Human-induced climate change has more than doubled the number of dangerous humid heat days recorded across the world since the 1970s, exposing hundreds of millions of people, including Nigerians, to heightened risks of heat-related illnesses and death, a new report has revealed. The analysis, released on Wednesday by a US-based independent group of scientists and communicators under the aegis of
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Barely a week after negotiators left Bonn divided over climate finance, adaptation funding, and implementation of the Paris Agreement, attention has shifted to London, where policymakers, investors, legislators, and climate advocates are gathering for what has become one of the world’s most influential climate diplomacy events outside the formal United Nations process. From Monday through Thursday, the London Climate Action
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Former member of the House of Representatives and sponsor of Nigeria’s Climate Change Act 2021, Hon. Sam Onuigbo, will this week assume office as President of GLOBE International, the world’s foremost network of lawmakers advancing climate action and sustainable development. Onuigbo’s inauguration will take place on Tuesday at the House of Commons in London during the 35th anniversary celebration of
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Global Fishing Watch has unveiled a series of new international partnerships and transparency initiatives aimed at strengthening fisheries governance, vessel tracking and the fight against illegal fishing, as countries participating in the 11th Our Ocean Conference called for greater accountability in the management of marine resources. The announcements were made on Thursday at the close of the global ocean summit
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The Immediate past National President of the Fisheries Society of Nigeria, Dr. Adegoke Agbabiaka, has identified the absence of standardization in fish seed, quality feed production from locally available resources, inadequate linkage between research and aquaculture systems as the biggest obstacles preventing Nigeria from realising its fish production potential. Speaking with The PUNCH at the 11th Our Ocean Conference in
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Nigeria was absent on Thursday as 16 countries from Africa, Europe, Asia, the Caribbean and the Pacific adopted the landmark Mombasa Declaration, a new international commitment aimed at strengthening fisheries transparency and intensifying the global fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. The declaration was adopted at the closing session of the 11th Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenya, with
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World leaders, development partners, businesses and civil society organisations on Thursday announced fresh commitments worth $6.4 billion to strengthen ocean conservation, sustainable fisheries, climate resilience and the blue economy, placing renewed pressure on Nigeria and other African nations to accelerate investments in protecting their marine resources. The commitments were unveiled at the close of the 11th Our Ocean Conference in
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Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has reaffirmed Nigeria’s commitment to unlocking the economic potential of its oceans, saying the country is targeting five million new ocean-based jobs while seeking stronger African collaboration to tackle illegal fishing and maritime insecurity. Tinubu stated this in a speech delivered on Wednesday at the opening ceremony of the 11th Our Ocean Conference in Mombasa, Kenya.
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The UN humanitarian agencies have said that no fewer than 60 million people in the Horn of Africa were in urgent need of humanitarian assistance. The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) incident manager
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As part of it’s aim at cutting down greenhouse gases and replacing it with cleaner sources of energy, the governor of Lagos State South West Nigeria Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has announced the arrival
Adetokunbo Abiola Methane continued its upwards emissions spiral, as it recorded its fourth highest annual increase in 2022, rising by 14 parts per billion to 1,911.9 ppb in the past year, faster
The value of Nigerian soya beans in the global market has reached N462.2 billion ($ 1.18 billion) due to huge production which has led to the exportation of the according to recent
A new report from the UN Climate Change shows that countries are bending the curve of global greenhouse gas emissions downward but underlines that these efforts remain insufficient to limit global temperature
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