The Transmission Company of Nigeria (TCN) has said that electricity distribution companies (Discos) would have to invest about $4 billion over the next three years to be able to match its ongoing expansion of the national grid to take up to 20,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity generated in the country, and also distribute same by…
The Permanent Secretary, Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Abdulkadir Mu’azu has called on all the Agencies under the Ministry to make use of the Integrated Automation and Interactive GIS Web Portal set up by the Ministry in other to showcase their operations and activities to the world. The Permanent Secretary made the call in his…
The establishment of a ‘Climate Change Vision’ involving all quarters, excellent climate change governance and behavioural change among all the people has become inevitable. A Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainable Development, Lagos State University, Dr. Ahove Michael, made this assertion during a dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) organised…
31 July 2018: During the month of July, several adaptation programmes around the world achieved access to climate finance. The Adaptation Fund approved a pilot South-South cooperation readiness support package to foster cooperation on adaptation project development, accreditation and access to climate finance. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) finalized its long-term corporate strategy to 2030,…
NEWSClimate Change Takes Centre Stage As Un Holds “SDG” DialoguePublished 1 month ago on August 1, 2018 By APO In its efforts at improving awareness and deepening the knowledge of stakeholders on climate change mitigation, adaptation and impact in Nigeria, the UN Information Centre (UNIC) Lagos, in collaboration with Nigerian Environmental Society (NES) has organised…
The UN Climate Change (UNFCCC) on Wednesday, August 29, 2018 announced the relaunch of its Online Platform for Voluntary Cancellation of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs), where organisations, governments, businesses and citizens alike can purchase carbon offsets vetted by the United Nations to compensate for their greenhouse gas emissions. The e-commerce platform, according to the UN…
Afam VI power plant in Rivers State is ready to deliver its net dependable capacity of 624MW into the Nigerian national grid barring any regulator’s restrictions, even at a time power generation has suffered a deep plunge following reported outage of some thermal power stations. Managing Director of The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria…
A new paper reviews current knowledge on climate change and biodiversity. In the past, plants and animals reacted to environmental changes by adapting, migrating or going extinct. These findings point to radical changes in biodiversity due to climate change in the future. The paper is published in the scientific journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution by an…
Aerial insectivores — birds that hunt for insect prey on the wing — are declining across North America as agricultural intensification leads to diminishing insect abundance and diversity in many areas. A new study from The Condor: Ornithological Applications looks at how Tree Swallows’ diets are affected by agriculture and finds that while birds living in cropland…
Government is ensuring the participation of Nigerians in wildlife enforcement, while limiting conservation to specific areas that does not conflict with the interests of the local communities. This is aimed at addressing challenges relating to the fact that conservation areas include the traditional hunting grounds of the communities living around such areas, so as not…
