Tag Archives: Climate change

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has said the state was one of the most affected by climate change in Nigeria due to the high degree of carbon emissions and environmental degradation.

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As countries across the globe commemorate this year's International Day for Biological Diversity, being celebrated every May 22, the governors of the South South states of Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers have been called upon to take advantage of the rich biodiversity potentials in their states to boost ecotourism with a view to growing the local economy.

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If you are reading this, it means you are curious and desire to embrace a greener lifestyle; To this I say Welcome and thank you!! You have no idea what your decision means for the planet! If all of us (7.8 billion of us) take small steps, imagine what that can do for Mother Earth? Recently, social media and other …

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Future Savers Sustainable Development Initiative, founded to pursue the very many climate actions targeted at mitigating the effects of climate change in Nigeria. For the kids, who will be the inhabitants of either a cleaner or polluted planet earth, there is a need to teach them about climate change, its effects and actions targeted at reducing it. While at it, …

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An environmentalist and coordinator of Eko Free Health Mission, Dr. Adedolapo Fashawe has said that human action is responsible for climate change which is now a global phenomenon. Fashawe made the statement last Friday during the 2019 Hackathon event at the Lagos State University College of Medicine (LASUCOM) Ikeja, Lagos. She stated that humans are responsible for climate change due …

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As part of its objectives of achieving Sustainable Development Goal 13 of the United Nations which campaigns for creating a better, cleaner, greener, livable and sustainable planet, an environment friendly organisation; FutureSavers recently converged on different parts of Nigeria for the maiden edition of its monthly #ClimateSitOut event to discuss ‘Plastic Pollution and The Environment.’ Led by Founder/CEO of the …

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A climate change media advocacy group, Media Advocacy on Climate Change Initiative (MACCI) has set a performance agenda for the recently sworn-in Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood. The Executive Director of the group, Victor Emeruwa in a release made available to National Wire said the Minister must endeavour to do things differently in order to achieve a different result. “The …

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By Christine Lagarde Mark Twain once said that “History never repeats itself, but it does often rhyme.” As heads of state gather in Paris this week to mark 100 years since the end of World War I, they should listen closely to the echoes of history and avoid replaying the discordant notes of the past. For centuries, our global economic …

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A variety of “festering” causes and effects surround crises around the world, Nigeria’s President, Muhammadu Buhari, said on Tuesday, at the United Nations General Assembly’s annual general debate Most crises usually have a variety of festering causes and effects,” he explained. “It is the failure to address them early and effectively that lead to out-of-control conflicts,” he argued, noting that …

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Surveyor Efik is the National Coordinator, Climate Change Network Nigeria (CCN-Nigeria), the organization with a bias for dialogues and media training on Climate Change in Nigeria. Efik spoke to journalists after a media training the CCN-Nigeria organized in collaboration with Climate Action Network in Lagos recently. According to him, Climate Change issue should be on the front burner every time …

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