ngrclimatereports July 30th, 2010
Akanimo Sampson
Foremost environmental rights advocacy group, Environmental Rights Action (ERA), has taken on the Federal Government over non-availability of clean and safe drinking water for citizens.
The group therefore, wants Abuja to stop continued politicisation of water, claiming that the era of politicising access to water must now give way to commitments to better the lot of citizens. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports February 5th, 2010
Midrand, South Africa, February 3, 2010 – The 14th African Union (AU) Summit held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 25 January – 2 February 2010, decided to strengthen the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) programme by transforming the NEPAD secretariat into an implementation Agency – the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA). Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports February 5th, 2010
14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union approves the integration of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) into the structures and processes of the African Union including the establishment of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA) Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports January 27th, 2010
By Etim Imisim (Abuja)
The federal government has set up four committees to evolve strategies on how the country is to respond to threats of climate after agreement reached at the United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Copenhagen. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports January 19th, 2010
Nigerian Flag
By Etim Imisim (Abuja)
The federal government said Nigeria is adequately motivated to scale up conservation efforts in line with the codes and standards of Geneva-based Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in Flora and Fauna (CITES).
“There is a need to preserve the wildlife in the country not only for our eco-system, but also to flourish Nigerian’s tourism potential,” Environment Minister John Odey yesterday told visiting CITES delegation, led by Secretary General Wilem Wijnstekers. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
COP15 Copenhagen
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen: December 8, 2009 – The outcome of the historic United Nations climate change conference under way in Copenhagen will have reverberations for the future of humanity and the planet, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today.
“We’ve come a long way in just two years’ time, but what we do now over the next two weeks [in Copenhagen] will determine how we fare,” Mr. Ban told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, according to UN news wire. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports December 15th, 2009
Compiled by Etim Imisim
Copenhagen December 9, 2009 – With the frequency and severity of droughts likely to increase due to climate change, more than 60 scientists from all the world’s regions are meeting at a United Nations-backed conference in the United States this week to draw up guidelines for early warning systems that could save countless lives. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports August 10th, 2009
By: Etim Imisim (Abuja)
Federal Republic of Nigeria
The Economic Affairs Department of the Office of Secretary to Government of the Federation is organizing a roundtable to determine how Nigeria can promote the concept of bio-fuel as an alternative to oil. The forum which will also address the issue of climate change and assess the development of oleo-chemicals holds tomorrow at the conference room of the SGF’s office.
The roundtable will look at the issues of land and the social and environment implications of alternative energy programme, Fadina added. Also for consideration is the implication of commercial farming as well as the variety of seedling and farm production which can meet the commercial production for alternative energy. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports August 10th, 2009
And yet there have been squabbles in the Middle East for decades about ownership of oil fields. Nigerian rebels use violence and sabotage to halt Shell and Chevron’s operations in their country, Rowena Mason writes August 7, 2009 in blogs.telegraph.co.uk. Russia and Ukraine had a major diplomatic spat last year about the price of gas piped to Europe. Abyei is the contested oil field in Sudan that sparked its ongoing civil war. The roll-call of conflicts over oil and gas spills on….
Peak oil pessimists fear that World War Three could erupt when countries begin to hoard their resources and bicker over ownership of oil-rich land. This is an extreme scenario, of course, but we all know that world’s supply of fossil fuels is not getting any larger at the same time as the global thirst for oil and gas gets more rapacious. Continue Reading »
ngrclimatereports August 5th, 2009
Oil Platform
VANGUARD Editorial (Lagos):
For two years the price of oil has been dangerously volatile, seemingly defying the accepted rules of economics. First it rose by more than $80 a barrel, then fell rapidly by more than $100 before doubling to its current level of around $70. In that time, however, there has been no serious interruption of supply.
The oil market is complex, but such erratic price movement is cause for alarm. The surge in prices last year gravely damaged the global economy and contributed to the downturn. The risk now is that a new period of instability could undermine confidence just as we are pushing for recovery. Continue Reading »
