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By Hon Sam Onuigbo The world is in an unprecedented time as it grapples with the scourge and consequences brought upon it by COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has exacerbated the existing socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the world and more importantly in developing countries. The virus has continued to spread – and the spread
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By Nosike Uduezue Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother, whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth — Chief Seattle of the Suquamish tribe to the United States president, Franklin Pierce in 1854. CLIMATE change is caused by global warming. The simple meaning is
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Virtually all global warming since the industrial era is caused by manmade emissions, according to research published Monday that concludes Earth’s natural processes contribute only “negligibly” to climate change. Near-surface air temperatures have increased on average around the world just over one degree Celsius since the mid-19th century. That 1C increase has already seen more
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Friends of the Earth Africa, through its Forest & Biodiversity Programme, will hold its first session of the African Peoples Tribunal from November 25 to 27 in Lagos, with five jurors interrogating cases of human rights violations and environmental degradation.
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….as PM Boris Johnson appoints new International Champion BY Victoria Ojeme The United Kingdom has said that for the next 12 months and beyond, it is committed to working with government, institutions and civil society in Nigeria and across the globe to support and work with global partners to build back better from COVID-19 and
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The Executive Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Environment, Dr. Evelyn Aluta, has said that a tree would produce the equivalent of $73 air conditioning, $75 of erosion control, $75 of wildlife control and $50 of air pollution reduction.
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A Greenhouse farmer, Mr Chuba Chukwuka, on Monday urged local crop farmers to depend less on rain-fed agriculture practice to boost productivity. Chukwuka told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that due to the effects of climate change on weather conditions, it was not advisable for local farmers to depend on seasonal rains
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By Moses Nosike Century Group, the headliners of the Health, Safety & Environment Summit in collaboration with Global Performance Index (GPI) partners The Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH), Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Lagos State Ministry of Health and Combined Training Solutions (CTS) is poised to host the second edition virtually on Friday,
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Between COVID-19 and Climate Change, the opportunity beckons for the office to make the giant leap from digital static maps to digital dynamic ones
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Climate change is starving polar bears into extinction, according to research published Monday that predicts the apex carnivores could all but disappear within the span of a human lifetime. In some regions they are already caught in a vicious downward spiral, with shrinking sea ice cutting short the time bears have for hunting seals, scientists
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