Monthly Archives: October, 2022

Sustainable Devpt

Why oil corporations opted for divestment in Niger Delta, by ERA/FoEN report

The Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN) has published a policy brief on “International Oil Companies Divestment in the Niger Delta & Local...
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Disaster Risk Management

Flood washes up corpses at Bayelsa cemetery

The unending flood  across Bayelsa State has continued to wreak havoc as it has washed up several corpses at Azikoro Government Cemetery in Yenagoa, raising...
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Renewable Energy

Clean energy: Govt to develop just transition policies for oil workers

The Federal Government of Nigeria says it will develop new mechanism on how oil and gas professionals can leverage on their expertise to transit...
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Health

UN ramps up aid in Chad as floods hit 1m people

The United Nations and humanitarian partners said they were ramping up aid efforts for more than one million people in Chad impacted by flooding,...
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Climate Change

Finance for nature-based solutions must triple by 2030

Experts who met last month in Cairns, Australia, have highlighted the crucial role of nature-based solutions in tackling climate change, and called for vastly...
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Health

World Health Summit: Global leaders commit $2.6bn to end polio

Global leaders on Tuesday, October 12, 2022, confirmed $2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s (GPEI) 2022-2026 Strategy to end polio at a...
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Sustainable Devpt

Malian rights activist seeks state recognition for group

From the village of Salamale, in the Commune of Kangaba, some 115 miles from Bamako, a grassroots human rights defender is crying for formal...
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Climate Change

Economic losses from hurricanes become too big to be offset by US if warming continues – Study

Hurricane damages can increase due to increasing global temperatures, caused by greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels. Computer simulations of regional economic sectors and...
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Climate Change

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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Climate Change

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...
Health

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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Climate Change

A third of animal habitats could experience multiple extreme events by 2085 – Study

By 2085, 36 percent of species’ current habitats on...
Climate Change

Leaders call for Africa-led solutions following landmark court ruling on climate obligations

African leaders, policymakers, legal experts, scientists and practitioners have...