Category: Environment/Climate

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Environment/Climate

Scientists warn Earth could break through major climate threshold by 2032

Global temperatures could exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius above their preindustrial levels within the next 15 years, according to a new scientific study, crossing the first threshold...

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Environment/Climate

South-South Cooperation crucial for global goals, climate action, says report

A new report highlighting the role of South-South Cooperation in sustainable development and climate change challenges was launched on Wednesday, May 10, 2017 at the...

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Environment/Climate

Ikebiri spill: No more hiding place for Agip, says group

It is time for the slowly-grinding wheel of justice to crush the Nigeria Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC) and its subsidiary, which had evaded justice...

Nigeria develops funding proposal to access climate fund 0

Environment/Climate

Nigeria develops funding proposal to access climate fund

Bothered by the fact that it is yet to access the the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Nigeria has kick-started moves to turn things around and...

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Environment/Climate

Spill: Ikebiri community sues ENI, NAOC, demands compensation

The Ikebiri community from Bayelsa State in Nigeria on Friday, May 5, 2017 launched a legal case against the Italian oil giant ENI, seeking clean...

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Environment/Climate / Health

Group alerts on ‘suspicious’ amendment of tobacco bill

Akinbode Oluwafemi, deputy director, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria (ERA/FoEN), alerted media executives in Abuja on Thursday, May 4, 2017 on alleged attempts...

$177m earmarked for Nigeria under $3.5b Africa ocean economies initiative 0

Environment/Climate

$177m earmarked for Nigeria under $3.5b Africa ocean economies initiative

Africa is once again at the centre of global focus, thanks to an initiative aimed at ensuring that its marine economies are climate-resilient. In the...