Tag: Climate Change
Buhari tasks global community on climate change to avert disaster for human race
President Muhammadu Buhari Monday in Abu Dhabi called for greater global cooperation against the devastating effects of climate change to…
#COP21: Save Lake Chad’s ecosystem from depletion, Buhari tells world leaders
President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday in Paris called on world leaders to forge a united front to save Lake Chad’s…
Countries, World Bank announce funding for climate change
Governments of major world economies and the World Bank on Monday announced 700 million dollars contribution for funding climate change…
Hollande calls for strong climate agreement in Paris
French President, Francois Hollande, on Monday called for a climate agreement at the opening of a global summit in Paris…
Buhari heads to Paris, approves Nigeria’s contribution to Climate Change
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the submission of the country’s Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) to address climate change to…
Climate Change: Ashafa wants more Nigerians to embrace cooking gas
The Senator representing Lagos East Senatorial Constituency, Senator Gbenga Ashafa, has called on the general public to join in the…
Pope appeals for a climate agreement equitable to the poor
Pope Francis on Thursday issued a strong plea for the upcoming Paris climate change summit to reach a socially equitable…
President Buhari to participate in CHOGM, UN Conference on Climate Change
President Muhammadu Buhari will leave Abuja on Nov. 26 for Malta to participate in the 2015 Commonwealth Heads of Government…
French envoy seeks FG’s support for Lagos Govt.
Amb Stephane Gompertz, France’s Ambassador for Climate Change, has called for a robust participation from Nigeria at the climate change…
Climate Change: Nigeria ready to adopt binding agreement, says Buhari
Nigeria is strongly committed to the adoption of a legally binding universal agreement to mitigate climate change, President Muhammadu Buhari…
Climate Change: Trump disagrees with Pope Francis
AFP – Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks Pope Francis is wrong on climate change. The…
World loses forests size of South Africa in 25 years, says FAO
The world lost forests the size of South Africa over the past 25 years, a decline of more than three…
One in six species faces extinction from climate change
One out of six species faces extinction as a result of climate change and urgent action must be taken to…
Nigeria wants African countries to access Climate Change Fund
Nigeria has appealed to African countries to quickly put structure on ground to access the Green Climate Fund to implement…
Climate change fight time running out fast, says Ban Ki Moon
UN chief Ban Ki-moon urged nations Tuesday to seize a shrinking opportunity to tame global warming as ministers negotiated for…
Lagos And The Great Climate Change
By Tayo Ogunbiyi In recent time, climate change has become an unusual challenge posing as a major threat to the…
DiCaprio urges leaders to rise to climate challenge
Hollywood star Leonardo DiCaprio brought star power to the UN summit on climate change Tuesday, urging leaders to stop treating…
Climate Change And Lagos Rain Alert
By Tayo Ogunbiyi According to the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which monitors global weather, the first quarter of…
Lagos Climate to change in 2029, with dire consequences
The climate of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, as we know it today, with marked seasons for wet and dry months,…
Climate agency warns on dangers of burning coal
With rainfall patterns changing and food growing region getting drier, an Australia climate agency warned today that most fossil fuels…
Lights Out as world marks ‘Earth Hour’
Sydney’s skyline plunged into darkness on Saturday as the city cut its lights for the “Earth Hour” campaign against climate…
Ladipo Market And Climate Change
When flood ravaged many states in Nigeria last year, destroying homes, markets, offices and even killing people, not many remembered…
Rain havoc in Ibadan
GBENRO ADESINA/IBADAN Over 100 buildings including residential houses, churches, mosques, fuel stations and shops were destroyed by rainstorm in Ibadan,…
Lagos Warns On Heavy Rains
By Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State Government has called on residents of the state to be prepared for heavier rainfall…
Cities affect weather thousands of kilometres away
Heat from large cities alters local streams of high-altitude winds, potentially affecting weather in locations thousands of kilometres (miles) away,…
FLOOD: Relocate Now, Lagos Tells Residents
The Lagos State Government in Southwest Nigeria, has warned occupants of flood-prone areas in the state to relocate to other…
Stakeholders Proffer Solution To Energy Crisis
Stakeholders in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, have called for the development of a comprehensive energy strategy as a way out…
Lagos Youths Unite To Fight Climate Change
Thousands of secondary school students gathered at the Police College, Ikeja, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, to celebrate the 4th anniversary of…
Climate Change And Challenges Of Reducing Carbon Emission —Rasak Musbau
Climate change has become a new reality and a peculiar problem that has continually put world leaders on their toes…
Lagos: Before The Rains Come Again
LATEEF IBIROGBA Last Monday (February 13) Lagosians, in some parts of the city, had another taste of bad weather when…