The world is in desperate need of innovative solutions to create a new, sustainable energy future. No one knows who or where the next great energy solution will come from. Solutions and technologies that could change the world are being developed globally, and the $4 million Zayed Future Energy Prize, managed by Masdar in Abu […]
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Months went by like wind, the time was fast approaching for Susan to end her national youth service, she thought about how she had been able to influence the lives of people in the locality especially the girls. Briefly after the conference that took place months back where she was given the opportunity to make
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The former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg has urged world leaders not to follow Donald Trump’s lead on climate change and declared his own intention to stave off the “tragedy” that would be the collapse of the Paris climate deal. The billionaire said in an interview there was no political motive tied to the release
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Against the backdrop of government’s recent ratifying of the Paris Climate Agreement, an environmentalist and climate change negotiator has listed a set of next steps to ensure that Nigeria keeps to her commitment to compliance to the world order, especially as it relates to sustainable development. Prince Lekan Fadina (right) with Eric Torres, a Director
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Today, our journey into the world of sustainability advocacy in Nigeria turns one, we have made some really good impacts that even we are in awe of how much we have achieved in one year!!! What started as on online blog to discuss sustainability in Africa quickly grew to a social enterprise that creates a
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Addressing climate change is a key priority for African countries as a region that is highly impacted and hence the need for urgent implementation of the various strategies at local, national and regional levels. Need for climate resilience: Pastoralists in Uganda The Eastern Africa is home to thousands of pastoralists who herd their livestock in
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As this year’s rainy season gathers momentum, the Lagos State Government has allayed the fears of residents over the torrential rainfall witnessed in the state on Thursday, April 20, 2017, saying that necessary steps had been taken to avert any incidence of the flood disaster in the state. The commissioner wondered why any right thinking
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“As the climate is changing, so too are the conditions within which non-state armed groups such as Boko Haram and ISIS operate. Climate change contributes to creating a fragile environment in which these groups can thrive.” These few lines appear to capture the essence of the outcome of a recent study that attempts to specifically
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The World Health Organisation (WHO) has achieved “record-breaking” progress in controlling neglected tropical diseases, which blind, maim, disfigure and debilitate millions of people worldwide, especially in poorest countries. The Director-General of WHO, Dr Margaret Chan, in a new report on Integrating Neglected Tropical Diseases into Global Health and Development, said an estimated one billion people
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18 April 2017: The UN General Assembly (UNGA) convened a high-level event on financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with support from the UN Environment Programme’s Inquiry into Design Options for a Sustainable Financial System, to “foment a global conversation” on mobilizing the needed resources from a range of sources. Opening the SDG Financing Lab
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