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Agriculture sector financiers concerned about the effects of climate change on local farmers

Major agriculture financers along with the U.N. agencies and other research organizations are concerned about the effects of climate change on small-time farmers and their activities. At the five-day African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, the Major agriculture financers and noted the overall impacts of climate change and its effects on farming “We must […]

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Court asked to declare permits for GM cotton, maize illegal

Original Post on Environewsnigeria The Health of Mother Earth Foundation (HOMEF) and sixteen other NGOs have joined forces to issue a complaint about permits allegedly issued by the National Biosafety Management Agency (NBMA) for genetically modified (GM) cotton and maize in Nigeria. The NGOs are asking the court to dismiss the permits granted to Monsanto Agricultural Nigeria Limited

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Can 365 Years of Climate History Help Prevent Crises in East Africa?

Original post by ELIZABETH KAHURANI for  International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) For a long time, a majority of African countries have not been proactively mitigating the negative impact of drought and flood events. As a result, relief initiatives are often too late to stem the loss of lives and other social and economic impacts. To

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Wecyclers’ Bilikiss Adebiyi Is Set To Bring More Parks & Gardens To Lagos

Original post on Konbini Software programmer-turned-environmentalist, and Co-founder of Wecyclers – Bilikiss Adebiyi-Abiola has been appointed by the Lagos state governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, as the new General Manager of the Lagos State Parks and Gardens Agency (LASPARK). LASPARK, was launched five years ago by the Lagos State government to make Lagos greener and healthier by developing and maintaining functional and operational

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Will New Scientific Breakthroughs Pave The Way For More Climate-Related Lawsuits?

Original post on Huffington post  Post By Elliott Negin for TriplePundit    What can you do when the president of the United States says climate change is a hoax and Congress is gridlocked by fossil fuel industry-funded climate science deniers? Look to the courts for redress — with a major assist from science. Using sophisticated computer

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Buhari inaugurates SDGs advisory Council to fight poverty and climate change

President Muhammadu Buhari on inaugurated the Presidential Advisory Council on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) chaired by him to boost the fight against poverty and climate change. Buhari, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, reaffirmed the administration’s belief that SDGs implementation would have decisive implications for Nigeria’s development. According to him, the SDGs occupy a

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Towards a green economy

By Achim Steiner Administrator, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) The impact of climate change and environmental degradation threatens our efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and, indeed, the very foundations of life on our shared planet. Unless degradation is curtailed, poverty and instability will deepen, and growth cannot be lasting or inclusive. Healthy ecosystems bring

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OPINION: On the Road to 2030: Towards Building a “Floodless” Future

While some regions experience scanty rainfalls, others flood away in inundated rainwater. Lives and properties continue to be lost, threatening our hope of an inclusive and resilient world. In the last weeks, different cases of flood disasters were recorded in different places across the world. The telegraph reported that more than 1,200 people have lost

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