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Yearly Archives: 2021

New financial alliance for net zero emissions launched

On the eve of President Biden’s Head of State Climate Summit on Wednesday, April 21, 2021, Mark Carney (the UK Prime Minister’s Finance Advisor...

More countries than ever before on the verge of zero malaria

Twenty-four countries around the world have eliminated malaria since 2000, and more countries than ever before are within reach of zero malaria in the...

Locust outbreak destroys 700,000 hectares of land in Namibia

Namibia has allocated 20 million Namibian dollars ($1.4 million) to fight a locust outbreak that has so far invaded seven regions and destroyed over...

PACJA to Biden: Engender ambitious climate action, negotiate realistic COP26 outcome

As the leaders on Climate Summit convened by the US president gets underway, the Pan-African Climate Justice Alliance (PACJA) calls on President Joe Biden...

Students’ shisha video: Incident reinforces need to ban sale of tobacco products near schools – CAPPA

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has commended the Lagos State Government on its decision to rehabilitate the five students smoking shisha...

Smoking in movies: A channel for tobacco addiction

The first television commercial was aired in 1941 and, since then, the screen still takes the lead as the most persuasive advertising platform. The...

USAID’s ‘COVID-19 Food Security Challenge’ provides $3m grants to companies

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched the USAID/Nigeria COVID-19 Food Security Challenge, through which USAID will offer $3 million in funding...

Why Africa must embrace science rather than ideology in fight against smoking

Despite effort by Africa in achieving some of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), reducing tobacco use has proved the hardest to deliver. Reducing tobacco...

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17 banks join call for binding treaty to end use of fossil fuels

A group of 17 leading banks from the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV) has endorsed the Fossil...
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Nigeria committed to Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – Minister

Nigeria being a signatory to Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is ready to collaborate with all stakeholders including the...

Climate change council charges stakeholders on transparent reporting to UNFCCC

Participants at the recently held workshop for the preparation of Nigeria's First Biennial Transparency Report (BTR1) and a Combined...

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17 banks join call for binding treaty to end use of fossil fuels

A group of 17 leading banks from the Global...

Nigeria committed to Post 2020 Global Biodiversity Framework – Minister

Nigeria being a signatory to Convention on Biological Diversity...
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