Yearly Archives: 2020

No threat of desert locusts in Nigeria, says FAO

The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has reassured Nigerians that there is no threat of desert locusts invasion in the country. Mr David Tsokar, FOA’s...

COVID-19: Fatality ratio low at 2.3%, 80% of cases are mild

Technical Officer For Laboratory Strengthening, World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Dhamari Naidoo, has said that Coronavirus (COVID-19)’s current case fatality ratio was low at...

NESREA advocates private sector participation in waste management

The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA) says private sector participation is key to achieving effective healthcare waste management in Nigeria. Mrs Miranda...

Minister warns against healthcare waste

Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehinare, says environmental pollution from healthcare waste and other related sources is a major concern to public health in...

Groups urge govt to enforce tobacco control regulations

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) and a host of civil society groups have urged the Nigerian government to commence immediate...

IMF chief urges G20 action on trade, climate, inequality

Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Kristalina Georgieva, on Wednesday, February 19, 2020 urged G20 finance ministers and central bankers to take action...

23 ex-ministers call on world leaders to protect biodiversity

A group of former foreign affairs ministers from around the world who met recently to discuss the deepening global environmental crisis has made a...

Nigeria, Benin, 49 others preparing SDGs implementation reviews

While Nigeria is a part of the second-timer presenters, Benin Republic has joined the list of countries that will report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) implementation...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on land could be exposed to multiple types of climate-driven extreme...
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Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have called for African-led solutions to climate change, as its impacts...

Two-thirds of global hunger concentrated in 10 countries – Report 

The 2026 Global Report on Food Crises on Friday, April 24, revealed that two-thirds of all people facing high...

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A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...