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Climate Change

‘Ibadan Declaration’ demands emission cuts

The civil society in Nigeria has said that, in line with the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)...

Ambition, selfishness and climate action

Humanity’s fossil addiction will be the climate hangman unless we quickly wean ourselves off them and take a new energy trajectory. We make this...

Madagascar, Benin, Angola to get $17.8m AfDB climate change support

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has renewed its support for climate change resilience in Madagascar, Benin and Angola, which are accessing $17.8 million of...

Global warming, bumpy rides and green flights

Experts have warned that jet streams intensified by global warming will increase the frequency of turbulence on transatlantic flights by 50 percent. Flights encountering air...

Linking Boko Haram to climate change, shrinking Lake Chad

Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad (Jamā'a Ahl al-sunnah li-da'wa wa al-jihād), better known by its Hausa name Boko Haram ("Western education is sinful"), is a jihadistmilitant...

Smallholder farmers and climate extremes

Basil Oru, a migrant farmer in Igbe, Ikorodu in Lagos, frowns at the rising temperatures, along with the irregular rainfall pattern he claims is...

Africans collaborate, tackle REDD

African delegates at the World Social Forum held recently in Tunisia have taken an historic decision to launch the "No REDD in Africa Network" and...

Cost of conserving the forest, curbing emission

Reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD) implies a set of steps designed to use market and financial incentives in order to reduce...

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NNPC/First E&P JV empowers NGOs with N53.4m

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) and First...
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NCDMB Co-Chair, Ekpo meets Exec Sec, pledges support for local content programmes

The Co-Chair of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Minister of State...

Summit to secure $4bn commitments to close clean cooking funding gap for African women

Development partners gathering in Paris on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, are expected to pledge towards the $4 billion needed...

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NNPC/First E&P JV empowers NGOs with N53.4m

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NCDMB Co-Chair, Ekpo meets Exec Sec, pledges support for local content programmes

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