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UK Issues First-Ever Carbon Storage Permit
The UK government has issued the country’s first-ever carbon storage permit to a group led by BP, the North Sea Transition Authority (NSTA) said on Tuesday. The permit was issued to the…
SON Certified Casio Scientific Calculators
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ICCDI Leverages Sports for Climate Change Advocacy
The International Climate Change Development Initiative (ICCDI) says it is committed to building a climate…
HEDA, NiMet, NIHSA to Host Train- The -Trainer Workshop on Climate Prediction and Flood Forecasting
The Human and Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA Resource Centre) in collaboration with the Nigeria Meteorological…
‘Inequality defines our time’: UN chief delivers hard-hitting Mandela
Inequality, an issue which “defines our time”, risks destroying the world’s economies and societies, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a hard-hitting speech on Saturday. Inequality, an issue which “defines our time”, risks destroying the world’s economies and societies, UN…
Connecting communities and advancing gender equality in The Gambia
The Gambia is a small fragile country in West Africa – one that is faced with growing poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition. Over the last decade, major climate-related crises as well as disease outbreaks have left the population more vulnerable.…
TAAT opens a new frontier for Wheat in Ethiopia
Recent high-level monitoring visits to TAAT programme sites in Ethiopia show that adoption of new wheat varieties, coupled with innovative production technologies and methods, substantially increases production and commercialisation, raises farmers’ incomes and creates job opportunities for women and youth.…
UN Climate Change Process Steps up Action on Deforestation
UN Climate Change News, 17 June 2020 – The number of countries providing information and data to the UN Climate Change secretariat on forest-related mitigation actions continues to rise. This increases transparency on global efforts to curb rising greenhouse gas…
Kyoto’s Second Phase Emission Reductions Achievable But Greater Ambition Needed
UN Climate Change News, 17 June 2020 – A new UN Climate Change assessment shows that greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions of 18% compared to 1990 levels under the Kyoto Protocol’s second phase seem fully achievable and likely to be…
Protect landscapes to protect humanity
COVID-19 is a zoonotic disease, meaning that it jumps between animals and people, and is therefore closely connected to the lands both inhabit. Human and economic activity is eroding wild spaces, forests and other important ecosystems, bringing us closer to…
Gucci’s CEO on going green
Fashion is one of the most visible industries on our planet. What we wear marks who we are. The novelty has come with a price. Today, the fashion industry accounts for 10 per cent of the planet’s carbon emissions and is…