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Yearly Archives: 2021

Climate champions plan to halve sector emissions by 2030

With less than 100 days to go until COP26, the UN High Level Champions have released a master plan to provide business, governments and...

Africa rises to challenge of climate crisis, accelerates action on Paris Agreement

Africa is at a crossroads. The multiplying challenges of the climate crisis, conflict and COVID-19 have put more and more people at risk. And while...

#TransfatFreeNigeria: Nigeria can lead the way

“This pandemic has magnified every existing inequality in our society – like systemic racism, gender inequality, and poverty” – Melinda Gates When Melinda Gates made...

Strong supportive voices for biotechnology crucial for technology uptake in Africa, says expert

Strong supportive voices for agricultural biotechnology are crucial for the effective deployment and utilisation of biotechnology for improved crop productivity in Africa. Further, more...

Joseph Magero: WHO doing untold harm to Africa’s desperate smokers

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is failing in its duty and Africans have particular reason to feel aggrieved. Its latest attack on alternative nicotine products...

Brief clamous hazardous waste regulation to end ‘toxic colonialism’

An IISD policy brief explains that to change the practice of dumping hazardous wastes, the sources must be identified and governments must be enabled...

Climate change leading to more extreme weather events, says study

The number of extreme weather events occurring around the world is increasing as a result of climate change, according to a study. Some two-thirds of...

Afghan to build 1,000 greenhouses

Afghanistan’s Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Livestock says it plans to construct 1,000 greenhouses in different provinces of the conflict-battered country. According to the ministry’s...

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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, says overcrowded communities in Nigeria, like those...
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After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake, has ordered the sealing of mining located in Zuraq, Wase...

Coalition commits to advancing climate justice in Nigeria

Nigeria Climate Justice Alliance (NCJA), a coalition of civil society organisations, community groups, youth movements, researchers, and media actors,...

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Overcrowding, urban growth accelerating infectious diseases in Nigeria – UNILAG VC

The Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the University of Lagos (UNILAG),...

After 37 fatalities, Nigeria seals mine over deadly gas leak

The Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr Dele Alake,...
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