ASHENEWS reports that the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) says that climate change is disproportionately affecting the incomes of rural women, people living in poverty, and older populations.
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The Nasarawa State Government says it is working to preserve the population of hippopotamus in the state to prevent the animals from extinction.
The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) has predicted hazy and thundery weather conditions from Sunday to Tuesday across the country.
The Director-General of, the Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN), Dr Mustapha Abdullahi says the agency plans to cut down carbon emissions in the country to net zero by 2050.
A Non-Governmental Organization, Environment Rights Action/ Friends of the Earth (ERA/FoEN) has emphasized the need for both governments and oil host communities to take precautionary measures to protect the environment and its ecosystem from the effects of oil exploration.
The UN weather agency, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), says February saw more extreme heat and unusually high temperatures in both hemispheres.
A don, Prof. Folashade Olajuyigbe, has identified biotechnology as panacea to the contemporary issues in coastal environment and achieving the Millennium Sustainable Development Goals (MSDGs).
Waste, according to a new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report, must be turned into resource, warning that municipal waste is set to rise by two thirds and its costs to almost double within a generation.
“We used to harvest enough for the year,” Nazir recalls, wiping the sweat from his brow. “But now, the desert is taking everything. We cannot even grow enough to eat, let alone sell.”
The U.S. Acting Assistant Secretary at the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs (OES), Jennifer Littlejohn says multilateral efforts are critical to tackling the menace of climate change, and global environmental pollution.