The dangers posed by climate change and extreme weather are now being taken seriously by companies and investors. Environmental risks, such as droughts and wildfires, are now considered to be even more dangerous than turbulent markets, cyberattacks or geopolitical snafus.Climate and environmental issues top a rank of global risks produced by the World Economic Forum […]
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The 2019 Advancing Development Goals International Students Contest invites teams of Master students from all academic programmes to devise innovative and pragmatic solutions to the Challenges of Global Health. Registrations close on 24th March 2019.Submission is due by 15th July 2019. The Contest Eager to stimulate reflection and innovation on development from diverse disciplinary and contextual perspectives and
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Nela is an environmentalist with a background in International Relations and Political Science. She is passionate with conservation and human rights. Her professional background has focused on consulting and working in non-profits. In 2015, she took over the Obudu Conservation Centre as the Chief Executive Officer with the aim to increase Nigeria’s love and appreciation
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After a five-year lobbying and litigation effort from the plastics industry to upend the city’s environmental initiative, New York City has officially become the largest jurisdiction in the United States to ban polystyrene foam food and beverage containers. The policy went into effect on January 1stt. The City Council authorized the statute that states NYC restaurants, food
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Charged, eclectic and pragmatic are some of the most befitting adjectives to describe the inaugural Repair Fair workshop held at the RCCG Goshen Church, Lekki, Lagos on the 22nd of December, 2018. The event was hosted by The Repair Nest, a coalition of eight young West-African social change activists fixated on creating a network of
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Barely 24 hours after Ibrahim Usman Jubril tendered his resignation as the Minister of (State for) Environment, the presidency wasted no time in announcing the appointment of Suleiman Hassan as Nigeria’s new Minister of Environment.Ibrahim Jubril’s decision to resign from his office at the Ministry of Environment is connected to his emergence as the 13th
“It struck me that all this great work going on in development was fantastic, but if we couldn’t put a safety net under people that stops them from falling back when inevitably bad things happen, then we’re all wasting our time.” Richard Leftley How can our poverty eradication efforts through credit facilities like microfinance, the
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In 2015, 193 countries adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, an ambitious road map to create a better world by 2030. Formed by One Young World, Lead2030 is the first coalition of global businesses working together to support youth-led innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals. The Sustainable Development Goals From ending extreme poverty to protecting our
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The collapse of civilisation and the natural world is on the horizon, Sir David Attenborough told the UN climate change summit in Poland. Sir Attenborough was chosen to represent the world’s people in addressing delegates from 200 nations who are in Katowice to negotiate how to turn pledges made in the 2015 Paris climate deal into reality. As part
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On Friday, 19th of October 2018, the Susty Schools team visited Salem Academy, Lugbe Abuja and taught the Students the Sustainable Development Goals. The team comprising of Gabriel Ubochi, Kelechi Dike, Abigeal Adeyemi and Aniebiet Obot taught about 200 senior students of Salem Academy, Lugbe, Abuja about the Sustainable Development Goals. The students were asked
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