EnvironmentalImpact

Floods Ravage Kwara Rice Farms: Millions Lost, Government Steps In

Leave a Comment / Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Environmental Issues, Flooding, Kwara State of Harmony, Nigeria /

Massive floods in Patigi and Shonga areas of Kwara State have wreaked havoc on rice farmlands, leading to losses worth millions of naira and throwing communities into despair. In Patigi’s Sanchita village, farmers like Idris Mohammed and Mohammed Usman described the devastation caused by floods resulting from water released from the Jebba Dam. The calamity […]

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UNEP Warns Urgent Action Needed to Close Emissions Gap, or 1.5°C Target May Be Lost

Leave a Comment / Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Finance, COP29, Environmental Issues, G20, World /

According to a new UNEP report, the agency has warned that urgent global action is essential to close the emissions gap and prevent surpassing the 1.5°C climate target. Nations must dramatically scale up their climate commitments to avoid surpassing the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C target, according to a new report from the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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BREAKING: Fed Govt Set Up Disaster Relief Fund

Leave a Comment / Climate Action, Climate Change, Climate Finance, Environmental Issues, Flooding, Nigeria /

This was made available on September 23, 2024, on news reports of the Veracity Newsdesk that the Federal Government of Nigeria has established a disaster relief fund to address disasters such as flooding. This was disclosed to journalists on Monday by Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, at the State

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Climate Crisis: 50 Million Lives at Stake by 2060 — IMF

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According to new IMF research, Climate change could push an additional 50 million people in fragile states into hunger by 2060. The International partners must support these countries to adapt to extreme weather, the body says. Read the Summary of the reports here: Fragile and conflict-affected states (FCS) already face higher temperatures than other countries

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UNICEF: Children in 98 per cent of African countries at high or extremely high risk of the impacts of climate change

Leave a Comment / Climate Change, Climate Finance, Nigeria /

As the African Climate Summit opens in Nairobi, new report reveals, despite the risks, only 2.4% of global climate funding targets children Children in Africa are among the most at risk of the impacts of climate change but are woefully neglected by the key climate financing flows required to help them adapt, survive and respond

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High Flood Risk Predicted In 7 Yobe’s LGAs Within 10 Days

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The Fanfair forecast, funded by the European Union to manage floods in West Africa, has projected that within 10 days, seven local government areas in Yobe state could experience significant flooding, according to a report by Dailypost. The areas expected to be affected include Yusufari, Yunusari, Bursari, Geidam, Karasuwa, Nguru, and Bade. Fanfair’s prediction assigns

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UN climate summit host UAE failed to report methane emissions to UN

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Exclusively reported by the Guardian, the State oil firm, whose chief will preside over COP28, was also accused of ‘incoherent’ reduction targets. The United Arab Emirates, which will run the crucial COP28 UN climate summit in December, has failed to report its emissions of the powerful greenhouse gas methane to the UN for almost a

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GEF ASSEMBLY HOLDS TALKS TO BOOST NATURE PROTECTION

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Representatives from 185 member countries of the Global Environment Facility (GEF), including Nigeria, are convening in Vancouver this week to discuss ways to protect nature, provide financial support to countries, and address global environmental priorities in the face of disasters. The GEF Assembly, held every four years, coordinates financing for international initiatives related to climate

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