Civil society and indigenous forest communities have expressed concerns over the accelerating decline of forests in African countries, and called on drastic measures to reverse the trend. Around 100 participants from 20 forest-dependent countries across Africa are meeting on the…
...Scientists and politicians widely acknowledge that climate change is one of the most pressing issues, an existential threat that humanity is facing today. The Paris Agreement adopted in 2015 has set the way forward for all countries to act together in curbing climate change. These commitments must now be implemented.
The secretariat of UN Climate Change has published an overview of the Katowice Climate Package, adopted at the UN Climate Change Conference COP24 in Katowice last December. The package constitutes the guidelines for the implementation of the Paris Climate Change…
Hunger is on the rise in Africa mainly due to difficult global economic conditions, adverse climatic conditions due to El Nino and soaring staple food prices, according to a new report published by the UN. The 2018 Africa Regional Overview…
United Nations report has revealed that only nine per cent of the nine billion tonnes of plastic produced in the world are recycled for another use. This apparently contributes to the environmental pollution across the globe. As it’s World Environment…
Africa continues to suffer enormous social and economic losses in billions of dollars as a result of climate change impacts. A vulnerable continent that is burning and flooding at the same time needs finance to be able to achieve mitigation,…
Agriculture is the mainstay of most developing country economies. Ironically, they are the most vulnerable to climate change impacts through extreme weather events such as drought, floods, landslides, storm surge, and soil erosion, affecting their predominantly rain-fed agricultural productivity and…
The current climate talks in Bonn, Germany must pave the way for key outcomes at the COP24 at the end of the year, civil society operatives have said. This, according to them, includes significant progress on the implementation guidelines for…
Gabriel Ogunjobi – The Federal Minister of State for Environment, Ibrahim Usman Jibril has visited the Port Harcourt city, yesterday to meet with some stakeholders in order to chart out way forward from the environmental pollution of soot in the…
By UCHE HENRY – The Director General, Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Prof. Gloria Elemo has decried the increasing rate of death among women who cook with firewood. Apart from the bodily danger it constitutes for the users, Mrs Gloria…
