African policymakers and global leaders at the COP29 UN Climate Change Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan have called for urgent action to address the region’s clean cooking crisis, which affects 1.2 billion people and results in millions of premature deaths annually.
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The Federal Government has arrested a total of 300 illegal miners across the country in a move to revitalise Nigeria’s mining sector.
Stakeholders in the peace-building, humanitarian and development space have emphasised the need to integrate climate sensitive approaches into resolving conflicts in Nigeria.
Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Thursday announced that President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a new Disaster Relief Fund to strengthen Nigeria’s humanitarian response system.
Hamid Abakar Souleymane, Deputy Director of Chad’s National Meteorological Agency waggled his finger up and down to demonstrate how a motionless humidity gauge at the agency’s headquarters should have been working.
Pay now to help poorer countries cope with climate change or pay more later, negotiators were warned on Thursday as experts said poor states need at least one trillion dollars per year by the end of the decade to move to greener energy and protect against extreme weather.
African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is doubling its commitment to facilitating a just energy transition for Africa that supports the continent’s critical development needs and unlocks its economic potential.
Wealthy countries must more than double the amount of climate finance paid from taxpayers’ money annually by 2030, UN-appointed experts said.
The National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), has sealed two facilities in Kogi and Abaji in the Federal Capital Territory for violating extant environmental laws.
The Benue State Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Agency has called for long-term solutions to address the aftermath of the severe flooding that occurred in September and October.