Nigar Arpadarai, has been appointed as the UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP29. She is an independent member of the Milli Majlis (Parliament ) representing a central constituency in Baku city since 2020. Arpadarai, with a diverse background spanning 15 years in international organizations, sports, and telecommunications, brings a wealth of experience to this new role. In her parliamentary
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Although 2024 has just begun, the coming months will determine if Cop29 will be a success and whether benefits will trickle down to vulnerable communities in developing countries. The Cop29 summit in Baku in November will focus on climate finance. Government negotiators in the Global North always tell us that their ambition on finance depends on their parliaments. This has
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Voluntary standards and initiatives for carbon management (VSICMs) can help fill a legal void in climate regulations and add much-needed credibility to corporate climate action claims. However, new research shows that a lack of uptake from private sector companies and limited coordination and alignment between VSICMs are hindering their impact. Two new reports from the International Institute for Sustainable Development
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On the busy streets of Togo’s capital, Lomé, change is afoot amongst some of the city’s motorcycle taxi drivers. They’re going electric. At a battery swapping station, drivers are quick to share their enthusiasm for their new e-motorcycles, replacements for the petrol-powered models they once rode. “I can say there are four advantages or benefits to using an electric motorcycle,”
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Energy lies at the core of a double challenge: leaving no one behind and protecting the Planet. And clean energy is crucial to its solution. In a world grappling with climate change, clean energy plays a vital role in reducing emissions, and can also benefit communities lacking access to reliable power sources. Still today, 675 million people live in the
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As part of its efforts to combat the adverse effects of climate change on its populace, the Kwara State Government has inaugurated the State Inter-Ministerial Committee on Climate Change (KWAICCC). The commissioner for Environment, mallam Shehu Ndanusa Usman while speaking at the said the move is to foster a safer and more conducive environment by reducing the hazards associated with
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As part of its advocacy against plastic pollution The Green Globe Initiative (GGI), an environmental NGO, has trained students from selected secondary schools in Ilorin on plastic up-cycling. Tagged ‘The Craft and Plant Education Programme’, led by GGI’s Executive Director, Mr. Akintola Akinyemi, was focused on transforming plastics into flowerpots to combat plastic pollution in Kwara State. Akinyemi while speaking
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The Nigerian Youth Biodiversity Network (NYBN) and the Sustainable Environment Food and Agriculture Initiative (SEFAAI) have applauded the recent ban on single-use plastics, by the Lagos State government. The National Coordinator, Olusegun Michael Ogundele, and the Director of Research, Aderibigbe Abiodun, in a jointly signed statement made available to newsmen, highlighted the importance of effective plastic policies, urging a coordinated
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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
Nuclear power is a solution to climate change because it is the largest source of low-carbon energy that produces minimal greenhouse gas emissions and can help reduce the amount of carbon dioxide
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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