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2 March 2022 Climate and Environment Heads of State, environment ministers and other representatives from 175 nations, endorsed a historic resolution at the UN Environment Assembly in Nairobi on Wednesday to end plastic pollution, and forge an international legally binding agreement, by the end of 2024. The landmark resolution addresses the full lifecycle of…

The IPCC’s latest report on climate change impacts, adaptation and vulnerability delivers “a dire warning about the consequences of inaction” in the face of the climate emergency. T here is no turning back – the world is already facing the devastating consequences of climate change and any further delay in global action will slam shut a narrowing window of opportunity to keep the…

Seasonal summer rains have done little to offset drought conditions gripping the western United States, with California and Nevada seeing record July heat and moderate-to-exceptional drought according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Now, new NASA research is showing how drought in the region is expected to change in the future, providing stakeholders with crucial…

By Ismaila Chafe President Muhammadu Buhari has directed collaboration between the Ministries of Environment, Water Resources, Agriculture and Rural Development and Power to combat desertification. His spokesman, Mr Femi Adesina, stated in Abuja on Thursday that the president gave the directive in Nairobi after a meeting with Mr Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary of the…

Rome – The benchmark gauge for world food prices went up in February, reaching an all-time high, led by vegetable oils and dairy products, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported today. The FAO Food Price Index averaged 140.7 points in February, up 3.9 percent from January, 20.7 percent above its level a year earlier, and 3.1 points higher than…

BEIJING, March 5 (Reuters) - China plans to build 450 gigawatts (GW) of solar and wind power generation capacity on the Gobi and other desert regions, the chief of the state planner said on Saturday, as part of efforts to boost renewable power use to meet climate change goals. President Xi Jinping has pledged to bring China's total wind and solar capacity to at least 1,200 GW and to…