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COP30: Outcry as Brazil grants oil drilling license in Amazon basin

Less than one month before the UN Climate Conference in Belém, the Brazilian government - host of COP30, the "Amazon COP" - has approved...

Brazil auctions Amazon oil blocks amid communities’ protest, climate concern

While claiming leadership on the international climate agenda at the pre-COP30 climate conference in Bonn, Germany, the Brazilian government, through the ANP (National Agency for...

Climate movement flays President Lula’s statement about Amazon oil exploration

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has underlined the need to release the license for Petrobras to drill in block FZA-M-59, in the mouth of the Amazon. But...

Amazon summit fails to set concrete targets to stop deforestation

The eight nations that share the Amazon basin have come under fire for a joint declaration agreed at their summit in Brazil. The critics were...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major causes of weather extremes such as heavy rainfall. There have...
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International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition and inclusion in Nigeria’s circular economy drive. Mr. Friday Oku, President...

Onuigbo hails Tinubu’s reforms, backs Regional Development Commissions as path to national growth

The member representing the South East on the Governing Board of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Sam Ifeanyi...

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Extreme flooding and intensifying rainfall variability in Nigeria

Synopsis Climate change and natural climate variability are the major...

International Waste Pickers’ Day: Pickers seek recognition for sustainable development

Waste pickers in Lagos have called for formal recognition...
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