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Climate change: Guterres renews call for $100bn for developing countries

The United Nations (UN) has renewed call for developed nations to fulfill their pledge to provide $100 billion a year for developing countries to support...

UN calls for preventive measures against future pandemics

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday, December 27, 2020 urged the world to start thinking about the next pandemic as it strives to recover...

UN youth climate advisors urge green jobs-led COVID-19 recovery

The need for greater investments in green jobs is at the top of the youth climate agenda for 2021 according to a new report,...

Govts, businesses, investors ramp up ambition at UN climate Roundtable

The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has called for every government, business, civil and international organisation in the world to develop a transition plan to...

UN chief seeks $35bn funding for WHO’s COVID-19 vaccine research

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday, September 10, 2020 called for a “quantum leap in funding” for the World Health Organisation’s (WHO)...

Over 1bn school children worldwide affected by COVID-19, says Guterres

The coronavirus pandemic has prompted the largest educational disruption in history that has affected more than 1 billion school students worldwide, UN Secretary General...

Guterres outlines steps to strengthen UN’s development framework

Stating that the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is the “boldest agenda for humanity” and requires equally bold changes in the United Nations development system, Secretary-General António Guterres...

Sri Lanka’s Wickramanayake replaces Jordan’s Alhendawi as Guterres’ youth envoy

United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Jayathma Wickramanayake of Sri Lanka as his next Envoy on Youth.  She will succeed Ahmad Alhendawi of...

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Enugu devising environmental law, climate change policy

The Enugu State Government has established an environmental law to back up its activities and prevent environmental degradation in...
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Gombe pays N1bn counterpart fund – ACReSAL coordinator

The Gombe State Government has paid N1 billion as marching grant to the Agro-Climatic Resilience in Semi-Arid Landscapes (ACReSAL)...

Climate change increasingly poses health threat – EU agency

Climate change is exacerbating floods and droughts and reducing water quality, posing an increasing threat to people’s health. This is...

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Enugu devising environmental law, climate change policy

The Enugu State Government has established an environmental law...

Gombe pays N1bn counterpart fund – ACReSAL coordinator

The Gombe State Government has paid N1 billion as...
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