Representatives, Rep. Sam Onuigbo, has stated...
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INC-4: Delegates seek global treaty to curb plastic pollution scourge

“We need to throw away this throw-away culture!” This statement encapsulated the sentiment driving delegates’ commitment to end plastic pollution...

Edwin Clark University to address environmental issues in Niger Delta – VC

The Edwin Clark University (ECU) says it has made breakthrough research into environmental and industrial chemistry. Vice Chancellor of the...

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Nigeria can leverage on renewables to industrialise, says Rep. Sam Onuigbo

Sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act and former Member...

INC-4: Delegates seek global treaty to curb plastic pollution scourge

“We need to throw away this throw-away culture!” This statement...
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