Monthly Archives: May, 2023

Biodiversity Day: Stakeholders call for sustainable actions to preserve ecosystem

The Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan Archdiocese, Most Revd. Gabriel Abegunrin, has called for collaborative efforts to attain sustainable actions toward preservation of the ecosystem. Abegunrin...

UK ivory ban to be extended to five new species

The UK government Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is to extend its ban on the import and trade of elephant ivory...

Biodiversity Day: Experts call for collective efforts to build back biodiversity

Experts have called for collective action to build back biodiversity in the country. They made the call at a webinar organised by the Association for...

Zimbabwe to regulate carbon credit market to curb green washing

Zimbabwe’s environmental minister on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, said the government would closely regulate voluntary carbon offset trading in a bid to curb greenwashing...

Africa needs $2.7trn to finance climate change by 2030 – Adesina

African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, has said that Africa will need about $2.7 trillion by 2030 to finance climate change. Adesina said...

Stakeholders converge on Sharm El Sheikh for AfDB’s 2023 Annual Meetings

Major stakeholders on the African continent have converged on Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for African Development Bank (AfDB) Group’s Annual Meetings. The stakeholders include Central...

Buhari inaugurates Dangote Refinery, calls it game changer for Nigeria’s economy

President Muhammadu Buhari has inaugurated Dangote Petroleum Refinery in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos, said to be the largest petrochemical company in the world. The company is expected...

Flood: NEMA partners with NiMet, NIHSA on early warning alerts

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has partnered the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) and Nigeria Hydrological Services Agency (NIHSA) to downscale early warning flood...

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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...