Yearly Archives: 2021

Biotechnology can help achieve SDGs, food security, say experts

As the world population is projected towards nine billion in 2050, experts in biotechnology say embracing biotechnological innovations can help to achieve Sustainable Development Goals...

Lagos advocates collaboration against climate change

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State on Monday, October 4, 2021 called for collaboration between residents and all stakeholders towards addressing the impact of...

CBD COP15: 50 voluntary commitments recorded at NGO Action Forum

A two-day Non-Governmental Organisations’ (NGO) Action Forum with over 400 participants closedon Tuesday, September 28, 2021, in Kunming, China, with 50 voluntary commitments from...

Sanwo-Olu, Mustapha set for GOCOP fifth annual conference

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, have confirmed their participation at the fifth...

COVID-19: GWP reviews strategies to ensure water security, SDGs

The Global Water Partnership West Africa (GWP-WA) has held its 10th Ordinary Assembly of partners in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, to review response strategies that...

Climate change: ‘Nowhere is safe, if Africa isn’t’ – Adenike Oladosu warns

Nigerian youth climate activist, Adenike Oladosu, has warned that the impact of climate change will not be limited to Africa alone. Despite contributing less to global...

IPCC circulates final draft of Working Group II report to govts for comment

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Friday, October 1, 2021, circulated the final draft of the Summary for Policymakers of the Working...

At pre-COP26 in Milan, rich nations urged to tidy up climate finance process

The participants of the preparatory conference for COP26 expect that all outstanding points of the Paris Agreement can be resolved, even as the preparations that...

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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...