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Australia urges quarter of a million to flee as winds fan huge bushfires

Australia urged nearly a quarter of a million people to evacuate their homes on Friday, January 10, 2020 and prepared military backup as authorities said the...

South Sudan to launch environmental audit in oil-producing regions

South Sudan on Friday, January 10, 2020 launched a road map to boost environmental audit in oil-producing regions by calling a tender proposal from competent foreign...

Thailand adopts artificial rainmaking to fight drought

The Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives on Friday, January 10, 2020 told newsmen it has assigned the rainmaking division to start artificial rain-making operations sooner...

How govt approved GM cotton, beans for commercialisation – NABDA

The National Biotechnology Development Agency (NABDA) says the Federal Government has approved two modern biotechnology crops – BT cotton and cowpea (beans) for commercialisation in the country. Dr...

Don seeks legislation on control of e-waste in Nigeria

A don, Prof. Yinusa Adediran, has called on the Federal Government to enact and enforce laws on collection, recovery, re-use and recycling of e-waste in Nigeria. Adediran,...

Group urges govt to prosecute environmental polluters

The Green Resilience, a climate and environment advocacy group, has urged the Federal Government to enforce laws on environmental pollution and prosecute environmental polluters in the...

COP25: How Green Bond refocused Nigeria’s low-carbon pathway

At the 25th session of the Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) held in December 2019 in Madrid,...

Bushfires mirror Australia’s failure to tackle climate change – 350

An official of 350.org, Glen Klatovsky, has said that the current Australian bushfires did not come as a surprise because the government of Australia had failed...

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UN ‘deeply saddened’ by Maiduguri suicide bombing attack – Fall

Nigeria Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mohamed Fall, on loss of lives in a suspected suicide attack in Gamboru, Maiduguri,...
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CITES at UNEA-7: Strengthening multilateral action for a resilient planet

Biodiversity loss continues to accelerate, driven by multiple interconnected pressures including unsustainable use, illegal trade, habitat degradation and the...

Recipe for fixing the planet, by UNEP report

When the seventh edition of the Global Environment Outlook (GEO-7) – a sprawling report on the state of the natural world...

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UN ‘deeply saddened’ by Maiduguri suicide bombing attack – Fall

Nigeria Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator, Mohamed Fall, on loss...

CITES at UNEA-7: Strengthening multilateral action for a resilient planet

Biodiversity loss continues to accelerate, driven by multiple interconnected...
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