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The World Bank has made a list of the five main threats arising from climate change: droughts, floods, storms, rising sea levels, and greater uncertainty in agriculture. Four of the world's poorest nations top the list of the 12 countries at the highest risk.
Leaders from the Group of Eight (G8) major industrialised countries agreed on Wednesday to limit global warming to within two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, but lowered their target of halving greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
A newly published report by the UN environmental agency underscores how environmental investments can get the global and national economies back to sustainable work.
Over the years, the nation's fire service agency has suffered neglect from government at all levels; and this has made Nigerians to lose confidence in the ability of the agency to protect them and their properties against fire incidences. Indeed, the Nigerian Fire Service today cannot boast of having modern fire fighting facilities, like two-way radio communication devices, vehicles as well as ...
RESIDENTS of Tororo district have appealed to the Government to intervene and provide relief aid as starvation looms.
Following reports of famine countrywide, caused by the long drought, hailstones and floods, our reporters talked to the victims and the leaders about the situation and compiled these stories...
For years now, the National Forestry Authority (NFA), a statutory body established to protect and guide on sustainable usage of our forests, has been struggling to deal with a presidential directive against eviction of encroachers on some forests under its mandate.
The first national Fire Conference to address fire disaster management in the country has been scheduled for October. The conference is being organised by the House of Representatives Committee on Interior, which is responsible for fire matters, in collaboration with the Fire Disaster Prevention and Safety Awareness Association of Nigeria (FDPSAAN).
All is set for the take off of the multi-billion naira Kano state solid waste management project tagged 'Kano go clean" jointly undertaken by the federal government, state government and a company Goodness International Resources. A delegation comprising parties to the the project, who met with Governor Ibrahim Shekarau disclosed this in Kano.
The Minister of State for Works, Housing and Urban Development Mrs. Grace Ekpiwhre yesterday inaugurated the national steering committee of the Cities Alliance at headquarters of the ministry.
Michael Jackson was famous for his socially-conscious music but "Earth Song," his big, bold environmental call-to-arms, is often overlooked. Still, by sheer dint of his reach, the song might have made Jackson a kind of super-sized Al Gore.
Former governor of Cross River State, Mr Donald Duke, has said with the 2.5 billion cubic meters of gas being flared daily for 30 years, Nigeria is the most polluted nation in the world.
Abia State Governor, Chief Theodore Ahamafule Orji, recently squeezed time out of his crowded schedule to speak to THISDAY in Umuahia, the state capital. The Progressive Peoples Party (PPA) governor, who is becoming renowned for his forthrightness, comments freely on several topical issues including the the menace of kidnapping, the recent ban of motorcycles (okada) in Umuahia, Aba and some other ...
President Museveni has stopped evictions of forest encroachers, despite appeals by the National Forestry Authority to protect the country's assets. According to the NFA boss, Mr Damian Akankwasa, the agency wrote to the President early this year seeking to evict over 180,000 illegal encroachers countrywide.
The plight of the people According to the Draft Environmental Impact Statement of the Newmont Akyem project, the proposed open pit would be exactly 900 metres wide, 2,560 metres long and 480 metres deep. Approximately, the mining project would generate 130 million tonnes of waste rock, which would have to be disposed off, and this has implications for the livelihood of the people in the area. ...
Residents of Ibafon in Ajeromi-Ifelodun who were completely sacked from their abode each time it rains are calling on the concerned Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government and the Lagos State government to come to their aid.
With the present astronomical increase in unemployment the peasant farmers need to be encouraged rather than rendered unemployed when their lands are being taken away for urbanization without replacements.
Hope for the re-opening of Garki Model Market dimmed at the weekend as the traders failed to present a common front for the purpose of engaging the relevant FCT authorities in a consultation towards the re-opening.
Residents of Abuja are unanimous in their opinion that the Federal Government have to quickly intervene so that the incessant traffic jams along Kubwa and Airport road expressway in the Federal Capital Territory would become a thing of the past.
The Abuja Metropolitan Management Council (AMMC)through its Department of Development Control, has warned property developers on illegal dumping of construction/ renovation waste.
A resident of Tarime District in Mara Region has called for the resignation of the Health and Social Welfare minister for allegedly ignoring the villagers' health problems.
"This thing that these people are doing is very good. If other churches in this area join them to sweep the streets and clear the gutters every Saturday like this, it will be good" declared Mrs. Stella Agumba, a resident of Araromi street in Orile Agege Local Government Council of Lagos at the street cleaning exercise initiated by Decross Gospel Mission Headquarter Church, Agege.
SOSSUSVLEI in Namibia can become one of the seven natural wonders of the world if enough votes are cast. People can log on www.new7wonders.com and vote for our magnificent dunes.
As discussed in our last edition, aquatic habitats are said to be those living things that grow or live in or near water.
As the Gambia is fast moving towards its international obligations in phasing-out the consumption and production of ODS by 1st January 2010, the National Environment Agency (NEA) in collaboration with the UNDP-Gambia has recently presented tools and equipments to regional refrigeration technicians from LRR and NBR at a colorful ceremony in Farafenni.
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