Monthly Archives: May, 2023

Science & Tech

A just world on a safe planet: Study quantifies Earth system boundaries

Humans are taking colossal risks with the future of civilisation and everything that lives on Earth, a new study published in the journal Nature shows. Developed by an...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2023

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PACJA supports US, EU lawmakers’ call for UAE’s withdrawal of oil mogul as COP28 President

On May 23, 2023, Lawmakers from the European Parliament and the US Congress released a statement where they added their voice to several others...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2023

Health

On World No Tobacco Day, pressure mounts to make Big Tobacco pay

As the global community commemorates the World No Tobacco Day, tobacco control groups – Corporate Accountability and the Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2023

Agric & Biotech

Kogi urged to knock out poverty, land degradation with palm oil production

Solidaridad, a solution-oriented civil society organisation, has called on the Kogi State Government to promote massive palm oil production to curb poverty and land...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2023

Health

Tobacco use kills more than 1,200 Fijians per year – Ministry

Over 1,200 people in Fiji die from tobacco use every year, causing an economic loss of millions of dollars due to healthcare costs and...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2023

Conservation

Envirium, ASITY partner to rescue Madagascar coastal environment

Envirium Life Sciences is collaborating with ASITY Madagascar (a BirdLife partner) for the preservation of the biodiversity, the mangrove restoration in the Mangoky Ihotry,...

Michael Simire - May 31, 2023

Climate Change

How we invested $8bn to support Africa’s recovery from climate-related challenges – AfDB

The African Development Bank Group remained resilient in the face of the unprecedented global economic challenges in 2022, investing over $8 billion that year...

Michael Simire - May 30, 2023

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Climate change: Implementation of Nigeria’s NDCs to gulp $543bn

The projected cost of implementing Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) within the next seven years is in the region of $543 billion. This is...

Michael Simire - May 30, 2023

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