Monthly Archives: August, 2022

Govt, UNIDO to strengthen capacity of manufacturers, MSMEs

The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) has said that the organisation will collaborate with the Federal Government of Nigeria to strengthen capacity of...

Moderna files patent suit against BioNTech, Pfizer for COVID vaccine

U.S. biotech company Moderna dragged German rival BioNTech and its partner pharmaceutical giant Pfizer to court over alleged patent infringements in the development of...

Climate change: Regional Collaboration Centres usher in new era of implementation

The UN Climate Change secretariat on Tuesday, August 23, 2022, launched the "RCC Annual Report 2021 Momentum Towards Implementation". This third edition of the RCC...

Enhancing national capabilities to respond to climate change

The 12th professional training programme on greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories, conducted this year in-person, took place from July 25 to August 12 in Seoul,...

Group advocates inclusion of agroecology in climate change policy

The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF), an NGO, on Thursday, August 25, 2022, advocated inclusion of agroecology in the policy of climate change...

Climate action: Asia and Pacific forum seeks regional approach to unleashing blended finance

The second of the “Regional Finance Forums” – convened by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), the...

Nigeria celebrates three years of being polio-free

Nigeria once considered the most challenging country to end Polio disease, on Thursday, August 25, 2022, celebrated the three years of last reported case...

Uganda intensifies border surveillance after Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo

Uganda has intensified surveillance on its western border following a reported Ebola case in the neighbouring eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), a senior...

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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

Children from the Child Rights Advocacy Club in Mashi Local Government Area of Katsina State have raised serious concerns...
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ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in Lagos, Nigeria’s flagship climate resilience initiative, the Agro-Climatic Resilience in...

Inger Andersen: Gearing up for a year of multilateral action

Speech delivered by Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the 173rd meeting of the Committee...

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Katsina children raise alarm over climate-linked school hazards

Children from the Child Rights Advocacy Club in Mashi...

ACReSAL surpasses midpoint targets, eyes expansion as Lagos review opens

At the opening of a three-day strategic review in...