23.2 C
Lagos
Wednesday, July 9, 2025

Monthly Archives: March, 2020

Concern over planned release of GM potato in East Africa

East Africa is said to be the most recent destination for genetically modified (GM) potatoes, courtesy of the Lima, Peru-based research institute, the International Potato Center...

COVID-19 surpasses 100,000 as Togo, others report new cases

As of reports on Sunday, March 8, 2020, the global number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 has surpassed 100,000, standing precisely at 101,927, out of which...

Magodo greenbelt development a physical planning taboo – Abiodun

“Silence is not an option when things are ill-done” – Lord Denning, English lawyer/judge, 1899-1999. Both the Lagos State House of Assembly, New Towns Development Authority,...

Norges Bank divests from Alicorp over rights violations, deforestation

Norges Bank Investment Management (NBIM), the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has divested all its holdings in Peru’s largest consumer goods company, Alicorp S.A.A., after it...

Climate crisis needs collective response – Espinosa

UN Climate Change Executive Secretary, Patricia Espinosa, has called for a truly collective response to climate change, which she described as the main struggle of the present generation,...

Nigeria launches bid to revise NDC ahead of COP26

Ahead of plans to submit a revised Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) at the 26th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the United Nations...

Thousands join Thunberg in Brussels to march for climate

Thousands of people on Friday, March 6, 2020 joined teen climate activist Greta Thunberg in marching through Brussels in Belgium to demand more ambitious measures to...

Nigeria needs N1. 6bn emergency funding to fight COVID-19 – NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) says the country requires N1.6 billion emergency funding to fight Coronavirus (COVID19). Dr Pricilla Ibekwe, Deputy Director, Special Duties, NCDC, disclosed...

Latest news

SPP inaugurates review panel to strengthen Second Subnational Climate Governance Ranking Process

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP)inaugurated a Review Panel on July 8, 2025, to review the methodology and...
- Advertisement -spot_imgspot_img

Building a resilient future: Climate action & community empowerment

Keynote address delivered by Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), at the 3rd Niger Delta Climate...

From ridges to reefs, small island states lead with big environmental moves

From rising seas to disappearing forests, the world’s small island developing states are facing some of the fiercest fallout...

Must read

SPP inaugurates review panel to strengthen Second Subnational Climate Governance Ranking Process

The Society for Planet and Prosperity (SPP)inaugurated a Review...

Building a resilient future: Climate action & community empowerment

Keynote address delivered by Nnimmo Bassey, Director, Health of...
×