In spite of coronavirus restrictions, people around the world marked Earth Hour on Saturday by switching off lights on both landmark buildings and in regular homes for an hour to boost awareness of climate change.
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The Lagos State Government says it plans to plant no fewer than 230,000 tress between now and the end of the year, even as it urged residents to imbibe clean, improved and enhanced positive approach to climate friendly environment in order to encourage agro-forestry.
The Kwara State Government has announced at least a month closure of the forest for all activities except farming, expressing worries that indiscriminate activities in the forest are fast disrupting the state’s ecosystem and exposing it to severe effects of climate change.
Pope Francis calls for greater global efforts against climate change in a video message released for the United Nations’ Climate Action Summit.
The article, which featured in the prestigious Forbes Africa Magazine, examined the potential impact of how the fight to get a handle on global conflict is shifting the focus from climate changes impending threat on humanity.
The President of the 73rd United Nations General Assembly, María Espinosa-Garcés, says UN will work with Nigeria and West Africa region to tackle development and security challenges together.
The French Embassy in Nigeria on Monday reaffirmed the country’s commitment to ensure improved relations between the two countries.
President Buhari said this on Monday during an interaction with Nigerians at the Kraków Holiday Inn, Poland, an event put together by his Senior Special Assistant on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Abike Dabiri, as part of his engagements on the sidelines of the global summit on Climate Change, taking place in Poland
President Muhammadu Buhari says no country can confront climate change alone, urging UN -member countries to rededicate themselves to the task of rebuilding and restoring a healthy environment for future generations.
President Muhammadu Buhari will depart Abuja Saturday for Katowice, Poland, to attend the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.
The Federal Executive Council presided over by Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Wednesday approved the ratification of the Doha amendment of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.
Denmark has proposed a ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars from 2030 and hybrid from 2035, joining international efforts to promote electric-only vehicles to reduce air pollution and combat climate change.
Ahmed Matane, Assistant FAO Country Representative (Programmes) for Nigeria, made this known in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Abuja.
Speaking in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Lagos on Friday, Ogbonna said the future of agriculture was not looking good, due to recurring attacks on farmers in many parts of the country.
“We should avoid falling in these four perverse attitudes, denial, indifference, resignation and trust in inadequate solutions,” Francis said in a message to the ongoing world climate change conference in the western German city of Bonn.
A State Department spokeswoman confirmed Rank’s departure, but said she was unable to verify Twitter posts that said he resigned as he felt unable to deliver a formal notification to China of the U.S. decision last week to quit the agreement
Li, speaking in Berlin on Thursday, underlined strong support for the 2015 Paris climate change accord from China, which overtook the US as the world’s biggest emitter of greenhouse gases in 2007.
Benoit Bosquet, an official of the World Bank, stated this at the Climate Change Knowledge Immersion Workshop in Abeokuta, Ogun State on Monday
Sossou said that the meeting, which would be held in Abuja, was an effort to address the effects of climate change on the Lake Chad and this would involve Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon, among others
Mohammed, who said this in Abuja on Friday while briefing newsmen on Nigeria’s participation at the UNFCCC in Marrakesh, Morocco, said Nigeria is also striving toward climate compatible sustainable development