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According to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), over 821 million people are currently suffering from chronic undernourishment across the globe. The reasons for the surge are complex, but are attributed to increasing conflict, economic slowdowns and the rise in extreme weather events related to climate change. However, change is possible. World Food

In January 2016 the 17 Sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable development officially came into force. Since then, countries, Aid organisations, INGOs and other development related organisations have focused on the SDGs. Of all the goals, I have paid the most attention to is SDG2- End Hunger, Achieve Food Security and Improved

The United Nations (UN) released a 16 page document on their strategy for Youth Development themed- Working with and for Young people. The 16 page document  detailed  the Role of the UN, it’s Vision, Objectives on the youth strategy, Plans on strengthening the foundations that delivers with and for young people, Priority areas also, Coordination,

There is a pressing need for “unprecedented” collective  actions to be taken by all countries to drastically reduce their carbon emissions over the next decade to save the world according to a report by the United Nations Intergovernmental  Panel on climate change(IPCC) released on Monday, 8th of October, 2018. The report warns  that we have

This originally appeared on Concise News President Muhammadu Buhari has identified climate change as one of the reasons Nigerian youths embark on illegal migration to Europe. The President listed other causes of illegal migration from developing to developed countries to include lack of security, education and healthcare among others. According to a statement on Friday by his

For years we were made to believe that climate change was not going to affect us anytime soon. Sadly, this is not the case, this summer several countries around the world faced surging temperatures, flash floods, and many other freakish weather events. National Geographic had a cover that asked if we lived in a planet

Original post on Tributeonline.ng The Federal Government, on Monday, challenged the National Steering Committee on Technology Needs Assessment (TNA) on Climate Change to come out with practicable solutions that would combat the challenges of desert and coastal encroachment in the country. Minister of Science and Technology, Dr Ogbonnaya Onu stated this in Abuja, while declaring

Post originally appeared on abcnews An international meeting in Bangkok fell short of its aim of completing fruitful preparations to help an agreement be reached in December on guidelines for implementing the 2015 Paris climate change agreement. The six-day meeting, which ended on Sunday, was scheduled to step up progress in the battle against rising global

Original version of this post appeared on DW Over the weekend, over 1000 rallies were held in countries around the world, all calling for more active climate action. The protests, which were organised as part of the “Rise for Climate” protests, called on governments to end reliance on fossil fuels and move more rapidly toward renewable