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Nigeria glad US is back on climate change agenda, says Osinbajo

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says Nigeria is delighted that the US is fully back on the global climate change agenda. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, said...

Michael Simire - October 20, 2021

Human Welfare

WFP welcomes $5.3m from U.S. for refugee food assistance in Rwanda

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) on Thursday, June 24, 2021 received $5.3 million from USAID’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance (BHA) to provide...

Michael Simire - June 24, 2021

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Biden, at climate summit, pledges to halve U.S. emissions by 2030

U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday, April 22, 2021 pledged to cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in half by the end of the decade compared...

Michael Simire - April 22, 2021

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Osinbajo tasks U.S. on net-zero emissions, access to COVID-19 vaccine

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has urged the U.S. to support the call for a just global transition to net-zero emissions and lead the effort...

Michael Simire - April 19, 2021

Climate Change

Health experts urge Biden to ‘go big’ on nation’s climate change commitment

On behalf of the Medical Society Consortium on Climate and Health – a consortium of 32 national medical societies organised by the Centre for Climate...

Michael Simire - April 16, 2021

Climate Change

China, U.S. agree to cooperate on climate change despite spat in Alaska

China and the United States (U.S.) have decided to establish a joint working group on climate change, according to a statement by the Chinese...

Michael Simire - March 21, 2021

Health

US on verge of exceeding 500,000 Covid-19 deaths

The US is on track to top 500,000 deaths from Covid-19 – the most for any country in the world – on Monday, February...

Michael Simire - February 22, 2021

Climate Change

Paris Agreement is humanity’s pact with descendants – Guterres

UN Secretary-General António Guterres joined U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John F. Kerry at an event marking the United States’ re-entry into the...

Michael Simire - February 19, 2021

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