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World population growth slowing, expected to reach 8bn by year’s end – UN

The global population is continuing to increase but growth is becoming slower, according to a new UN report to mark World Population Day on Monday,...
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G20: UN chief names climate emergency among areas for urgent multilateral action

UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday, July 9, 2022, outlined three areas for urgent multilateral action, namely the growing climate emergency; the food, energy...
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Human Welfare

Uganda urges UN refugee agency to support environmental protection drive

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has urged the United Nations to support the country’s environmental protection efforts by providing refugees with alternative means of energy...
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Renewable Energy

UN, GEF, others commit to resource efficiency, cleaner industrial production

The United Nations Industrialisation Development Organisation (UNIDO), Global Environmental Facilities (GEF) and Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) have collaborated for the effective implementation of...
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Renewable Energy

UN agencies support the Just Energy Transition in Asia

A  group of UN agencies designed to accelerate the phase-down of coal is working on ways to help societies wean themselves off coal in...
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Climate Change

Fossil fuels will only deliver ‘climate chaos,’ UN chief warns

UN Secretary General, António Guterres, says the current global economic paradigm of infinite growth based on using up a finite number of resources, such...
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Climate Change

Stockholm+50: UN acknowledges that fossil fuels are a threat to humanity

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on Tuesday, May 31, 2022, released the latest iteration of its draft text that will form the basis...
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Human Welfare

UN warns of worsening drought in Horn of Africa in four decades

The United Nations (UN) top relief official has warned of the worsening drought in the Horn of Africa region which has already affected more...
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NGX, DEG advance net-zero transition to unlock climate capital

Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX Group), in partnership with DEG, Germany’s development finance institution, and Africa Foresight Group (AFG), has...
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How UNESCO’s biodiversity initiative safeguards forests, communities

With forests shrinking and ecosystems degrading, the global biodiversity crisis has shifted from a distant environmental concern to an...
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Group trains journalists on health, climate benefits of plant-focused diet

The Renevlyn Development Initiative (RDI), in collaboration with Foodjustice, on Thursday, January 15, 2026, offered training to Nigerian journalists...

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NGX, DEG advance net-zero transition to unlock climate capital

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How UNESCO’s biodiversity initiative safeguards forests, communities

With forests shrinking and ecosystems degrading, the global biodiversity...

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