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Leaders’ Climate Summit: Lofty words but blurred plan

Some 40 world leaders gathered to participate in the Biden Administration’s first step onto the international climate stage. The Leaders’ Summit on Climate took...

Earth Day: GEF-SGP, GIFSEP launch Trees for School Initiative in Abuja

No fewer than 1,000 trees will be planted in 77 schools across Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory as part of efforts to fight climate change...

Nigeria supports global action on Paris climate agreement, says Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has assured the international community of Nigeria’s readiness to mobilise relevant stakeholders towards climate action, as well as support for regional,...

Agency reiterates commitment to ensuring biosecurity in Nigeria

The National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) has completed and submitted a draft National Biosecurity Policy to the Federal Executive Council (FEC), for consideration and...

Three major French banks opt out of financing EACOP

The three largest French banks, BNP Paribas, Société Générale and Crédit Agricole, will not be financing the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), a...

Leaders’ Summit on Climate: Adesina says Africa is ‘ground zero’ of crisis

African Development Bank (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, on Thursday, April 22, 2021 joined 40 heads of state and government at the Leaders’...

Agroecology is key to restoring the Earth, say HOMEF volunteers

Volunteers at Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) have called on countries to shift from dependence on fossil fuels and invest rather in agroecology...

Least Developed Countries urge world leaders to show greater leadership on climate

Over the last two days, 40 world leaders, including leaders from Bhutan, Bangladesh and Democratic Republic of Congo, addressed the US-hosted Leaders Summit on...

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Kenya evacuates tourists stuck in flooded wildlife sanctuary

Kenyan officials said that they have evacuated all the tourists that were marooned by flooding in the world-famous Maasai...
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20% of Germans worry about climate change daily – Survey

Around one in five people in Germany worry about climate change every day, a survey by the auditing firm...

New flowering plant species discovered in SW China

Chinese researchers have discovered a new species of impatiens in southwest China’s Guizhou Province and named it Impatiens beipanjiangensis. The...

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Kenya evacuates tourists stuck in flooded wildlife sanctuary

Kenyan officials said that they have evacuated all the...

20% of Germans worry about climate change daily – Survey

Around one in five people in Germany worry about...
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