Tag: Climate Change
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Climate change: IFAD-VCDP approves $3.5m grant for FG
The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Value Chain Development Programme(VCDP), has approved $3.5 million grant for the Federal Government to mitigate the effects of climate change in Niger and Kogi. Dr Fatima Aliyu, National Programme Coordinator, FG/IFAD-VCDP, Abuja stated this on Wednesday
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Tony Elumelu meets King Charles, President Biden as world leaders convene for climate finance forum
Chairman of Heirs Holdings, Tony Elumelu on Monday joined King Charles III and U.S. President Joe Biden at the Climate Finance Mobilisation Forum in London to help attract a new generation of capital to combat climate change.
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10th NASS to prioritise climate change issues ‐ Deputy Speaker
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Benjamin Kalu, has assured that the 10th National Assembly would strive to positively address issues on climate change. This is contained in a statement signed by the deputy speaker and made available
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Africa needs $2.7trn to finance climate change – Adesina
African Development Bank (AfDB) Group President, Akinwumi Adesina, said Africa will need about 2.7 trillion dollars by 2030 to finance climate change. Adesina said this at the on-going 2023 AfDB Annual Meetings in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt on Monday.
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New report highlights rising greenhouse emissions, need to scale-up climate action
Climate change brought more drought, flooding and heatwaves to communities on every continent, costing many billions of dollars in losses, new report has shown. The newly released 2022 World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) annual report titled: “The State of the Global Climate 2022”, highlighted the relentless advance of climate change and the compounding threats to lives…
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COP 27: The real deal at the Red Sea – By Dakuku Peterside
In the Holy books of the Abrahamic religions of Christianity and Islam, the Red Sea is symbolic as a place of significant events and the beginning of liberation from oppression. Will the Red Sea town of Sharm El Sheik be recorded in history as a place of significance in the quest of humanity to save…
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Africa and Climate Change – A Conversation with US Senator John Kerry towards COP27
As the world continues to experience the daily impact of global warming, whether the tragic recent flooding in Pakistan, or the less covered, but equally harmful, persistent environmental degradation of Africa’s Sahel region, leaders need to act, not just talk.
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Africa and Climate Change: A Conversation with US Senator John Kerry towards COP27 – By Tony Elumelu
As the world continues to experience the daily impact of global warming, whether the tragic recent flooding in Pakistan, or the less covered, but equally harmful, persistent environmental degradation of Africa’s Sahel region, leaders need to act, not just talk. Equally, Africa should not just be in the conversation, but actively set the agenda.
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Osinbajo discusses climate change, coups d’etat, others in Tanzania
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and his Tanzanian counterpart, Philip Mpango, on Sunday, in Arusha, Tanzania, held bilateral talks. The two spoke on issues ranging from climate change and technology to deterring unconstitutional changes of government in Africa.
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