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New COP21 president sets agenda to build Paris Agreement momentum

The new President of the UN climate change process, French Minister of the Environment, Energy and the Sea, Ségolène Royal, on Monday February 22,...

Nile Day: Region asked to focus on reversing climate change impacts

February 22nd is the annual day to celebrate the Nile River, an essential force of life for millions. In this celebration, 350.org called for...

How Paris became possible, by UN climate chief

Christiana Figueres speaks at TED2016 – Dream, February 15-19, 2016, Vancouver Convention Centre, Vancouver, Canada In 2009, six months after a spectacularly failed climate change summit...

How Paris Agreement empowers women to act on climate

Governments, institutions and agencies are increasingly considering ways in which women and gender considerations can be better integrated into climate action planning. The Paris...

WHO: Climate change may have helped spread Zika virus

Warmer and wetter conditions facilitate transmission of mosquito-borne diseases, which may have added to spread, says lead climate change scientist. Oliver Milman writes in...

UNFCCC boss, Christiana Figueres, bows out

Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Christiana Figueres, will serve out her term that ends in July. She has...

King of Morocco approves COP22 Steering Committee

King Mohammed VI of Morocco has approved the appointment of the COP22 steering committee members, chaired by Salaheddine Mezouar, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs...

UNEP, partners devise agenda on sustainable real estate

On 12th December 2015, history was made in Paris when 195 countries agreed to work together to substantially curb global warming by limiting it...

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ACB demands national ban as glyphosate found in South Africa’s staple foods

Through a formal, comprehensive, and urgent submission, the African Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) requests the Minister of Agriculture to deregister and ban...
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UK deepens partnership with Bayelsa on security, youth resilience, women’s empowerment

The British Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja, Mrs. Gill Lever OBE, has concluded a three-day working visit to Bayelsa...

Over 127,000 pairs of glasses distributed as VCDF, SEEPCO launch free eye care services in Delta

In a major boost to community healthcare delivery, Vcare for Development Foundation (VCDF) in partnership with the Delta State...

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ACB demands national ban as glyphosate found in South Africa’s staple foods

Through a formal, comprehensive, and urgent submission, the African Centre for...

UK deepens partnership with Bayelsa on security, youth resilience, women’s empowerment

The British Deputy High Commissioner in Abuja, Mrs. Gill...
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