African nations at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow, Scotland, have criticized rich countries for failing to meet their promise of giving billions of dollars to help them cope with climate change. The world’s wealthiest nations — the G-20 — account for 80% of greenhouse gas emissions. However, scientists say poorer
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Climate Change: There’s need to address challenges faced by the Sahel through GGW- UNCCD
By Nnenna Ibeh With the rapid growing environmental degradation witnessed across the globe, there is a need to increase funding towards the preparation and implementation of projects for transformative land-based solutions to combat desertification, land degradation and drought in the Great Green Wall initiative. Speaking at a virtual capacity building workshop for
French Embassy in Nigeria Holds Summit on Climate Change, Environmental Cooperation
Maureen Okpe The French Embassy in Nigeria is inviting interested stakeholders and citizens of Lagos to participate in a conversation on the fight against climate change in Africa. The Embassy stated that discussions will also include on how to improve environmental cooperation between Nigeria and France. This is said to hold, Thursday 6th
United States, China Agree to Work Together to Combat Climate Change
By Daniel Uria The United States and China agreed to work together to combat climate change after meetings in Shanghai over the weekend. In a joint statement released late Saturday, the nations said the climate crisis "must be addressed with the seriousness and urgency that it demands" and they will work with other nations to
Climate Change: Biden Reverses Trump’s Policy as US Rejoins Paris Agreement
Jude Johnson The United States Government, on Friday, officially rejoined the Paris Agreement, a concept adopted by members of the United Nations (UN) to address climate change. According to the UN, about 189 countries joined the Agreement in 2015 to tackle climate change and its negative impacts across the world. It added
Confusion, Drama as Hunter Kills Migratory Bird from Finland in Nigeria
Bird wrongly believed by locals in Nigeria's Delta State as ‘espionage’ eagle Jude Johnson There was confusion in Ofagbe Community in Delta State, South-South Nigeria, on Sunday, November 22, 2020, when a hunter shot down an Eagle belived to be on a spy mission on the Nigerian space. However, this was actually
Timeline: Environmental Disasters Across World, Nigeria in June 2020
At least 20 people, including 4 minors, killed in landslides in India's northeastern Assam state; over 100 houses are destroyed and 300 people displaced in Akwa Ibom state in Nigeria. By Burak Bir The sixth month of 2020 witnessed numerous environmental disasters that impaired climate change and vice versa -- including deadly
What Next for the US and the World?
Thomas Friedman recently opined in The New York Times about "how we broke the world." While it’s possible to dispute elements of Friedman’s analysis, it’s difficult to dismiss his general thesis. From a viral pandemic to economic recession to social unrest over race and equality, the world does seem to be at
Nigeria, Other African Countries Get New Tool to Predict Climate-Related Disasters
•Extreme weather is becoming more common in Africa as the planet warms, resulting in huge losses for economies dependent on farming and countless deaths due to floods and mudslides Jude Johnson with Reuters Report A new weather forecasting system in Nigeria and Africa, allows meteorologists to track approaching storms in real time,
Extreme weather disasters and wars displace millions in Nigeria, globally
Forced from their homes by floods, storms and wars, millions of internally displaced people are now at risk of a pandemic. Extreme weather displaced 24 million people within their countries in 2019, with conflict and other disasters driving a further 9.5 million from their homes, according to a report published Tuesday