Yearly Archives: 2024

$4tr is new annual financial target to save SDGs – AfDB’s Adesina

African Development Bank Group (AfDB) President, Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, has emphasised the critical need for significantly increased financing to meet the Sustainable Development...

International Leopard Day: Spotlight on the elusive, solitary cat

Every year on May 3, the world turns its attention to one of nature’s most exquisite and elusive creatures – the leopard – during...

From billions to trillions: Setting a new goal on climate finance

A new phase of work on one of the most important items currently on the global climate change agenda – setting a new goal...

Road to Busan clear as negotiations on a global plastics treaty close in Ottawa

The fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC-4), concluded on Monday, April 29,...

Women engineers call for the use of AI in power sector

The Association of Professional Women Engineers of Nigeria (APWEN) has called on the Federal Government to use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to address the challenges...

‘Commitment inadequate, lacks urgency’ – More reactions trail G7 coal power phase out plan

The commitment to phase out unabated coal in the first half of the 2030s is not only inadequate but also exhibits an abject lack...

HIV treatment delivered to 24m with 10-year partnership

Ten years after the signing of ground-breaking licensing agreements between ViiV Healthcare and the Medicines Patent Pool (MPP), as well as ViiV’s direct agreements...

After slow start, Plastics Treaty talks gain new momentum at INC-4

The Plastics Treaty fourth Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-4) closed in Ottawa, Canada, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, for the first time with draft text...

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From transit hub to global model: How Nigeria gave pangolins a fighting chance

The world came to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to learn from Nigeria's experience. The occasion was CITES CoP20, the once-every-three-years global conference...
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Rebuilding futures: VCDF, Lagos, SEEPCO revitalise Obele community schools

Efforts to improve public education infrastructure in Nigeria received a significant boost on March 25, 2026, as the Vcare...

Decade of Gas: Nigeria’s gas production surges to 7.5bcf/d, targets 12bcf/d by 2030 – Ubong

The Coordinating Director of the Decade of Gas Secretariat, Mr. Ed Ubong, has disclosed that Nigeria’s gas production rose...

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From transit hub to global model: How Nigeria gave pangolins a fighting chance

The world came to Samarkand, Uzbekistan, to learn from...

Rebuilding futures: VCDF, Lagos, SEEPCO revitalise Obele community schools

Efforts to improve public education infrastructure in Nigeria received...