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GCF grant to help Côte d’Ivoire, others mitigate greenhouse gas emissions

The Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on Friday, August 21, 2020 approved several new projects, including one for Côte d'Ivoire that marks...

Firm rolls out grains farming project, signs agreement for outgrower scheme

An industrial agric company, Spring Plantation and Processing Company (SPPC), has unveiled its industrial agric initiative that will make possible people-participation and creation of...

SDGs: Group seeks women participation in governance

A group, Foundation for Gender Equality and Good Governance (GEGG), has advocated for active participation of women in governance to achieve the United Nations...

Thunberg stages climate strike at Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate

Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, on Friday, August 21, 2020 staged her latest climate strike in Berlin, protesting with dozens of other youngsters in...

Humanitarian Affairs Minister updates NEC on readiness for flood management

Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Mrs Sadiya Farouq, has made a presentation to the National Economic Council on Flood Risk...

Technology can ease adaptation to effects of changing world, climate – Melbourne

Speaking at “ClimateLaunchPad NIGERIA” on Thursday, August 20, 2020, Head of Climate Change and Energy, West Africa, British High Commission, Sean Melbourne, emphasises that...

Greta, others meet Merkel: ‘You are robbing us of our future’

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg, whose weekly school strikes for the climate sparked a global youth movement, on Thursday, August 20, 2020 met German Chancellor...

EU in advanced talks with biotech firm for 225m COVID-19 vaccine doses

The European Commission and German biotech firm, CureVac, on Thursday, August 20, 2020 said they had concluded a first round of talks for the...

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COREN seeks FCT, states’ collaboration in curbing engineering failures

Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) has sought the collaboration of states and the Federal Capital...
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West African activists push for climate justice

Environmental justice advocates have called on leaders across West Africa to unite against environmental degradation and resist the commodification...

UN Climate Change launches new report on advancing a ‘Just Transition’ in climate policy

As the world accelerates action to address climate change, the question is no longer whether to pursue a just...

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COREN seeks FCT, states’ collaboration in curbing engineering failures

Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)...

West African activists push for climate justice

Environmental justice advocates have called on leaders across West...
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