Climate Change

UN weather experts said on Thursday, August 12, 2021 that they were actively looking into a possible record temperature for Continental Europe of 48.8 Celsius (119.8 Fahrenheit) near the town of Syracuse in Sicily, amid devastating wildfires in Mediterranean countries and Russia. WMO Secretary-General, Petteri Taalas The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) said that it could not yet confirm or deny ...

The Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba, has assured Nigerians of the country’s readiness to participate in the forthcoming COP26 United Nations (UN) conference on climate change. Minister of State for Power, Mr Goddy Jedy-Agba Jedy-Agba disclosed this at the Nigeria Energy Forum (NEF) 2021 virtual conference with the theme: “Powering a Sustainable Industrial Revolution.” The 2021 United ...

A series of engagements involving government and civil society organisations (CSOs) has harvested contributions from the latter in the review and planned implementation of Nigeria’s Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs). South-West session NDCs are non-binding national plans highlighting climate actions, including climate related targets for greenhouse gas emission reductions, policies and measures governments aim to implement in response to climate change and as ...

The United Nations panel on climate change on Monday said global warming was dangerously close to being out of control and humans were “unequivocally” to blame. Greta Thunberg Report from the scientists of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) warned that greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere were high enough to guarantee climate disruption for decades if not centuries. It ...

The latest IPCC report confirms that the world can no longer lose time in prevarication or in finding new excuses not to act, including empty promises of net zero by 2050. Director general, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Sunita Narain, in this treatise, attempts an appraisal of the report’s findings Sunita Narain, director general, Centre for Science and Environment ...

Environment watchdog, 350.org, has said that the world needs decisive action within this decade, if it wants to have a chance to keep the planet from warming above 1.5C. May Boeve, Executive Director of 350.org. Photo credit: shifttheclimate.org In a reaction to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the state of the climate released on Monday, August ...

“Alarm bells are ringing; I hope everyone is hearing them,” said Mr Sonam P. Wangdi following the release of the latest IPCC’s Working Group 1 report AR6 Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science basis on Monday, August 9, 2021. Mr Sonam P. Wangdi, Chair of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group Mr Wangdi, the chair of the group of the 46 least developed ...

In a statement on the Working Group I contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) sixth assessment report, entitled Climate Change 2021: the Physical Science Basis, the UN Climate Change officially welcomes the report Patricia Espinosa, executive secretary of the UNFCCC The Working Group I contribution to the IPCC’s Sixth Assessment report confirms that it is indisputable that ...

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, speaking on the IPCC Working Group I Report on the Physical Science Basis of the Sixth Assessment, says that the world is at risk of hitting 1.5 degrees and that, to prevent exceeding the threshold, efforts must be stepped up to pursue the most ambitious path António Guterres. UN Secretary General Today’s IPCC Working Group 1 Report ...

Rotary Club of Abuja, Ministers Hills and other clubs, in collaboration with Abuja Parks and Recreation Department, have planted 40 trees in Nnamdi Azikiwe expressway to alleviate the effects of climate change. Tree planting Speaking at the planting of the trees in Abuja on Saturday, August 7, 2021, President of the club, Mr Bisi Teru, said that it was part of ...