Tag: Climate Change
Climate Change: Ambode confident, Green Bond Market will mitigate climate change effect
Governor Akinwunmi Ambode has described the Climate Change Bond Initiative (CBI) launched in Lagos state on Thursday by some financial…
Climate change: Ambode calls for collaboration
Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Thursday called for collaboration to reverse the negative effects of climate change to…
Nigerian leaders urged to tackle climate change issues
The Founder of GreenAid Africa, Dr Tabi Joda, has advised Nigerian leaders to address climate change issues which are threatening…
Climate Change: World Bank to assist Africa to embrace green buildings
The private sector arm of the World Bank Group on Tuesday said that it will assist African nations to embrace…
Climate change: African Forest Forum calls for sustainable forest management
A pan-African Non-Governmental Organisation, African Forest Forum (AFF), has called for a sustainable forest management in Africa, to mitigate the…
Climate Change: UN says Africa is embracing technology
African countries are beginning to embrace technology in managing climate change, a UN official said on Monday.
Nigeria, others supported to mitigate effect of climate change
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) is supporting some countries, including Nigeria, in efforts to mitigate the consequences of climate…
Climate Change: African countries to discuss Paris agreement implementation
Ministers from eight African countries and senior UN officials will meet in Kenya to discuss ways of implementing the Paris…
Climate change: World Bank reveals 143 million people will migrate internally
Climate change will push 143 million people from Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia and Latin America to migrate within their countries…
Australian scientists join international coalition to combat climate change
The Australian Academy of Science has joined an international coalition of expert bodies calling for the Commonwealth of Nations to…
Climate change: Farmers advised against early planting
Prof. Charles Igwe, of the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has advised farmers not to rush into…
Farmers/herdsmen clash as a result of climate change
Mr Chido Onumah, Coordinator, Africa Centre for Media and Information Literacy (AFRICMIL), has attributed the farmers/herdsmen crisis in Benue to…
Climate Change: UN opens portal to monitor Paris Agreement
The UN Climate Change Secretariat on Friday inaugurated a new portal to support the Talanoa Diaologue.
Climate Change: Nigerian Govt urged to outlaw importation of gasoline generators
Some secondary school students in Edo have called on the Federal Government to ban the importation of gasoline generators so…
Climate Change: Berlin calls on finance sector to lead way
The world’s financial sector must do more to tackle climate change by investing more carefully, Germany’s Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks…
NGO tasks Federal Government to mitigate causes of climate change
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative (CCMAI), an NGO, has urged the Federal Government to mitigate the causes of climate…
NGO urges Nigerian Govt to mitigate causes of climate change
Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Initiative (CCMAI), an NGO, has urged the Federal Government to mitigate the causes of climate…
AfDB to support Nigeria to access Crop Insurance
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has announced plans to support Nigeria to access Crop Insurance, to mitigate the impact of…
A quarter of UN Natural Heritage sites under threat
Climate change has sharply increased the number of World Heritage ecosystems that have become under threat over the past three…
Climate change: NGO tells Nigerians to create jobs
An NGO, Connected Development (CODE), has called on Nigerian youth to leverage on climate change to create sustainable job opportunities…
Experts recommend measures to soften climate change impact on cocoyam
Agricultural experts and other stakeholders in cocoyam cultivation have recommended measures to mitigate the adverse effects of climate change on…
Reps decry seeming knowledge gap on Climate change
The Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Climate Change, has blamed the poor attitude of Nigerians to the issue on…
Climate change programme to improve people’s lives in northern states
Mr Abdullahi Surajo, Communication Officer, Climate Change Adaptation Support Programme (CASP), says the scheme aims at improving farmers’ income, boosting…
FG inaugurates ecological projects in Enugu, address of climate change effects
The Federal Government says it is aware of the challenges of climate change and was determined to address its effects…
Climate change action ‘a necessity’ – António Guterres
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for sustained action to meet the global challenge and to ensure a peaceful and…
NATO: Climate change may worsen Middle East crisis
Lawmakers from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation’s (NATO) Parliamentary Assembly on Monday said climate change would worsen food and water…
NASS promises to tackle issues of climate change
The National Assembly has assured Nigerians it would pass the bill which seeks to provide legislative framework to check the…
FG advised to include climate change in school curriculum
Mr Henry Akwitti, President of Ecolife Conservation Initiative, on Wednesday urged the Federal Government to include environmental and climate change…
Climate Change: Lagos offers very little protection for citizens
Only a small fraction of Lagosians have a little protection against climate change, a new study as revealed. According to…
Delta Assembly approves Gov. Okowa’s N500m loan request
Delta House of Assembly on Tuesday approved Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa’s request to borrow N500 million from Fidelity Bank Plc to…