After enduring unprecedented climate disasters, Pakistan pushed talks about the costs of climate change onto the agenda. The U.N. secretary general calls the discussions a “moral imperative.” By Zoha Tonio / InsideClimateNews The United Nations climate summit officially opened on…
Nigeria’s Flood Disaster: Some Key insights and Potential Solutions.
Earlier this year, the Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet) released its Seasonal Climate Prediction (SCP) for 2022, alongside a mobile app that allowed people in weather-related sectors to predict extreme weather conditions. Despite the gathering of sectors, including civil societies to…
Africa: Will COP27 Deliver or be a Climate Forum of Empty Promises?
Africa is counting on COP27 to deliver it from climate change. But will it? Global leaders from more than 125 countries gather in the resort city of Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, for the 27th meeting of the Conference of Parties…
COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh to Focus on Delivering on the Promises of Paris
The United Nations Climate Change Conference COP27 opened today with the key aim of ensuring full implementation of the Paris Agreement. Discussions at COP27 begin near the end of a year that has seen devastating floods and unprecedented heat waves, severe…
DON’T TURN ABANDONED PROPERTIES TO REFUSE DUMPS – LAWMA MD
The Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Ibrahim Odumboni, has warned residents against turning abandoned properties to dumpsites, or using waste to reclaim lands for future uses. Odumboni who spoke through a release from the Authority…
Panelists advocate commitment to manufacturing capacity, not just political will at 8th African Conference on OneHealth and BioSecurity
“We need to stop lying to ourselves and face reality. There’s no way we can be seeking aid from foreign countries so that we can be better developed than they are. The World doesn’t work that way”, says Dr Alexander…
Biological Threats identified as Biggest Emerging Global Security Concern at 8th African Conference on OneHealth
“We are facing the greatest threats to human existence in the form of biological threats” ‘If infectious diseases are used as bioweapons, it could trigger extremely disastrous consequences’, Prof Akin Abayomi, Lagos State Commissioner of Health. That was the submission…
NSSF launches ‘Righting our Story’ Literary Contest
By Fabian Ekeruche The Nigeria Solidarity Support Fund (NSSF) says it has launched a national Literary contest in pursuance of its mission to transform healthcare outcomes in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement signed by NSSF’s General Manager, Dr.…
LAWMA ORGANISES MEDICAL CHECKS FOR SANITATION WORKERS
No fewer than 1000 sanitation workers (street sweepers) benefitted from the free medical screening, organised by the Lagos Waste Management Authority, (LAWMA), at the Authority’s Transfer Loading Station, Simpson – Sura, Lagos Island. In his opening remarks, the Managing Director/…
SPECIAL: NIGERIA’S TOP-100 ENVIRONMENTAL PROFESSIONALS
Environment Africa magazine and 247 Communications Ltd present a targeted listing of Top100 Environmental Professionals in Nigeria. The listing was done over the course of several weeks based on various merit based factors, geared towards identifying those professionals who have…
