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IPCC to dedicate report to former co-chair who died of coronavirus

The Working Group I contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will be dedicated to the memory...

Kano tops again as Nigeria reports 238 new Covid-19 cases

For the second day running, the Kano has topped the list of states with Covid-19 cases in Nigeria. Nigeria on Friday, May 1, 2020 recorded...

Severe inflammation in some children probed for Covid-19 link

Doctors in several European countries have reported a small number cases of children who were suffering from severe inflammation, raising the question whether the...

COVID-19: NESREA releases guidelines for handling infectious wastes

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) has released guidelines for handling infectious wastes, within the context of the Coronavirus pandemic. Enugu State...

Foundation to sue Dangote Group over Kogi pollution

The Mona Audu Foundation, an NGO, says it will institute a legal action against the Aliko Dangote Group of companies for polluting the environment...

Lagos conducts 8,033 COVID-19 tests, discharges 26 patients

The Lagos State Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, says the state has conducted 8,033 COVID-19 tests since the inception of the pandemic in...

WHO to identify animal source of COVID-19

Director-General, World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr Tedros Ghebreyesus, says the agency will work with relevant organisations to identify the animal source of novel coronavirus...

Coronavirus frontline workers will also help in climate crisis

May Boeve (executive-director at 350.org), Luisa Neubauer (German climate activist and one of the main organisers of the Fridays for Future movement in Germany), Sharan Burrow (general secretary of the...

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New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

A new publication by the UN Climate Change Regional Collaboration Centre for Asia and the Pacific reveals that Pacific Island countries are making...
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Spain, Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich, curb inequality

Spain and Brazil on July 1, 2025, launched a joint initiative to promote higher tax contributions from the super-rich...

Groups flay abductions, killings of human rights defenders in Kenya

Human rights groups across Africa are horrified by the continued crackdown on peaceful protests and the abduction and detention...

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New report reveals Pacific leadership on climate ahead of NDC 3.0 deadline

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Spain, Brazil push global action to tax the super-rich, curb inequality

Spain and Brazil on July 1, 2025, launched a...
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