Yearly Archives: 2020

Global emissions flatlined in 2019 defying expectations

Despite widespread expectations of another increase, global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions stopped growing in 2019, according to an International Energy Agency ( IEA) data released on Tuesday,...

Suriname, Norway submit 2020 NDCs

Suriname and Norway have submitted their 2020 Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the UNFCCC Secretariat. The two countries follow Marshall Islands, which in 2018 became the first country to submit...

Charcoal business thriving in north-west despite desert encroachment

Using charcoal as a source of energy for cooking has gained wide acceptance in the north-west zone despite the enormous threats the felling of trees and...

US groups urge Sanwo-Olu to shun water privatisation

The Institute of the Black World 21st Century and a host of African Americans, including Reverend Jesse Jackson, have written to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu...

Lagos to plant 1m coconut seedlings along Badagry, Ibeju-Lekki coastline

The Lagos State Government says it will plant one million coconut seedlings along its 135-kilometre Badagry to Ibeju-Lekki coastline to replace old and unproductive trees as...

Coronavirus renamed ‘Covid-19’

World Health Organisation (WHO) has named the new coronavirus, Covid-19. WHO announced the new name in its tweeter handle at @WHO that “we now have a name...

Expert sees coronavirus over by April in China, WHO still alarmed

The coronavirus outbreak in China may be over by April, the country’s foremost medical adviser on the outbreak, Zhong Nanshan, said on Tuesday, February 11, 2020, The...

WHO says vaccine for new coronavirus could be ready in 18 months

The first vaccine targeting China’s coronavirus could be available in 18 months, “so we have to do everything today using available weapons,” World Health...

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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...