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2019 concludes decade of exceptional global heat – WMO

The year 2019 concludes a decade of exceptional global heat, retreating ice and record sea levels driven by greenhouse gases from human activities. Average...

Michael Simire - December 5, 2019

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Participatory approach necessary in implementing Great Green Wall programme – Odusote

Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Environment, Mrs Ibukun Odusote, has stressed the need for participatory approach in the implementation of the programme of the Great Green...

Michael Simire - December 5, 2019

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Has COP3 of Minamata Convention missed an opportunity?

The third meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP3) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury that held from November 25 to 29, 2019 in Geneva,...

Michael Simire - December 3, 2019

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Asiodu laments state of the environment

“The nation is losing its land at a fast rate, desert is spreading and encroaching vegetation, mangroves are being cleared, and pollution is everywhere.” Those were the...

Michael Simire - December 3, 2019

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COP25 begins with calls for serious progress on climate action

The UN Climate Change Conference (COP25) holding in Madrid, Spain kicked off on Monday, December 2, 2019, with urgent calls to make serious progress on climate...

Michael Simire - December 2, 2019

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Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan meet over disputed Nile dam

Egypt is hosting a new round of talks with Ethiopia and Sudan on a disputed dam built by Ethiopia on the Nile, as part of an...

Michael Simire - December 2, 2019

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From Nigeria to Canada: climate change, youth and a bridge to cross

I was still a child the first time I heard of Canada. This was in 1995, during the controversial execution of the Ogoni-born Nigerian activist, Ken...

Michael Simire - November 27, 2019

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Findings show online sites selling illegal mercury-laced skin lighteners

Skin lightening creams containing mercury – a heavy metal and dangerous neurotoxin – are still widely available to purchase in shops and online, despite being banned...

Michael Simire - November 27, 2019

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