A constellation of left-wing environmental groups wants to re-open the climate lawsuit floodgates, throwing their weight behind a high-stakes case in Colorado. At least 20 new “friend of the court” briefs were filed last week in the Suncor Energy Inc. v. County Commissioners of Boulder County case, which will decide whether local governments can use…
A non-profit organisation, I Choose Life Foundation (ICLF), on Wednesday, organised a programme to sensitise secondary school students on drug use and addiction. The programme, whose theme was “Overcoming 5.0,” was the fifth edition of a yearly series sponsored by a lawyer, Folusho Idimu, the founder of the group. It was held at the Britarch…
LAGOS – The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NiMet), and the Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN), a non-profit organization, have discussed strategies to mitigate the impact of climate disasters on Nigerian farmers. WOFAN is dedicated to empowering smallholder farmers, particularly women and youth. Speaking at a meeting hosted by Prof. Charles Anosike, the Director-General of NiMet, in…
By Kate Abnett, Valerie Volcovici and Nailia Bagirova BAKU (Reuters) -The European Union, U.S. and other wealthy countries at the COP29 summit have agreed to raise their offer of climate funding to $300 billion per year by 2035 to help developing nations grapple with climate change, sources told Reuters on Saturday, after a previous proposal…
Negotiators from nearly 200 nations spent another harried and sleepless night in a sports stadium trying to land a compromise figure for poorer countries facing rising seas, harsher droughts and worsening disasters. At daybreak, the marathon back-and-forth overnight in the Caspian Sea city of Baku had yet to produce a final draft acceptable to all….
King Charles III, on Wednesday, invited President Bola Tinubu to Buckingham Palace to discuss climate change funding. This was disclosed by Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday, who said the private meeting centred around the upcoming COP 29 Summit in Azerbaijan. Onanuga who said the visit was a private meeting,…
Currently, Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State in North East Nigeria is being flooded, with millions of people affected by the unfortunate situation. CONVERSEER reports that the flood, which started last weekend and increased in the early hours of Monday, 9th September 2024, in the Maiduguri metropolis, resulted from excess waters from the Alau Dam….
UNESCO Laureate Prof. Bashiru Aremu has been appointed Chairman, Board of Trustees and Chief Patron of Unity of Nations Action for Climate Change Council, UNACCC. This is contained in a statement on Saturday by Aremu, made available to newsmen by his Executive Assistant on Media, Publicity, and Communication Matters, Bieni Emenike. UNACCC is an official…
The Minister of Environment, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, on Tuesday, declared that the Nigerian Government is totally committed to ensuring climate justice and just energy transition. He gave the assurance while expressing concern over the effects of the ravaging climate change globally, noting that Nigeria as a developing country was worst hit by the changing conditions….
In the past week climate activists targeted two very different venues to send their message of doom, disrupting the PGA Tour’s Travelers Championship in Cromwell, Connecticut and vandalising the Stonehenge monument at Salisbury Plain in Wiltshire, England. Their defacement of Stonehenge could be considered relatively successful because no one was able to stop them. It’s…
