CLIMATE CHANGE – Buhari Urge UN Members to Rededicate Themselves To Rebuilding & Restoring The Environment
President Muhammadu Buhari, Monday in Katowice, Poland, said no country can confront climate change alone, urging UN-member countries to rededicate themselves to the task of rebuilding and restoring a healthy environment for future generations. In an address to the opening session of United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP24), President Buhari warned that the challenges of […]
IFAD-CASP executes multi million naira projects in Sokoto communities
By Ado Hassan, Sokoto THE International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Climate Change Adaptation and Agribusiness Support Programme(CASP) have executed multi million naira people oriented projects that impact rural dwellers in Sokoto state according to Dr Aminu Aliyu Dogon Daji, the Programme Coordinator. The efforts were in tune with the agency’s cardinal objective of […]
NGOs embarks on Promoting Peaceful Coexistence, Fighting Desertification & Climate change Through Trees Planting
The Centre for Community Actions for Peace and Development (CCAPAD) Jos , In partnership with Interfaith Mediation Center, (IMC) Kaduna, is poised to promote peaceful coexistence among the various ethnic and religious groups in Kaduna and Plateau States, by youth engagements in tree planting. In view of the above, the organizations is organizing a 2-week Educational […]
How much would it cost to switch to plastic alternatives? Richard Gray crunches the numbers.
By Richard Gray Walking along a short section of stony beach, Claire Waluda stoops briefly to pick up something from between the rocks. It is a brightly coloured plastic bottle top – just one of hundreds of bits of plastic that she finds washed ashore on the remote, windswept island of South Georgia. Located in […]
OIL SPILLAGE KILLS 33 PERSONS IN DELTA COMMUNITIES
THIRTY-THREE PERSONS ARE FEARED KILLED IN 50 COMMUNITIES IN DELTA STATE FOLLOWING OIL SPILLAGE IN THEIR AREAS. The spillage, said to have occurred sometime in April this year, attracted attention and visits by well meaning Deltans, particularly lawmakers representing various constituencies in the areas. Investigation revealed that the devastating oil spillage apart from the havoc […]
The unlikely pioneers fighting climate change
By Nathan Gardels The historian Arnold Toynbee famously argued that the well-being of a civilization can be judged by its ability to respond to human and environmental challenges. The Donald Trump administration’s full-throttle reverse course aimed at renewing fossil fuels as the chief source of energy — as the planet faces the droughts, deluges and firestorms […]
How to deal with climate change in the Black Sea
MARIA BEAT Climate change is a burning issue in the international agenda, and with global warming increasing, it adds a sense of immediate urgency. The year 2017 was the third-warmest year on record, the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Bonn, from Nov. 7 to Nov. 17, 2017, revealed. The conference confirmed as well that the […]