Yearly Archives: 2024

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Concern as COP29 fails to deliver sufficient climate finance for developing countries

The UN climate talks ended on Saturday night in Baku, Azerbaijan, following two weeks of intense negotiations, whose primary focus was establishing a new...
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Agric & Biotech

Jigawa sends 30 technicians to China for agric mechanisation training

Governor Mallam Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has flagged off the departure of 30 newly recruited “master technicians” to China for specialised training in...
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Climate Change

COP29: Giving entry to carbon markets makes dangerous step backward for climate justice – Campaigners

In what observers have described as a disappointing and dangerous outcome at the UN's climate change conference COP29, governments have agreed to an “alarming”...
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Climate Change

UK unveils £239m new funding to help forest-rich nations tackle climate change

The world’s forests will be better protected after support announced on Friday, November 22, 2024, by the UK to help countries with vital tropical...
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Agric & Biotech

EU funded project paves way for climate-smart agri-food systems in East Africa

In an event aimed at advancing sustainable agricultural practices, the PrAEctiCe, a Horizon Europe project funded by the European Union, hosted an Online Agroecology...
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Climate Change

We’re not prepared to accept things that cross our red lines – Ali Mohamed

Amb Ali Mohamed, Kenya’s Special Envoy for Climate Change and Chair of the African Group of Negotiators, on Saturday, November 24, 2024, responds to...
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Climate Change

Nnimmo Bassey: COP29 and climate geopolitics

As COP29 dragged into overtime the expected climate finance target of at least $1.3 trillions of dollars shrunk to an offer of $250 billion...
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Climate Change

NCQG number meaningless, doesn’t show accountability – Mohamed Adow

As the climate talks at COP29 continue past the official date, Mohamed Adow, director of Power Shift Africa, has dismissed the number provided as...
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17 California State University campuses join statewide wildlife monitoring effort

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Anambra commissioner tasks Nigerians on hydration amid intense heat

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17 California State University campuses join statewide wildlife monitoring effort

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Anambra commissioner tasks Nigerians on hydration amid intense heat

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