COP26
19 Jun 2022
The United Nations (UN) has urged Nigeria to vigorously pursue the implementation of national climate change plans (including the Nationally Determined Contributions, Energy transition Plan and Climate Change Act) and ramp up its ambition towards meeting net-zero by 2060 goal.
7 Apr 2022
Today is World Health Day (WHD). Worried that no fewer than 13 million deaths around the world each year are due to avoidable environmental causes, experts have made recommendations on how to protect human health and combat the climate crisis at a time of heightened conflict and fragility.
3 Jan 2022
The Federal Government and other stakeholders in the environment sector have stressed the need to strengthen the Department of Climate Change through capacity development and provision of adequate funding.
15 Dec 2021
Although the complex issue of the carbon market was hotly debated at COP26, its viability is contingent on a number of levers being developed
25 Nov 2021
“Africa’s target of restoring 100 million hectares of degraded land on the African continent was achievable,” Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari gave this assurance during a Great Green Wall...
15 Nov 2021
Nigeria and 44 nations have pledged to invest in sustainable farming to protect nature.
12 Nov 2021
Helping vulnerable nations cope with the multiplier effect of climate change on droughts, flooding, heatwaves and tropical mega-storms will require trillions of dollars, not the billions now on the table at COP26, a draft UN report obtained by AFP reveals.
11 Nov 2021
COP26 President Alok Sharma said there was still an array of unfinished business at the crunch UN climate summit on Thursday as scientists urged negotiators to heed their warnings for the need for urgent action to global warming.
10 Nov 2021
Nigeria and 49 other countries, yesterday, at the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland (COP26), committed to developing climate-resilient and low-carbon health systems.
9 Nov 2021
The need to create decent work for people in their local areas, coupled with reskilling and training, and social protection for those in need, among others, were lead discussions agreed at the COP26 Just Transition Declaration United Nations (UN) Climate Change Conference held in Scotland.
8 Nov 2021
As the COP 26 negotiations continue in Glasgow, Scotland about eight Nigerian institutions have joined 1,050 universities from 68 countries in making a range of new commitments...
8 Nov 2021
With COP26 underway, WaterAid is calling on world leaders to meet their $100 billion climate finance commitment by 2023, as estimates show that women in developing countries will miss out on 2.5 million...
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